Blog: My perspective from South Africa

I n April, I had the opportunity to attend a South African field tour organized for the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) as the representative of the Haas Institute, one of the partners of AFRE. The weeklong trip was part of connecting...

What Comes Next?

A conversation with Senior Fellow Joshua Clark about his post-2016 election research and analysis—work that is part of his joint position with the Haas Institute and Tides Foundation. On the week of the one-year anniversary of the 2016 presidential...

Book Review: Three Works About Inequality Converge on Similar Policy Agenda

In a span of three months in 2017, three Richards— Reeves, Florida, and Rothstein—published three well-received books on inequality in America. Each work begins at starkly different origin points, but end at remarkably similar conclusions. The...

Spring 2018 News Magazine

This news magazine is published by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley. The Haas Institute brings together researchers, community stakeholders, policymakers, and communicators to identify and...

Faculty Profile: Chris Zepeda-Millan on Immigration and Racialization​ ​in the Era of Trump

This piece was originally published in the Haas Institute spring 2018 news magazine. Chris Zepeda-Millan is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies and Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Berkeley and is a member of the Haas Institute’s...

Reinventing the Wheelchair

Engineer Ralf Hotchkiss has made it his life-long mission to bring “real mobility” to millions around the world in need of durable, safe, and low-cost wheelchairs Engineer and disability rights activist Ralf Hotchkiss demonstrates the off road...

Economist Hilary Hoynes named to Academy of Arts & Sciences

Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Distinguished Chair of the Haas Institute Economic Disparities faculty research cluster Hilary Hoynes was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April, joining a select group...

john a. powell with Arthur Brooks: A Call for Unity

This video features a joint talk by Haas Institute Director john a. powell and American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks at an event organized by the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, on Thursday, May 3 in Washington, DC. powell is...

Infographics on Social Capital

Download a PPT of containing infographics representing types of social capital here.

john a. powell at the Global White Privilege Conference in Toronto

On Friday, May 11, Director john a. powell spoke at the Global White Privilege Conference hosted by Ryerson University in Toronto. In front of a group of over 100 conference attendees, john spoke about the importance of transformative vs...

Stephen Menendian before the California Assembly's Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education

Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the targeted universalism policy framework before the California Assembly's Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education on May 3 at the capitol building in Sacramento, California. He explained...

Haas Institute Scholar Richard Rothstein Honored with Major Book Award

The Haas Institute at UC Berkeley is thrilled to announce that Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein has been named the winner of the 2018 Prize for Book Journalism in Service of the Common Good from the Sidney Hillman Foundation. The prize was awarded to...

Two Haas Fellows Awarded Soros Fellowship for New Americans

The Haas Institute is proud to congratulate two fellows—one current and one former—who are recipients of the prestigious 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The fellowship honors the contributions of immigrants and children of...

Taking Back Democracy: Relational Organizing and Political Engagement

On April 27 UC Berkeley Professor Lisa Garcia Bedolla provided the final talk in the Research to Impact series, which focused on the benefits of community-based relational organizing and political engagement as new solutions to the persistent problem...

john a. powell at the closing session of Equity Summit 2018

This video features a conversation with Haas Institute Director john a. powell at the closing session of Policy Link's Equity Summit 2018 in Chicago, which took place between April 11-13. The original video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com...

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Reimagining Allyship: Reflecting on Where We Are and Where We Can Go From Here

The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative is delighted to welcome Simran Jeet Singh to the UC Berkeley campus. Dr. Singh is Executive Director of the Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national...

Videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference

See our playlist below which includes all our videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference, which took place April 25-27 in Oakland, CA! To select a video from the playlist click on the button in the top right corner of the video player...