Blum Center for Developing Economies

Khalid Kadir

Office Hours and Location

100C Blum Hall, UC Berkeley
Hours: by appointment

Khalid is a Continuing Lecturer at UC Berkeley, teaching courses in the Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) program, Political Economy, and Civil & Environmental Engineering. He received his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his MSE and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley. While completing his PhD, Khalid began focusing his research on the complex role that engineering expertise plays in the politics of international development and poverty alleviation, and his current work focuses on the intersection of poverty, expertise, and political economy. He is a recipient of the 2019 American Cultures Teaching Award and the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley’s most prestigious honor for teaching.

Projects and Publications

Engineering Social Justice
                  http://issuu.com/shawnm/docs/beng-spring2014/16
 
Video: Can Experts Solve Poverty?
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqEj8XUPlk

Courses Regularly Taught

GPP 105: The Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global Practice
GPP 196: Global Poverty and Practice: Capstone Course
POLECON 101: Contemporary Political Economy
POLECON 159: Digital Technology, Political Economy, and Justice
E/IAS 157AC: Engineering, Environment, and Society

Host and Fellow Responsibilities

Host Organizations

  • Identify staff supervisor to manage I&E Climate Action Fellow
  • Submit fellowship description and tasks
  • Engage in the matching process
  • Mentor and advise students
  • Communicate with Berkeley program director and give feedback on the program.

Berkeley Program Director​

  • Communicate with host organizations, students, and other university departments to ensure smooth program operations

Student Fellows

  • Complete application and cohort activities
  • Communicate with staff and host organizations
  • Successfully complete assignments from host organization during summer practicum
  • Summarize and report summer experience activities post-fellowship