Technology and Public Policy

The Graduate Certificate in Technology Policy is designed to meet the need for greater understanding and practice in technology policy among master’s and doctoral students in STEM, Social Sciences, and the Arts & Humanities across the University. The certificate introduces students to interdisciplinary perspectives on emerging technology and public policy issues, exposes students to the policymaking process, and provides training for how to become effective leaders in technology policy fields working with government, intergovernmental organizations, and the public sector. 

The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab (BRSL) at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy is an academic research institute focused on the intersection of technology and security. With an interdisciplinary team committed to bringing robust academic research into policy spaces around the world, BRSL takes advantage of UC Berkeley’s robust network of basic and applied research on emerging technologies. UC Berkeley’s community of excellence, including students, researchers, and faculty serves the Lab’s research agenda, offers student opportunities, and engages with both public and private sector partners on some of the hardest and most pressing technology policy challenges of the day. 

Students who receive the Graduate Certificate in Technology Policy will have developed analytical and professional skills to more effectively understand, inform, and communicate technology policy issues with relevant stakeholders and will learn effective techniques (e.g., quantitative and qualitative methods of policy analysis, such as cost-benefit analysis and multi-goal policy analysis) for creating and implementing technology policy strategies at the local, state, national, and international level that address some of the most pressing public policy challenges including (and certainly not limited to) data privacy to climate technology to AI governance, and the future of nuclear technology.

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