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Immigrant Cities and Democracy's Future Jun 23, 2026 01:03:42 Urban settings are the grounds upon which immigration stress-tests the strength of democratic values, institutions, and practices. In this audio version of a live event hosted by CASBS on May 6, 2026, CASBS board member and Stanford sociologist Tomás Jiménez, Oxford economist and 2025-26 CASBS fellow Ian Goldin, and Welcoming America executive director Rachel Perić discuss what we can learn from t

Network Science's Chief Economist May 22, 2026 00:57:58 Matthew O. Jackson is perhaps the world’s most renowned scholar of the economics of networks; as a 2005-06 CASBS fellow, he wrote most of his still-influential book Social and Economic Networks. In this wide-ranging conversation with 2025-26 CASBS fellow Rajiv Sethi, Jackson discusses his foundational work on strategic modeling of networks, empirical applications on the role of economic connectedn

The Micro-mechanisms Influencing Social Interactions Apr 30, 2026 00:45:49 Human interactions occur in a variety of contexts. When interactions are marked by conflict, misunderstanding, bias, or aggression, 2024-25 CASBS fellow Katy DeCelles illuminates the micro-sociological and social-psychological dynamics that contribute to the sub-optimal interaction outcomes, enabling the formulation of corrective solutions and better organizational design. DeCelles discusses a sam

David Card: Behind the Nobel Feb 26, 2026 00:56:30 In his first visit since to CASBS since his 1996-97 fellowship, UC Berkeley economist David Card lifts the veil behind the innovative empirical work on the labor market effects of immigration, minimum wages, and education that earned him the Nobel Prize in 2021. In conversation with 2024-25 CASBS fellow Dylan Connor, Card also explores issues and questions involving the relationships among geograp

Your Field Guide for Creating Social Change Jan 13, 2026 01:06:58 Philosophers Michael Brownstein (CASBS fellow 2019-20) and Dan Kelly (2018-19), two of the coauthors of "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Create Social Change," discuss their book's framing and key concepts with Damon Centola (2014-15), an expert in social network dynamics. The book offers a pragmatic guide for connecting individuals to their role as change agents, illuminating the soc

Paul Milgrom: Beyond the Nobel Dec 9, 2025 00:47:06 Economist Paul Milgrom is celebrated for his Nobel Prize-winning work on auction theory and design. But he has published a wide range of other innovative, influential research throughout his career – including a book and articles emerging from his 1991-92 CASBS fellowship. Gani Aldashev (CASBS fellow, 2024-25) engages Milgrom on highlights of this often-collaborative or cross-disciplinary work on

In Edward Said's Shadow Oct 28, 2025 01:08:47 Edward Said famously wrote most of "Orientalism" during his 1975-76 CASBS fellowship. The book criticized Western worldviews and representations of the East (or 'Orient') and their perpetuation of romanticized or colonial mindsets. A half-century later, "Orientalism" continues to shape scholarship, frame debates, and resonate in disparate regions and contexts. Four 2024-25 CASBS fellows representi

Colin Camerer: Econ's Neurovisionary Oct 2, 2025 00:45:58 An absorbing conversation featuring Colin Camerer (CASBS fellow, 1997-98), among the world's most accomplished scholars in both behavioral economics and neuroeconomics, with economist Stephanie Wang (2024-25). Camerer discusses his groundbreaking work on the neuroeconomics of self-control and habit formation; offers insights on generating ideas for, building, then scaling behavioral models; and ex

Grand Master of the Sociology of Immigration & Assimilation Jul 21, 2025 00:54:52 For decades, Alejandro Portes (CASBS fellow 1980-81) has been among our most distinguished scholars elucidating the causes and consequences of immigration and assimilation. René D. Flores (CASBS fellow 2023-24) engages Portes in a conversation spanning large swaths of Portes's formidable intellectual biography, including his personal journey from Cuba and its influence on his academic trajectory,

