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We're Hiring an IGS and Matsui Center Program Manager!

June 21, 2023
About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world’s leading institutions of higher education, distinguished by its combination of internationally recognized academic and...

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The Matsui Center is expanding; we're hiring a Program Manager!

October 11, 2024
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About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included. Our culture of...

We're Hiring a 2024-2025 Events and AV Student Assistant!

April 29, 2024
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study position) Start Date: ASAP Pay: $18.25/hour, approximately 8 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a detail-oriented and technically-proficient student assistant to support the audio-visual elements of our events and programs. The Events and AV Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. This position provides event support for our classes, lectures, major events, seminars, socials, and...

We're Hiring Library Student Assistants!

June 30, 2022
We are Hiring Library Student Assistants! Student Assistants needed for the Summer and Fall! Start Date: Approximately July 15 Ability to work some Afternoons Email your resume and schedule to pking@berkeley.edu and please include the position number in your subject line (6611472762)!

We're Hiring a 2023-2024 Communications Student Assistant!

August 15, 2023
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study preferred position) Start Date: ASAP Pay: $18.07/hour, approximately 12 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a creative, detail oriented, and engaging, student assistant to support administrative operations and public relations projects and initiatives for the Institute. The Communications Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. The position...

Berkeley IGS Poll in Progress this Week (Apr 21 - Apr 30)

April 21, 2025
Berkeley IGS Poll in Progress This Week

This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be conducting another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations via Qualtrics to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will continue through Wednesday, April 30.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be...

Student Assistant Habiba Hesham Geweifal: What the Project Means to Me

April 17, 2025
Habiba Hesham Geweifal

I initially encountered the IGS Student Library Assistant position during my study abroad program in Morocco. Through this program, I visited al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest standing library in the world, and had the opportunity to explore preserved books dating centuries before us. As I learned about the significance of preserving these artifacts that hold within them the knowledge of our past and influence on our present, I wondered if, and how, we, as a society, are currently working to preserve our developed knowledge and experiences for our future generations. Coincidentally, I...

Student Assistant Habiba Hesham Geweifal

May 15, 2025
Habiba Hesham Geweifal

I initially encountered the IGS Student Library Assistant position during my study abroad program in Morocco. Through this program, I visited al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest standing library in the world, and had the opportunity to explore preserved books dating centuries before us. As I learned about the significance of preserving these artifacts that hold within them the knowledge of our past and influence on our present, I wondered if, and how, we, as a society, are currently working to preserve our developed knowledge and experiences for our future generations. Coincidentally...

Julie Chávez Rodriguez speaks at UC Berkeley for annual Barbara Boxer Lecture

April 1, 2025
Ezra Bristow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Contacts:

Ezra Bristow | IGS Event and Communications Coordinator

ezrabristow@berkeley.edu | 973-536-9235

Christine Trost | IGS Executive Director

ctrost@berkeley.edu | 510-642-4465

2025 Boxer Lecture:...

Student Research Opportunity - We the Cities Project

February 21, 2025
You are invited to get involved in the We the Cities Project at the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS)!

IGS Visiting Scholar and Law Professor Kathleen Morris is looking for student volunteers to help collect data for a project called "We the Cities" (WTC). WTC will work with local governments to create teaching materials that allow young people (in and out of college) to learn the nuts and bolts of "running" local governments. The WTC project's next step is to conduct short (1 hour) interviews with 50 or so Bay Area cities and counties. WTC has developed a simple...