Join us TOMORROW for "Get Funded, Stay Grounded: Research That Centers Community" — a workshop on grant-seeking & management for community-engaged research.
📅 Thu, Mar 5 | 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Girvetz Hall 2320, UCSB
Join us TOMORROW for "Get Funded, Stay Grounded: Research That Centers Community" — a workshop on grant-seeking & management for community-engaged research.
📅 Thu, Mar 5 | 3:45–5:00 PM
📍 Girvetz Hall 2320, UCSB
The UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy is accepting proposals for two funding opportunities: the Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative and the Dr. U.S. Awasthi Initiative in Cooperative Economics.
Learn more at blumcenter.ucsb.edu/research Apply by February 28th, 2026.
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For the first time, UCSB will host Douglass Day, a transcription birthday party structured around the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass. The collective endeavor involves transcribing and enriching a collection of digitized materials drawn from Black history: https://ow.ly/fj7k50Y7H9I
02.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP ROUNDTABLE: RACE AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE
The Catastrophes RFG invites you to a roundtable with Lana Tatour about her recent co-edited volume, Race and the Question of Palestine.
2/6, 3 PM | 1930 Buchanan
Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/resear...
HUMANITIES DECANTED | ELANA RESNICK
Join us for a dialogue between Elana Resnick (Anthropology) and Charles Hale (Dean of Social Sciences) about Resnick’s new book, Refusing Sustainability.
2/5, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB
Learn more:
www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/humani...
Are you working on research that centers equity, community partnership, or cooperative approaches to social change? The Blum Center is accepting proposals for two funding opportunities.
Learn more at blumcenter.ucsb.edu/research.
Apply by Feb. 28th
We’re hiring! UC Press is looking for an Editorial Assistant (hybrid, Oakland) to support acquisitions, work with authors, and help bring scholarly books into the world: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...
29.01.2026 22:46 — 👍 29 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0
"Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality" -- Register now for the free in-person and livestream event with Lina Khan and @pkrugman.bsky.social. March 9, 6:30 pm, at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/event/afford...
19.01.2026 17:45 —
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Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill hosts a talk this week as part of #UCSB Arts & Lectures' Justice for All initiative.
Ifill has dedicated decades to fighting for justice and challenges audiences to imagine a democracy that fulfills its founding ideals.
Full story: https://ow.ly/Q6Qr50Xm8ZT
We are thrilled to announce the publication of Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion, co-edited by Blum Center Director Gaye Theresa Johnson along with Rudy Mondragón and David J. Leonard (University of Illinois Press, December 2025).
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The Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson as our new director.
04.11.2025 18:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us on Mon. April 21st for our workshop addressing student health and public safety in Isla Vista. We are seeing more students affected by mold, infestations, air quality, and cliffside erosion. Come learn about the resources available. Food will be provided! RSVP tinyurl.com/ucsbclimateh...
14.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our Central Coast Regional Equity Call for Proposals is Now Open! UCSB Graduate Students & Faculty are eligible to apply for funding. Zoom Info Session on Thur. April 17th. Deadline to submit application is May 30th. More information at blumcenter.ucsb.edu/funding
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The Blum Center's Call for Proposals in Cooperative Economics is NOW OPEN! Deadline to apply is May 30th. Our next Zoom Info session is Monday, April 14th @1pm
03.04.2025 17:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today is the last day to apply! Inequality by the Numbers, our annual research workshop, will be held in person at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social from June 9 to 13. See the link below!
31.03.2025 17:15 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
These updated interactive maps now include Medi-Cal enrollment *and* spending by county and district. They can be used to understand which parts of the state could be most impacted by possible federal cuts to Medicaid. #Medicaid laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...
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THIS THURSDAY: Info Session for Cooperative Economics Research Funding
When: Thursday, February 27th from 1-2pm
Where: Zoom
blumcenter.ucsb.edu/research
Apply to attend our summer school in Brasília, Brazil!
We invite early-career scholars with research priorities in inequality and mobility in cross-cultural contexts.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/40RtwfS
Sponsored by the Stone Center, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, and Institute for Applied Economic Research.
🌟Please share this great funding opportunity! 🌟Apply by 1/24/25 for IRP's National Dissertation Award For Research On Poverty And Economic Mobility 2025–2026. For more info on this $25,000 award & to view an informational webinar, visit: www.irp.wisc.edu/national-dis...
16.01.2025 15:20 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
Picture of the main campus of the LMU Munich with students sitting on the grass and talking
Sociologists working on inequality:
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Thank you!! With gratitude, @kashiaarnold.bsky.social at the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy
13.01.2025 23:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can you please add UCSB's Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy - @ucsbblumcenter.bsky.social. We just created our account.
08.01.2025 18:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Check out our People's Guide to UCSB's Campus Housing Crisis: guidetoucsbhousing.org
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