David Harris

Chancellor’s Public Scholar at Haas School of Business

Schools

  • Haas School of Business
  • Nyenrode Business University

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Biography

Haas School of Business

Education

  • University of São Paulo, M.S., Sociology, 2008
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2003
  • International Honors Program, Boston University, 2002

Positions Held

At Haas since 2015

  • 2008 – present, Research Director, Institute for the Future
  • 2003 – present, Executive Director & Founder, Global Lives Project
  • 2012, Visiting Professor, Aalto University, School of Business
  • 2005 – 2007, Producer/Director, Pan South Productions
  • 2000, Confidential Assistant, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
  • 2000, Intern, White House Council on Environmental Quality

External Service and Assignments

  • 2019 ad hoc book proposal reviewer, Routledge Press (Business, Management & Accounting)
  • 2017 – Advisor, <coding_democracy> (documentary series)
  • 2016 – present, ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
  • 2016 – present, Juror, Pacific Art League
  • 2016, Mentor, U.S. State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs / ZERO1, American Arts Incubator
  • 2015 – 2016, Member, Public Art Advisory Committee, City of Palo Alto
  • 2010 and 2015, Artist in Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
  • 2013 – 2014, Co-Principal Investigator, Smithsonian Institution, Consortium for World Cultures
  • 1999 – 2000, Founder & Director, Earth Week UC 2000, Berkeley

*Memberships: *

  • International Sociological Association; Visual Sociology Working Group
  • American Sociological Association; Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section

Selected Papers and Publications

  • “Open Source Government? Fork Me: App4Gov,” in Social Innovation in Practice: 78-87, The Hague: Hivos. 2014.
  • “Catalysts for Change: Visualizing the Horizon of Poverty,” Foresight, 14.6, 450-467, 2012. With Kathi Vian, Matt Chwierut, Tessa Finlev and Maureen Kirchner.
  • “Comment is Free: World Social Forum,” The Guardian, Feb 27, 2011.
  • “Social Issues on the World Stage,” BBC News Business, Feb 14, 2011.
  • The Future of Video: Becoming people of the screen. Palo Alto: Institute for the Future, Special Report #1219, April 2010. With Jake Dunagan.
  • “Alternative Views of the Economic Crisis,” BBC Business News Editorial, Feb 6, 2009.
  • “São Paulo: A City Without Ads,” Adbusters Magazine 15(5), July/August 2007. Republished as “World’s Fourth Largest City Outlaws Billboards, Calls it ‘Visual Pollution’,” Alternet, Aug 21, 2007.
  • “Turbulence before Take-Off: Life trajectories spotted en route to a Brazilian runway,” Sarai Reader 06, New Delhi: Center for the Study of Developing Societies, 2006, 480-484. Reprinted in Glimpse Magazine, 6(1): 32-39. Summer 2007.
  • Venezuela’s answer to ‘free trade’: The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas; (with Diego Azzi), Bangkok & São Paulo: Focus on the Global South & Hemispheric Social Alliance, Occasional Paper Series #3, 2006. Translated to French and republished as “Alternative bolivarienne pour les Amériques (ALBA): modèle ou chimère?” in Coalitions d’États du Sud: Retour de l’esprit de Bandung? Paris: Editions Syllepse, 2007.

Expertise and Research Interests

  • Democracy
  • Social Media
  • Philanthropy
  • Social movements
  • Global political economy
  • Poverty
  • Inequality
  • Development
  • Brazil, Latin America.

Honors and Awards

  • 2017, David Eckles Fund for Diversity and Social Impact, Haas School of Business.
  • 2016, Official Selection, New York Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center. Lives in Transit.
  • 2015, American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) Course Development Grant and Course Grant, UC Berkeley. For teaching of UGBA 192AC: Social Movements & Social Media.
  • 2012 – 2014, National Endowment for the Arts, Media Arts Grants. Three awards to support Global Lives Project: Lives in Transit and Expansion of Interactive Virtual Video Library. Principal Artist.
  • 2013 – 2014, Smithsonian Institution, Consortium for World Cultures. Global Lives / Global Voices workshop, in collaboration with National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), and the Long Now Foundation (LNF). Co-PI with Joshua Bell (PI-NMNH), Ruth Rouvier (NMNH), Michael Mason (CFCH), Joe Horse Capture (NMAI), Laura Welcher (LNF).
  • 2008 – 2014, Adobe Foundation Arts & Creativity Grants. Funding received for Global Lives Project filmmaking, education programs and web development.
  • 2014, Interactive Media Award, Outstanding Achievement: Non-Profit. For Global Lives Project.
  • 2013, American Institute of Graphic Arts, (Re)design Award. Honors those whose achievements in design and design education inspire and advance the profession. For collaboration between Method and Global Lives Project.
  • 2012, Brand New Award. For collaboration between Method and Global Lives Project.
  • 2010, Christensen Fund. For Global Lives Project website and filmmaker community outreach.
  • 2010, Long Now Foundation. For Global Lives Project exhibit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
  • 2010, Burwen Education Foundation, 2010. For Global Lives Project exhibition and education programs.
  • 2007, Black Rock Arts Foundation. Funding to support Global Lives Project video production in India, China, Indonesia and Malawi.
  • 2005, Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship. For graduate studies at the University of São Paulo.

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