BISP Special Focus: Culminating Projects

In addition to the three elective courses in the BISP Special Focus, all students will complete a culminating project of their choosing through the required independent study and research course. The culminating project will be shared with other BISP students via a short talk, poster, shared paper, or other type of presentation.

The following list includes presentation titles from previous BISP students following a BISP Special Focus topic.

 

Climate Change and the Environment

  • The Benefit and Challenges of Cargo Shipping through the Arctic in the Context of Climate Change
  • The Change of Air Quality in China Over the Past 20 Years
  • Climate Change and Resilience: How City Planning and Climate Change Adaptation Can Improve Resilience to Hazardous Floods?
  • Climate Change Impact and Mexico's Sustainable Development (podcast)
  • The Degrees of Domestication
  • Our Future for Sustainable Roads
  • Petroleum Industry and Climate Change in Norway
  • Photovoltaic Systems in Cities
  • What's Going On With Our Planet: Extreme Climate Events and Imminence

Current and Historical Politics

  • Comparative Perspectives on the History of China and the U.S. between 1920-2000
  • Decode the INGO Board Election: an Analyzation of World Scout Committee 2014-2021
  • Establishing Links Between Constitutional and Democratic Stability
  • Healthcare: A Right or a Privilege? Comparing California and Norway's Healthcare Systems
  • The Impact of Primary Openness on Local Legislators' Political Promotion: A Case Study of the Taipei-New Taipei Region from 2008 to 2024
  • Micro-Politics During Shanghai's Epidemic Lockdown
  • Observations on U.S. Strategic Response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
  • Russia’s Annexation of Crimea
  • Understanding the Gulags
  • Why is Italy Withdrawing from The Belt and Road

Education, Society, and the Student

  • A Brief Report of Social-Emotional Intervention Recommendation for Teach for Taiwan (TFT)
  • Exploring Language Proficiency and Anxiety Among Mandarin-Speaking Exchange Students at UC Berkeley
  • Thoughts and Findings from the Cultural Differences in IUSM

Global Economies and Entrepreneurship

  • Celebration of Entrepreneurs
  • Changes in China’s Share in U.S. Imports Based on U.S. Tariff Policy
  • Comparative Analysis of Barriers in Women Entrepreneurship: Insights from India and Kenya
  • Contemporary Perspectives on Inflation
  • Cross Waters
  • The Development of Bay Area
  • Development to Modern Society: Women's Rights
  • The East Runs to the West
  • The Economics of Drug Trafficking
  • Educational Inequality’s Impact on Intergenerational Income Immobility in India
  • Entrepreneurial Idolization
  • Global Economies and Entrepreneurship
  • Google’s Innovation Strategies
  • How Does The Meatpacking Supply Chain in the U.S. Look Like
  • LGBTQ+-owned Businesses and Their Stories
  • A Longitudinal Empirical Examination of Social Media Responses to the #CancelStudentDebt Movement
  • Research on Personal Data Portability Right: Digital economic law
  • The Rise of the Sharing Economy: take Uber and Obike, for Example
  • Social Responsibility Within Food Delivery Services
  • Startup Success Factors
  • Sustainability and Green Innovation: Sweden’s Role as a Global Leader
  • Women in Entrepreneurship
  • Women's Entrepreneurship in Mexico and the USA

Health and Society

  • Acculturation Among Chinese Exchange Students at UC Berkeley: A Qualitative Research
  • A Comparative Study on the Norwegian and American Healthcare Systems
  • Cutting-edge Technology and Psychological Disorder
  • Developmental Trajectory of Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders in Older Adults
  • The Efficacy of EDMR Therapy for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Literature Review
  • Premature Birth in Black Women in the USA
  • Vulnerability and Health

Inequalities and Social Justice

  • A Comparative Analysis of "Platform Jobs"
  • Behind the Accusations: Poverty, Inequality, and Preventive Prison in Mexico
  • Beyond Marriage Equality: LGBTQ+ Parenthood and Reproductive Rights in Taiwan
  • Critique of the Legitimacy of Men's Minimum Election Quota in A Student Association
  • Femicide – Modern Witch Hunts
  • The Impact of the Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) on Poverty Reduction
  • Investigating the Role of Education in the Social Marginalization
  • Porns Impact on Perceptions of Gender
  • Time Perception in Chinese and American Culture
  • Towards Inclusive AI: Addressing Bias in Large Language Models through Design, Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Solutions

Language and Culture

  • [European Languages] The Historical and Linguistic Evolution of the Old English word "Writ"
  • Language & Culture: English Language
  • [The Americas] Acknowledging Endangered Languages: with a Special Focus on Koryo Mar

Media, Communication, and Storytelling

  • "Addiction" (film)
  • The Crusoe of Chinese Cultural Relics
  • Echoes of Discord: Unpacking Social Conflicts and Modern Relevance in ‘La Haine’ (podcast)
  • Genshin Impact: Building Multicultural World and Promoting Chinese Culture
  • Hallyu's Future: Learning from "Cool Japan" in the US Market
  • I’m Gonna Die Alone (and I Feel Fine)
  • Standing Up: Alternative Ways to Live Life: Rhetorical Study of Jen Kirkman’s Stand-up Special
  • Storytelling through Art Curation