BESI News
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Bloomberg: ‘Central Bankers Bow to Political Winds When It Comes to Climate, Study Shows’
BESI Climate and Green Industrial Strategy Research Lead Jonas Meckling comments on the widening gulf between…
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Setting the agenda for American political economy
Graduate students, junior faculty, and their mentors gathered in May at UC Berkeley for the annual…
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3 takeaways from BESI’s ‘Blue Trifectas’ convening
Senior researcher Samuel Trachtman reflects on a recent virtual convening with researchers and policymakers hosted by…
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Decarbonizing Quickly, Affordably, and Equitably in Blue States
On May 20, BESI invited expert climate policymakers and researchers to weigh in on this important…
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Building Coalitions in Blue Trifectas: Opportunities and Challenges
37% of Americans live in states governed by blue trifectas. What opportunities and challenges does this…
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Mitigating Housing Shortages and Cost in Blue States
In May, a panel of housing researchers and policy makers convened to discuss the obstacles to…
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Becca Lewis: How Reactionary Politics Came to Silicon Valley
Disinformation and far-right digital media expert Becca Lewis recounts how right-wing politics came to Silicon Valley…
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How to Build Winning Climate Coalitions
BESI senior researcher Sam Trachtman discusses a new paper he co-authored for the journal Energy Policy.
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Michael Shepherd: How Partisan Politics Are Killing Rural America
Political scientist Michael Shepherd shows how partisan politics at elite and mass levels explain the growing…
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A Celebration and Tribute to the Work of Neil Fligstein
BESI and UC Berkeley Sociology earlier this month hosted a conference in celebration and tribute to…