BESI Team
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Paul Pierson
Director, BESI; Cluster lead, Capitalism and Democracy; John Gross Distinguished Professor of Political Science
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Amanda Behm
Associate Director
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Eva Seto
Associate Director
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Chuck Kapelke
Communications Specialist
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Diana Salazar
Program Administrator
Tel: 510-664-5084
Steering Committee
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Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science, UC Berkeley
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Neil Fligstein, Class of 1939 Professor of Sociology; Member, BESI Steering Committee
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Marion Fourcade, Professor of Sociology; Member, BESI Steering Committee
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Armando Lara-Millán, Associate Professor of Sociology, BESI Cluster lead, Technology
![Jonas Meckling](https://live-berkeley-economy-and-society-initiative.pantheon.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/jonas_meckling.jpeg)
Jonas Meckling, Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy; BESI Cluster lead, Climate
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Steven Vogel, Director of the Political Economy Program; Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies; Professor of Political Science and Political Economy
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