Mexico City, courtesy of Irene Farah
San Francisco, courtesy of Yanin Kramsky
Brooklyn, courtesy of Nick Shatan
Chandigarh, courtesy of Nick Shatan
Berkeley, courtesy of Alex Pan
Changsha, courtesy of Ettore Santi
Toronto, courtesy of Taesoo Song
Naples, courtesy of Nick Shatan
Gyeongju, courtesy of Taesoo Song
Hong Kong, courtesy of Meiqing Li
Seoul, courtesy of Taesoo Song
Sacramento, courtesy of Alex Pan

Changing How We Study Cities

Global Metropolitan Studies

A field of study at Berkeley that addresses major transformations in cities around the world

Urbanization brings a range of new political configurations and challenges — ecological crises, processes of democratization and de-democratization, urban marginality, and emergent strategies of recognition and resistance.

Global Metropolitan Studies is a community of scholars across disciplines at Berkeley that investigates these new challenges and politics of the new urban century.

About GMS

The Designated Emphasis (DE)

The Designated Emphasis (DE) in Global Metropolitan Studies (GMS) is for UC Berkeley PhD students interested in urban and metropolitan and issues across the globe.

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