Events

Upcoming Events

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2025-2026 Weekly Visiting Scholar Seminar Series

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA

We’re thrilled to welcome a new cohort of visitor scholars from universities around the world. Every Wednesday at noon, join us for research presentations and lively discussions featuring both our visiting scholars and Berkeley scholars. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research and connect with the broader academic community. Whether you're already […]

Degrees of Freedom Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Access to College in Prison. Sarah Tahamont University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Degrees of Freedom: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Access to College in Prison

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA

Join us for a special seminar with criminal justice scholar Sarah Tahamont (University of Maryland), who will present new findings from the first randomized controlled trial of access to higher education in prison. About the Study The opportunity to pursue higher education in prison is consistently at the center of policy conversations about how to […]

UC Berkeley Climate and Society Center. Mitigating Climate Risk Community Co-Design of a Climate-Smart Agriculture Intervention in Burkina Faso. Isabel Madzorera UC Berkeley, Public Health Nutrition, School of Public Health

Mitigating Climate Risk: Community Co-Design of a Climate-Smart Agriculture Intervention in Burkina Faso

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA

Isabel Madzorera (UC Berkeley, Public Health Nutrition, School of Public Health) will present her ongoing research on Burkina Faso in West Africa at the Climate and Society Center's next lunch seminar. Box lunches will be served. Please join us for a lively talk and discussion. To RSVP, please email cbrown@econ.berkeley.edu, with the subject line “RSVP lunch.” […]

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Power and Participation in Negotiations

Zoom

About this Workshop How unions negotiate is a strategic choice. Union members seldom directly participate in the process of collective negotiations over issues that are crucial, urgent, and relevant to their own lives. This workshop will discuss how negotiations can be different—very different—from what has become the norm, and how the practice of negotiations can […]