University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, contains many research centers and laboratories.
Space Sciences Lab
SETI@Home
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
The Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) is a research laboratory based at the University of California, Berkeley led by Dan Kammen. It focuses on designing, testing, and disseminating renewable and appropriate
energy
In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...
systems.
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
Center for the Built Environment
Berkeley APEC Study Center
The
Berkeley APEC Study Center
The Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) is a research institute, research center at the University of California, Berkeley. Created in 1996 in response to an initiative by President of the United States, U.S. President Bill Clinton,Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Education Initiative introduced by President
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
and endorsed by the leaders of the other APEC member nations at their historic meetings on
Blake Island
Blake Island is a Puget Sound island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, that is preserved as Blake Island Marine State Park. The island lies north of Vashon Island, south of Bainbridge Island, and east of Manchester. On the northeast e ...
,
Seattle
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in November 1993. BASC conducts multidisciplinary research activities that analyze political, economic and business trends in the Asia-Pacific with a special emphasis on the APEC forum.http://basc.berkeley.edu/pdf/Newsletters/winterspring%201998.pdf The institute also provides academic supports for the dissemination of APEC's mission and conducts "international conferences, colloquia, and outreach to the business and policy community". BASC is currently engaged in researching domestic determinants of East Asian regionalism and the effects of the rise of
Russia
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,
India
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U.S.
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- EU transatlantic alliance.http://basc.berkeley.edu/ Previous areas of research include Northeast Asian and Asian institutional architecture, bilateral trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific, EU transregionalism strategies, and strategies for international trade and politics in
Latin America
Latin America or
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* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)
BRIE conducts a variety of research in the area of
political economy
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, with a particular focus on high-tech trade. BRIE projects have shown, for example, that national
comparative advantage
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is created not revealed, that high-tech trade patterns are massively influenced by domestic policies, and that what a nation produces and trades—the composition of domestic production—matters for its growth and security. BRIE is co-directed by Professors John Zysman and Steven S. Cohen, though a number of other faculty members, visiting scholars, and graduate students are also affiliated with the institute.
Institute of International Studies
The Institute of International Studies was established in 1955, and its current research focuses on peace and global security in the 21st century; environment, demography, and sustainability; globalization, development, and human rights; and technological change and the transformation of the global economy. IIS hosts several major research programs, provides support to Berkeley faculty, awards fellowships to Berkeley graduate students, and offers research training to undergraduates.
Regional and Area Studies Centers
UC Berkeley hosts a number of research units that are focused on specific areas of the world. These centers host visiting scholars, organize events, provide support to Berkeley faculty and students, and perform a wide array of other functions. A number of the institutions focus on Asia; the Institute of East Asian Studies often collaborates with the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for Korean Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, and the Center for Buddhist Studies. Other research centers include the Canadian Studies Program, the Center for African Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for South Asia Studies, the Institute of European Studies, and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Institute of Transportation Studies
Institute of Transportation Studies has been recognized as one of the world's leading centers for transportation research. They also conduct industry specific education programs.Institute of Transportation Studies /ref>