GLOBAL METROPOLITAN STUDIES
May 2025 Newsletter
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Six new recruits to GMS DE this year!
We are please to announce new recruits to the GMS DE from across a range of departments, including City & Regional Planning, Film & Media Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and Spanish and Portuguese!
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Disaster preparedness and recovery workshop
On April 18th, GMS held a joint workshop on Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for CA utilities in partnership with the the East Bay Municipal Utility District, the College of Engineering, and the College of Environmental Design. The workshop drew participants from 11 public agencies in California. The event was organized to spearhead collaborative research utilizing social science approaches.
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GMS faculty affiliate Professor Amy Lerman wins Carnegie Award
Professor Amy Lerman (Goldman School of Public Policy, Political Science) was awarded a 2025 Carnegie Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship grants $200,000 in support of a book or major project to each member of the cohort of scholars, authors, journalists, and public intellectuals who focus on political polarization in the United States.
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Professor Jackelyn Hwang (Stanford) to speak on Gentrification and Residential Stability at joint GMS - Sociology Colloquium
Jackelyn Hwang, Stanford
April 28, 2025
2:00-3:30 pm
402 Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
On Monday, April 28th, Professor Jackelyn Hwang from Stanford University will speak at a joint GMS-Sociology Colloquium. Her presentation is titled "Beyond Displacement: Gentrification and Residential Instability in the New Housing Crisis." 2:00-3:30pm, Room 402 Social Sciences Building.
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End-of-term GMS Happy Hour!
On May 6th, 3:00-4:30pm, GMS will hold a Happy Hour for students and faculty. This will take place at the Bear Lair in the student union building. Come prepared for an urban quiz bowl spanning from urban theory to urban infrastructure. Prizes will be awarded! Please RSVP.
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Professor Isha Ray, Energy and Resources Group
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Isha Ray is a Professor at the Energy and Resources Group. She has a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University. Dr. Ray’s research interests are water, sanitation and household energy in the contexts of development and equity. Her research projects focus on access to safe and affordable water and sanitation for the rural and urban poor, and on the "clean" energy transitions in low-income settings. She teaches courses on Social Science Research Methods, Water and Development, and Community-Driven Development. She and her students have worked with low-income communities on access to water, sanitation, energy, and information technologies in India, China, Turkey, Mexico, Tanzania and California’s Central Valley. Recent projects with graduate students and colleagues include an assessment of liquefied petroleum gas as a cooking fuel in place of biomass (rural Tanzania), and an assessment of the hidden and highly gender-specific costs of "low-cost" water technologies. Dr. Ray served on the Editorial Committee of the Annual Review of Environment and Resources from 2003 to 2013, is currently a reviewer for 15 peer-reviewed journals, is a member of the Lancet Commission for Water, Hygiene and Development, and serves as an Expert Group adviser to UN Women and UNESCO.
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