Institute of International Studies

The Institute of International Studies "was established in 1955 to promote interdisciplinary research in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Professor of Political Science Steven Weber is its Director, and Harry Kreisler is the Executive Director."

"Currently IIS is engaged in six sorts of programmatic activities, all of which involve close cooperation with the area studies programs, with the professional schools, and with other research centres, most especially the Women's Studies Center/Beatrice Bain Institute..

"These activities are funded by a combination of core endowment monies form the Ford Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation, and from extramural research grants (currently from the Mellon Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation). Under the broad umbrella of multi-year extramural funding -- typically initiated through small seed grants to clusters of faculty -- the primary research foci, which change over time, are organized around linked seminars, workshops and faculty - student working groups...

"Director of IIS is Michael Watts...

"Within IIS the most important free-standing research cluster is the" Human Rights Center of the University of California. (circa 1999)

Executive Committee
Accessed December 2007:


 * Peter Evans, Sociology (Executive Committee Chair)
 * Pranab Bardhan, Economics
 * David D. Caron, International Law
 * Manuel Castells, City and Regional Planning
 * Ruth Collier, Political Science
 * Alain de Janvry, Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy
 * Louise Fortmann, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
 * Anno Saxenian, City and Regional Planning
 * Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Anthropology
 * Orville Schell, Journalism
 * Eric Stover, Human Rights Center
 * John Zysman, Political Science

Other Affiliated Faculty
Accessed December 2007:


 * Vinod Aggarwal, Political Science
 * Steve Cohen, City and Regional Planning
 * Ernst Haas, Political Science
 * Gillian Hart, City and Regional Planning
 * Ronald Lee, Demography
 * Donald Moore, Anthropology
 * Nancy Peluso, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
 * Robert Powell, Political Science
 * Robert Price, Political Science
 * Isha Ray, Energy and Resources Group
 * Gene Rochlin, Energy and Resources Group/Governmental Studies
 * Christine Rosen, Haas School of Business
 * Candace Slater, Spanish and Portuguese
 * Harvey Weinstein, Human Rights Center
 * John Wilmoth, Demography

Contact

 * Web: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/academic.html

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