Social Science Matrix invites proposals from faculty, graduate students, and UC Berkeley-affiliated researchers to form interdisciplinary working groups for the 2019-2020 academic year. As UC Berkeley’s cross-disciplinary social science incubator, Matrix seeks to stimulate collaboration across the division and promote rigorous scholarly conversations that may lead to new avenues of inquiry.

Matrix Working Groups may be formed around any topic or theme. Matrix also encourages the inclusion of scholars from disciplines in the humanities and sciences, providing there is a clear link in some way (through participants, readings or theoretical approach) to the social sciences broadly construed. Applicants will be asked to define a compelling topic, outline some key readings, and provide a list of potential participants and discussants. Priority will be given to groups that have at least six participants with membership from two or more disciplines, one of which must be within the Division of Social Sciences.

Matrix Working Groups will be invited to schedule their monthly meetings at Matrix and will receive administrative support in reserving space in our offices. Matrix will also produce profiles on the reading groups and will provide a platform for each group to create a blog, which will be hosted on our website.

Deadline: Friday, August 30, 2019. Please contact Jessica Stewart, Associate Director, at jsart@berkeley.edu with any questions.