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Berkeley Planning Journal

The Berkeley Planning Journal is a nationally distributed publication for planning research, theory, and practice.  It was established in 1983 to promote the work of the Berkeley planning community and now has over 250 institutional and individual subscribers throughout the world.  The journal solicits original research articles and other features from students, faculty, alumni, and visitors associated with the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, as well as other campuses of the University of California system and beyond.  In addition, the journal features abstracts of many professional reports, theses, and dissertations from faculty and students in the Department of City & Regional Planning -- valuable work that might otherwise lack exposure.

Graduate students in the Department of City & Regional Planning publish the Berkeley Planning Journal each year with support from the Institute of Urban & Regional Development.  Articles go through a careful blind review process.  The editors work closely with reviewers to give authors constructive guidance along with critical evaluations of their work.  Working on the journal, graduate students learn the skills involved in scholarly publishing.   The journal provides a concrete incentive for students and faculty to transform promising papers into polished articles for publication.

The journal reflects the diversity of the planning field:  economic development, urban design, social policy, land use, and planning theory have all been addressed in past issues. Volume 17 (2003 issue) is due for publication in summer 2003. Volume 16 (2002 issue) was published in spring 2003.  Featured articles include:

Please address correspondence concerning subscriptions or manuscripts to:

Editor, Berkeley Planning Journal
University of California
Department of City & Regional Planning
228 Wurster Hall # 1850
Berkeley, CA  94720-1850

E-mail:  bpjournal@berkeley.edu

For more information about the Berkeley Planning Journal, visit:  http://www-dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu/bpj/index.html

Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)

The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) is an interdisciplinary research project that focuses on the interactions of international economic competition and the development and application of advanced technologies.  Founded by a group of faculty at the University of California at Berkeley in 1982, BRIE quickly became one of the leading intellectual voices debating government policy and business strategy in America.

BRIE's research concentrates on the different ways industrialized economies create competitive advantage and how these differences affect international economic and political relations.  BRIE simultaneously seeks to understand how America can sustain its own economic development and maintain leadership.

Through dozens of articles, editorials, and books -- including the landmark Manufacturing Matters and, more recently, The Highest Stakes and Who's Bashing Whom? -- BRIE has earned the respect of academia, business and both sides of the aisle in Washington.  In 1984, BRIE drafted for President Reagan's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness what is now the commonly accepted definition of competitiveness.  In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed one of BRIE's directors, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, to chair the President's Council of Economic Advisers and in 1995 named her to head the National Economic Council.

Bringing together UC faculty, business leaders, and scholars from around the world, BRIE continues to pioneer the effort to understand our rapidly changing global economy, leading James Fallows, editor of US News & World Report, to call BRIE "a national asset."

For more information about the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, visit:   http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/