Research and Training Programs

The New Era Foreign Policy Project is part of the Center for America's Global Strategic Challenges, a recently established Berkeley-Duke collaboration based at the Institute of International Studies (IIS) at Berkeley and the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke.

The Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program promotes multidisciplinary research and programming by organizing lectures and conferences, encouraging student and faculty research, and serving as a hub for community members interested in understanding how the forces of religion, politics, and globalization interact in the modern world.

The Political Economy of Energy Transitions project, supported by the Energy Biosciences Institute, investigates the global political, economic, and security implications of a partial shift from fossil fuels to other energy sources, including biofuels.

The Green Governance, Green Peace Program fosters international exchange between the University of California, Berkley, and research institutions in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Brazil addressing the question of new approaches to environmental policy and law, conflict resolution, and local resource management. This project is an outgrowth of the Environmental Politics program.

The BACPOP monthly seminar on demography and population issues is jointly sponsored by the Demography Department and the Institute for International Studies (IIS).

IIS hosts visiting scholars from across the globe. Their research focuses on a myriad of issues, including political violence, post-conflict reconstruction, international business ethics, and technology and development policy.

The Sanford S. Elberg Lecture in International Studies

Established in 1987 by the Institute of International Studies in honor of Sanford S. Elberg, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Emeritus Dean of the Graduate Division, this lectureship was endowed with contributions primarily from Dean Elberg's Berkeley colleagues. It honors his tireless efforts and substantial achievements in building the excellence of graduate education at Berkeley, including his support for international studies.