A) Global Order Framework Project and B) Market Governance and Inequality in the United States and Japan.
Steven Vogel, Professor
Political Science
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
I will be actively working on several projects in Fall 2024.
1) I will be conducting research for an international project sponsored by the Canon Institute in Japan called the Global Order Framework Project. The project goals include developing guidelines and metrics for monitoring the behavior of governments and firms with regard to global issues, such as climate change, corporate governance, labor relations, poverty/inequality, and public health. The URAP students will function as the Berkeley team for this project, working with teams in Japan, China and Korea, and an international steering committee. This fall I expect that URAP activity will focus primarily on this project.
2) I will continue work on a project on inequality in rich democracies, and bring empirical evidence to bear on these debates. It focuses particularly on the relationship between market governance (e.g. labor regulation, corporate governance, antitrust, financial regulation) and inequality/opportunity.
3) I will also be working on related articles. In particular, I am working on an article on the political economy of wage formation.
4) I may be writing opeds for US and/or Japanese audiences on related topics
5) I may be formulating specific US policy proposals building on this research.
Role: For the Global Order Framework Project, the URAP students will research Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and monitor government and firm performance, investigate model organizations and their websites, write/revise reports, revise the website, develop action plans, and work with the Project's International Steering Committee and partner student teams in Japan, China, and Korea.
The students will also search for articles and present key arguments in short memos for other research projects. They will gather data and compile it with Excel and PowerPoint. They will research policy debates and summarize key positions in short memos.
Qualifications: Strong background in economics/political economy plus facility with Excel and PowerPoint. Major could be Political Economy, Economics, Business Political Science, Sociology, or another related field. PE 101, PE 158, PS 138D, or other coursework with me a plus. Strong background in Economics, especially labor economics, a plus. Native Japanese language skill a plus. Some knowledge of website design a plus.
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: Meetings in person.
Related website: https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~svogel/
Social Sciences