GLOBAL METROPOLITAN STUDIES
March 2025 Newsletter
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GMS announces the 99% Invisible Power Broker competition!
In the coming months, we will be posing questions about Robert Caro's The Power Broker to encourage re-engagement with this classic on urban politics and infrastructure! The 99% Invisible podcast (more below) provides a fun and easy way to re-engage with Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning tome. Those who answer the following question correctly will win a GMS tote bag: "What is the nickname of the Robert Moses lieutenant who mismanaged the parking lot controversy at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park?" Submit your response here.
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Professor Desiree Fields' research on housing profiled
Professor Desiree Fields' research on the financialization of housing in California and beyond was recently profiled by the Letters & Sciences Division.
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New CUP Series
Cambridge University Press has announced a new "Elements" series focused on Climate Change and Cities. For more information, see here.
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BESI Housing and Economic Opportunity discussion
Yoni Appelbaum and Jerusalem Demsas, The Atlantic
March 11, 2025
4:00-5:30 pm
Bakar Auditorium, Berkeley Hillel, 2736 Bancroft Way
BESI event: "Housing, Mobility, and the Thwarting of Economic Opportunity": A Conversation with Yoni Appelbaum and Jerusalem Demsas." March 11, 4-5:30 p.m. at Bakar Auditorium, Berkeley Hillel, 2736 Bancroft Way.
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GMS Event: Carbocentric Urbanism
Fernando Túlio, ETH Zürich
March 17, 2025
4:00-5:30 pm
Bauer Wurster Hall, room 106
On March 17th, GMS is hosting a presentation by Dr. Fernando Túlio (ETH Zürich) on "Carbocentric Urbanism: An Ecocapitalist Mirage in Brazilian Segregated Cities." His presentation will be hosted and discussed by GMS affiliate (and Assistant Professor of Sociology) Daniel Aldana Cohen. Time: 4:00-5:30pm. Location: 106 Bauer Wurster Hall.
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Berkeley Water Day
March 20, 2025
9:00 am -3:30 pm
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
The Berkeley Water Center is hosting Berkeley Water Day on March 20th, 9am - 3:30pm at the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall.
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99% Invisible's "Power Broker Breakdown"
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Many urban infrastructure enthusiasts will be familiar with 99% Invisible, the urban planning and urban history podcast hosted by Roman Mars, and broadcast from Uptown Oakland. This past year, the podcast offered a tour of Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize winning The Power Broker. This classic belongs on every urbanist's bookshelf! The podcast includes episodes focused on different chapters, as well as interviews with luminaries with rich perspectives on the politics of planning and megaprojects (and NYC!), including Robert Caro, Pete Buttigieg, and AOC. It is absolutely fantastic and we encourage the GMS community to listen to it during downtime. To incentivize engagement (or re-engagement) with the book, we will be offering GMS tote bags to those who respond correctly to quiz questions in our newsletters. (See question above.) We also encourage you to check out other types of 99% Invisible episodes on themes such as the 15-minute City, the Los Angeles River, and the strange history of manhole covers.
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