Issues
To assist the news media, UC Berkeley's Public Affairs Office publishes this guide to selected faculty experts. Additional experts can be found through the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research
experts database .
Social Security
National Security
Politics
Law
Energy & Environment
Science / Health Policy
Education
Ongoing
Affirmative action and university admissions
Aging , including gerontology and caregiving, demographics and public policy, public health, technology, and the biology of aging
Bay Bridge reconstruction , including engineering problems, budget overruns and bridge workers' health.
Bioengineering/stem cells and society
Campus shootings
Capital punishment
Care and use of animals at UC Berkeley (fact sheet)
Corporate ethics , from governance and accounting irregularities to executive compensation
Drought , including water rights, history and politics, and the impact on agriculture, economics and the environment
Earthquakes , from design and testing of structures to landslide prevention efforts
Energy issues , from markets and regulation to sustainable design
Georgia-Russia conflict
Global food crisis
H1N1 flu outbreak
Housing and finance , including economic trends, land use planning, affordable housing and real estate and mortgage markets.
North Korea
Presidential election
Same-sex marriage , with experts from the fields of law, language, prejudice and psychology
Social Security , including investor behavior, the Bush administration's plans, and how similar reforms have worked in other countries
Terrorism , including national security, international terrorism, transportation, economic impact.
War in Iraq
Wildland fires