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BERC Social Science & Policy

Who We Are

BERC Social Science & Policy Group strives to introduce the research undertaken in Social Science in the areas of energy and resources, to BERC and the wider Berkeley community. 

What We Do

BERC Social Science & Policy has created a small but growing group of students from various departments including geography, economics, sociology, public health, public policy, political science, as well as interdisciplinary programs such as environment science, policy, and management. Our bi-annual talks bring top-tiered scholars to Berkeley in order to introduce new ideas from other universities and generate much needed debate in the areas of social scientific research related to energy, climate change, resources, and sustainable development. Our first speaker in the spring of 2009 was David Victor of Stanford University who spoke about the Political Economy of Carbon Regulation.  Read about the event!

Meet Your Liaison

Bobak Tamaddon is a PhD student currently working towards his dissertation on the Political Economy of Energy Transition at the Political Science Department. He has also founded a Berkeley startup in the energy transition and sustainability space.  tamaddon@berkeley.edu

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Science at the Theater: How to Bring Solar Energy to Seven Billion People

Speaker: Cyrus Wadia, LBNL

To a full house of 400 people at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cyrus Wadia provided an in-depth look at his research to discover and develop a new material system toward a more expansive solar photovoltaic future. He substantiates on what is required for solar to reach the 1.2BB people living without electricity today. He covers topics of: the history of photovoltaic R&D efforts; material selection based on abundance, new synthetic pathways for scaleable materials, and preliminary results of working solar cell devices he has fabricated with these principles in mind.


BERC 2nd Annual Lecture: Van Jones and the Green Collar Economy

BERC 2nd Annual Lecture: Van Jones and the Green Collar Economy

Wednesday, February 11th



 

John Doerr on Cleantech vs. the Internet

Thu, 08/14/2008 - 21:33 — webadmin

Kleiner Perkins Partner addresses the UC Berkeley Energy Symposium.


BERC, Gardeners of the Energy Revolution

Tue, 08/12/2008 - 11:51 — webadmin

Remarks from Co-Chair Henry Stern on BERC's mission of cross-pollination for innovation.


Cap-and-Trade for Cities?

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 21:42 — webadmin

An ambitious policy proposal indirectly regulate transportation from California Air Resources Board member Dan Sperling.


Chevron Senior Advisor on Poker and the Uncertain Future of Big Oil

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:58 — webadmin

Eve Sprunt, Senior Advisor to Chevron, speaks about confusing consumers and other unknowns.


Biofuels vs. Food

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:39 — webadmin

Energy Biosciences Institute Executive Director Chris Somerville discusses the food versus fuel debate in the context of the advanced bioenergy research initiative at UC Berkeley.