FACULTY SUPPORT

Our school’s reputation is built in large part on our faculty members’ successes, and in FY19 we hired and retained key faculty, boosted research funding, trained the next generation of economists, and solidified our position on the vanguard of culture research.

 

HAAS MEDIA MENTIONS IN THE TOP 20 BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS

 

Infographic: Haas media mentions in the top 20 business publications. FY17 - 232, FY18 - 247, FY19 - 250

THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT

  • Haas won a key faculty retention battle in FY19 via the Dean Lyons Faculty Fund.
  • Dean Ann Harrison was able to increase annual research funding given to faculty by 18%
  • Berkeley welcomed urban economist Nick Tsivanidis, who researches urbanization in developing countries, including using cell phone data to look at Syrian refugees’ migration to Amman, Jordan, where they’ve doubled the size of the capital from 2 million to 4 million.
  • Prof. Jennifer Chatman and Assoc. Prof. Sameer Srivastava launched the Berkeley Haas Culture Initiative to explore the role of culture and its impact in and across organizations—and to help make Berkeley a hub for advancing the field. The initiative kicked off with the 2019 Berkeley Haas Culture Conference, a gathering of 52 academic thought leaders (from economics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology) and 58 industry leaders from 12 culture-aware companies (including Netflix, Zappos, Pixar Animation Studios, and Deloitte) to address challenges surrounding culture.

BERKELEY HAAS CULTURE CONFERENCE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

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Prof. Rich Lyons: Culture as an Economic Phenomenon Former Haas Dean Rich Lyons, BS 82, says there’s a lack of organizational culture research from the perspective of economics. Watch Video >
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Charles O'Reilly, MBA 71, PhD 75: What Is Organizational Culture? Former Haas Prof. Charles O'Reilly of the Stanford Graduate School of Business shares his definition of organizational culture. Watch Video >
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Jamie Woolf, Pixar Animation Studios: Culture Conference Takeaways Jamie Woolf of Pixar University's Leadership Development Hub shares some thoughts on companies owning their cultures. Watch Video >

View all the videos from the conference, including insights from MIT, Columbia, Facebook, Maersk, and more.

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

  • Dominik Jurek, PhD candidate

    Dominik Jurek, PhD candidate

    The support I’m getting from the faculty is incredible and I feel that I’m learning more than I did ever before.”

  • Samanv Agarwal, PhD candidate

    Samanv Agarwal, PhD candidate

    The faculty are very proactive in listening and developing research ideas of students. I consider myself very lucky to have had this opportunity.”