Summer School - Berkeley edition 2026

The International Summer School on Public Policy – Berkeley Edition 2026 will take place from August 3 to August 7, 2026, at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Summer School aims to provide the opportunity for Ph.D. students and early career researchers to advance their knowledge of Public Policy theories, concepts, and methodologies. Students will participate in workshops/case studies where they will be able to discuss their research projects and receive feedback from both their peers and acclaimed scholars of public policy.  

In 5 days, the Summer School offers its participants the opportunity to attend the following activities:

• Lectures from different International scholars on specific public policy approaches, concepts, and theories;
• Course on a particular issue given by an International scholar, according to students' preferences;
• Workshop sessions together with your group, giving the students the option to present their work to the group, and have their topic discussed by their peers and the professors or to participate in case studies.

The courses will be taught by 2 internationally renowned policy scholars: 

Christopher Ansell (University of California, Berkeley) and Lihi Lahat (Sapir Academic College, Israel & Concordia University, Montreal).

Call for applications is now open until May 12th!