D-Lab is now offering expanded access to our consulting services through our new drop-in consulting hours available at our virtual frontdesk.

We have multiple consultants with a wide variety of expertise available Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm.  

Browse our list of consultants
or check out our drop-in hours schedule.

You will be greeted by the frontdesk host who will help you submit a consulting request and then the host will assign you
to a breakout room so you can
speak with a consultant right away!

D-Lab is hiring two MAXQDA Instructors

We are hiring two paid MAXQDA Instructors to lead our workshops. Applicants should have experience using advanced features of the software and be willing to design new workshop content. This role will work closely with D-Lab's Executive Director. Advanced workshop topics include using MAXQDA to write a literature review or research paper. Please apply here.

Qualitative Methods Workshop Instructor

The Berkeley Sociology department is looking for a Qualitative Methods workshop instructor for their Berkeley Summer Research Scholars Program. The Berkeley Summer Research Scholars Program offers rising seniors from Howard University (Sociology and Criminology), Spelman College (Sociology and Anthropology), and Hampton University (Sociology) a rich research experience focused on the intellectual strengths of the Berkeley department in the sociology of race and inequality. Instructors should have experience with qualitative research, demonstrated commitment to mentoring students of color, and approval of a graduate advisor.

To apply: email cover letter and CV to Professor David Harding, dharding@berkeley.edu by March 14, 2021

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WiDS Berkeley: Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley

March 8-12 | Register for the event

WiDS began yesterday and will be held all week long! Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley. WiDS Berkeley is an independent event that is organized by the UC Berkeley WiDS ambassadors as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events.

As part of WiDS Berkeley D-Lab's Executive Director, Claudia von Vacano, will be moderating a panel discussion on Mentorship this Thursday, March 11 at 10:00am. The panel will include Renata Barreto-Montenegro (D-Lab GSR), Professor Laura K Nelson, and Professor Rochelle Terman.

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Computational Social Science Forum:
Social Network Analysis and the Missing Data Challenge
March 15 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Register for Zoom Link 

Speaker: Martin Eiermann, PhD Student, Sociology, UC Berkeley 

It is difficult to assemble truly comprehensive datasets about the social world. Most commonly, scholars address this challenge by focusing on representativeness rather than completeness: Through careful sampling, it is possible to construct partial datasets that remain generalizable to an underlying population. Yet this approach is less likely to succeed in social network analysis because sampled networks can differ significantly and unexpectedly from their "true" manifestations, especially when networks are sparse. Read more here and join us for the forum!

Introducing CJARS, a New Data Platform for Integrated Criminal Justice Research

In partnership with the US Census Bureau and federal and state justice departments, the University of Michigan has just launched CJARS: the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System. Updated daily, CJARS provides a nationally integrated repository of longitudinal, multi-jurisdictional data harmonized and linked to track individuals through the criminal justice system across space and time. It has been built for integration with socio-economic survey and administrative Census data, making it a rich and important resource for multi-faceted criminal justice research. As a restricted-use dataset, CJARS is only available through the Federal Statistical Research Data Center Network, of which Berkeley is a member. 

To jumpstart research a CJARS-NSF fellowship competition is currently underway which will grant $10,000 stipends to recipients. To find out more see the CJARS website starting with the introductory webinar.

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Sign Up For CALI-DH Online Today!

Are you interested in developing transferable competencies that are attractive to employers and academic programs? In our digital humanities program, the UC Berkeley Cultural Analytics Learning Institute for Digital Humanities (CALI-DH), you will explore questions about art and culture using digital tools. By pairing computational methods and domain specialization you can better understand complex phenomena and cultures and how computational analysis influences what you see.  CALI-DH Online will guide you through the entire process of identifying relevant cultural artifacts and archives, curating your own subset of data, conducting advanced research, and communicating your findings.

To learn more about the courses offered this summer please visit here!

Women in Tech Symposium: New Era in Human-Computer Interaction
March 12 | Eventbrite registration

Join CITRIS for the 5th Annual Women in Tech Symposium on Friday, March 12, 2021. Keynote
speakers, panels, breakout sessions, and a career fair all focused on human-computer
interaction. Special prices for students and nonprofits. We hope to see you there!
Learn more and register!

