University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), founded in 1868 and based in Berkeley, CA, strives to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an working repository of organized knowledge. UC Berkeley is partnering with the Nobel Prize Education Fund to undertake the second phase of a pilot for the Global Program for Scientific Critical Thinking, which will develop and deliver flexible curricular modules to high school students to enable them to evaluate evidence, question analyses, and solve problems. Based on an undergraduate-level course developed, taught, and evaluated by Nobel Laureate, Saul Perlmutter, at UC Berkeley, the Global Program for Scientific Critical Thinking intends to reach a global population of high school students over the next ten years. In the context of polarized and politicized information, misinformation, and disinformation, enhanced critical thinking by young adults can contribute to stronger, more resilient societies.

Founded in 1868, the University of California aims to serve society as a center of higher learning. The research team associated with this award at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) provides technical expertise to enhance policy making and to ensure a rapid transition to a reliable, cost effective, and low-carbon future. This award enables the UCB team to explore in detail how a combination of clean energy, advanced battery technologies, and changing consumer demand can provide cost-effective alternatives for new coal power plants in India. Furthermore, the award enables UCB to conduct technical and financial analysis on how new investments in local clean energy can support a socially just transition away from existing coal-fired power generating capacity that is uneconomical and contributing to climate change. The award contributes to the development of the next phase of India’s nationally determined contribution targets and its position within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is a research and collaboration hub at the University of California, Berkeley, working to shape cybersecurity research and practice based on a long-term vision of the Internet and its future. The award supports a rigorous review process and the publication of a free guide that instructs low-risk civil society organizations on how to develop a basic organizational digital security policy that is based on adaptations of good practices from the broader information security community.

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is a research and collaboration hub at the University of California, Berkeley, working to shape cybersecurity research and practice based on a long-term vision of the Internet and its future. The award supports the creation and publication of a free guide that instructs low-risk civil society organizations on how to develop a basic organizational digital security policy that is based on adaptations of good practices from the broader information security community.

The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity is a research and collaboration hub at the University of California, Berkeley working to shape cybersecurity research and practice based on a long-term vision of the internet and its future. The award supports the Center to undertake a rigorous scoping and planning process in order to determine the feasibility and operationalization of a “clinic” focused on improving the digital security of at risk civil society organizations and independent journalists around the world.