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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 GMS research awards. This competitive award is for up to $5000 in research funding for students in the designated emphasis. Congratulations to the winners! Gustavo Capela (Anthropology), Informal organizing: An ethnographic inquiry into the construction of Eko Atlantic City in Lagos, Nigeria Irene Farah Rivadeneyra…

Unfortunately, due to the campus closure for COVID-19, we have canceled all scheduled events for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester.  We hope to be able to reschedule them for next year and look forward to seeing you at events in the Fall semester. In the meantime, stay safe!

We are excited to invite you to the second annual Bay Area Comparative Urban Politics Workshop on April 24, 2020. The workshop will allow professors and graduate students working on urban politics across the world to share their research, receive feedback, and meet other scholars from the broader Bay Area. We are organizing a day that combines…

Global Metropolitan Studies (GMS) is pleased to announce a competition for summer research grants of up to $5000 to students currently enrolled in the Designated Emphasis.  Applications are due February 28, 2020. Applications for pre-dissertation research are especially encouraged, but all projects will be considered, subject to available funding.  Please see the Funding section of the GMS website…

Congratulations to GMS doctoral student Madeleine Parker for winning the award for Best Paratransit Paper for “Benefits & Challenges of On-Demand E-Hailing Paratransit Programs: A Case Study of Pilot Programs in New York City & Boston” at the Transportation Research Board’s 2020 Annual Meeting. For further information, see here.

We are excited to congratulate GMS core faculty member Joan Walker for winning the 2020 Zephyr Leadership Award from the Zephyr Foundation. The Zephyr Leadership Award honors those who advance rigorous transportation and land use decision-making for the public good. Walker is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a core…

The Oliver Wyman Forum, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, has unveiled the Urban Mobility Readiness Index — a forward-leaning ranking of how well-positioned global cities are to lead the mobility revolution. Among the lead investigators is Dr. Alexander Bayen, a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and EECS as well as a Global Metropolitan…

UC Berkeley Professor Emerita Elizabeth “Betty” Deakin was honored with prestigious 2019 ACSP Distinguished Educator award! ACSP Distinguished Educator Award is presented in appreciation of significant contributions to the field of planning. Deakin is Professor Emerita of City and Regional Planning and Urban Design at UC Berkeley, where she also is an affiliated faculty member of the Energy…

  “Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City,” a book by GMS core faculty member Brandi Summers, hit the shelves today!  While Washington, D.C., is still often referred to as “Chocolate City,” it has undergone significant demographic, political, and economic change in the last decade. In D.C., no place represents…