Welcome to CES!
Our 2023-2024 application portal is now open! (The portal will remain open until Friday, December 16th.)
In solidarity: Black Lives Matter
Welcome to CES!
Our 2023-2024 application portal is now open! (The portal will remain open until Friday, December 16th.)
About the Center
We’re social scientists who believe that the United States should be a more democratic, egalitarian, sustainable society.
Dissertation Fellowships
We created our dissertation fellowships to encourage engaged scholarship and the progress it supports.
Engaged Scholarship
Engaged scholarship advances social, racial, and environmental justice.
The Social Sciences are alive everywhere in our world.
Our goal is to encourage social scientists to use their research tools to create a more just, a more equal, and a more sustainable society.
Meet the 2025-2026 Fellows
CES is pleased to announce our 2025-2026 awardees. These twelve fellows will each receive $35,000 to support their dissertation writing.
CES Mourns the Unexpected Death of Michael Burawoy
Michael Burawoy, Berkeley sociologist mentored many generations of activist scholars. He was a friend of the Center.
Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to CES
We are thrilled to announce that CES was just awarded a 3-year grant from the Mellon Foundation for $558,000!”