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Wikepedia Edit-A-Thon
March 10 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Register

Wikimedia’s race and gender trouble is well-documented. While the reasons for the gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of participation by women and underrepresented groups. This adds up to an alarming absence in an important repository of shared knowledge. Let’s change that. Click here to learn more!

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Cal Data Visualization Network (CDVN)
Tableau Meeting: March 16 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Zoom Link

The CDVN works to give staff opportunities to network, share ideas, and grow their skill sets. To that end, we collaborate with other, like-minded communities of practice on campus to share learning opportunities. To get a glimpse of the CDVN in action, check out one of their peer-led social learning groups! To learn more about the network and for instructions on signing up for their mailing list and calendar info, please visit here!

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CPL Summer Institute Grad Student Instructor

The California Policy Lab (CPL) seeks a graduate student instructor for our annual Summer Institute, in which we host a cohort of talented undergraduates to do data-driven projects using administrative data. The Summer Institute hosts 5-10 talented UC undergraduates to work on data-focused policy research projects. Applicants are well-equipped in coding and data analysis and have a background in data science, economics, statistics, or public policy. The application deadline is March 19th at 12pm. Click here for more details and to learn how to apply!

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The Center for Effective Global Action is Hiring

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at UC Berkeley is hiring! We're recruiting for a Research Associate, Senior Associate or Project Manager, Finance and Reporting, and an Events and Communications Associate.

Click here to learn more and apply!

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Human Technology Futures Undergraduate Essay Competition

The Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society and the Human-Technology Futures group is organizing a $300 cash prize for UC Berkeley undergraduates doing independent and original research on social, cultural, historical, policy, or ethical issues at the intersection of technology, society, and human life. To submit your work and to learn more, fill out this google form by Friday, March 19th. Winners will be announced at the end of April (date TBD) during a virtual reception for all contest entrants and their guests.

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Haas Research Analyst and Lab Manager / Assistant Director 

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professors Jennifer Chatman and Sameer Srivastava are hiring two positions: a full-time Research Analyst and a 50% Lab Manager and 50% Assistant Director.

View here to learn more about the Analyst position and here for the Lab Manager position 

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Qualitative Data Management Plan Competition
Qualitative Data Management Plan Competition

The Qualitative Data Repository is co-organizing a competition with DMPTool and the Princeton Research Data Service! The Qualitative Data Management Plan Competition seeks to identify and celebrate well-crafted data management plans for research projects that are either primarily qualitative in nature, or where multi-method and qualitative data form a significant part of the project. More details of the competition can be found here. If researchers have any qualitative projects that involved writing a DMP then we’d love to see those plans entered for the competition!

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Simons Institute Law and Society Fellowship

The Institute invites researchers from the humanities, social sciences, law, and related disciplines to apply for the semester-long Law and Society Fellowship, for the Spring 2022 programs on "Causality" and "Learning and Games" and the Fall 2022 program on "Data-Driven Decision Processes." Note, for the Spring 2022 semester, the Law and Society Fellow can join either or both Spring programs.  Descriptions of these programs and other information about the Institute can be found at simons.berkeley.edu.

Click here to learn more and apply!

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Division of Computing, Data Science and Society: Director for Academic Programs

The Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) is looking to hire a Director of Academic Programs. This position works in close collaboration with the Associate Deans, EAD, CDSS department managers, and others to support the Data Science undergraduate major as well as supporting the development of graduate programs for the division. This position provides leadership that demonstrates and communicates a big picture understanding of the organization, its interrelationships, and priorities; and ensures time, resources, learning opportunities, and actions are focused on priorities that matter to the changing workplace.

Click here to learn more and apply!

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Postdoctoral Scholar - Data Privacy: Public Policy and Practice - Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity is searching for a Postdoctoral Scholar to assist in the development of an emerging research program focused on studying how firms, customers, citizens, and other relevant stakeholders have reacted to and been impacted by Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) & California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The objective is to extend empirical understandings about reactions to and consequences of these laws.

Click here to learn more and apply!

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Postdoctoral Scholar - Systematic Approaches to Reducing Digital Harms - Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity 

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity is searching for a Postdoctoral Scholar to assist in the development of an emerging research program focused on new ways to define, measure, and mitigate globally and culturally contextualized harms of digital products. The objective is to extend economic, cultural, and other conceptual understandings of how societies deal with physical waste streams (such as carbon) and other externalities, to the digital environment as a means of developing practical solutions that mitigate harms.

Click here to learn more and apply!

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