Can AI Take Common Sense from a Baby? Apr 30, 2025 00:37:17 Generative AI tools built on large language models are increasingly "intelligent" yet lack a baby's common sense – the ability to non-verbally generalize to novel situations without additional training. What can developmental science contribute to AI? Tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow David Moore, a developmental scientist with expertise in infant

Make the Atmosphere Great Again Mar 24, 2025 00:57:26 Given deeply polarized domestic politics and insufficient international commitment to the Paris Accord, can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avert some of the worst effects of climate change before it's too late? It's an elemental question that warrants despair, yes, but plenty of hope too. Political scientist Leigh Raymond, a 2021-22 CASBS fellow, explores the implicated issues through a co

Anthropology at the Borderlands of Experience Feb 27, 2025 00:57:45 Two-time CASBS fellow and renowned anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann discusses her past and current work as an anthropologist of the mind, both in religious and psychological contexts, in conversation with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Erica Robles-Anderson. Luhrmann's award-winning work investigates visions, voices, psychosis, the supernatural, and other unusual sensory experiences and phenomena, found often

Demystifying the Disinformation Marketplace Jan 28, 2025 00:46:43 There never will be enough independent fact checking of online political advertising and their ecosystems. Can we develop methods and tools to demonetize or at least disincentivize the behaviors of disinformation producers as well as the ad firms and content providers in business with them? 2023-24 CASBS fellow Ceren Budak navigates the disinformation marketplace and illuminates pathways for bette

The Humanity of Connective Labor Oct 15, 2024 00:51:23 Are jobs requiring high levels of human interaction worth preserving in the age of automation? Can we design machines to achieve something profound – the mutual recognition that occurs when human beings truly "see" each other? CASBS faculty fellow Mitchell Stevens explores these questions with Allison Pugh, author of the 2024 book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.

Organized Civic Benevolence and Nationhood Aug 2, 2024 00:51:37 Santi Furnari (CASBS fellow, 2023-24) engages renowned political sociologist & 2015-16 fellow Elisabeth Clemens on the role of private civic volunteer organizations in co-constructing national identity and state capacity as well as serving as tools of governance, solidarity, and inclusion for much of American history. In what form does civic benevolence and philanthropy operate in the contemporary

Exposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation Campaigns Jul 8, 2024 00:42:07 Legendary tech journalist John Markoff (CASBS fellow, 2017-18) chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Young Mie Kim on her groundbreaking efforts to identify how shadowy groups use algorithms and targeted disinformation campaigns during presidential election cycles; measure their real-world distorting effects on voter mobilization or suppression; and illuminate our understanding of resulting political in

The Gold Standard of Economic Historians May 31, 2024 01:12:58 Stefan Link, a 2023-24 CASBS fellow, chats with Barry Eichengreen, a 1996-97 CASBS fellow and world renowned for his expertise at the nexus of international economics and economic history. They discuss some of Eichengreen's most prominent works — including "The European Economy Since 1945," which emerged from his CASBS experience, and "Golden Fetters," his most cited book — interrogating their dur

A Scholar's Commitment to Workers' Economic Justice Apr 30, 2024 00:50:44 Labor historian & 2023-24 CASBS fellow Gabriel Winant in conversation with 2018-19 CASBS fellow Ruth Milkman, among the nation's most renowned sociologists of labor. In addition to interrogating divisions within and segmentation across labor markets in recent decades, Milkman also has remained attuned to the complexity of the overall working class experience, essential for illuminating ways in whi

Bridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public Good Mar 25, 2024 00:42:23 Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Nathan Matias about often-overlooked public interest questions and concerns regarding the deployment of tech platform algorithms and AI models. Specifically, Matias is a player in filling the two-way knowledge gaps between civil society and tech firms with an eye on governance, safety, accountability, and advancing

A Social Science of Caregiving Feb 26, 2024 01:04:20 Recorded before a live audience, Margaret Levi, Alison Gopnik, & Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss a CASBS project, "The Social Science of Caregiving," which is reimagining the philosophical, psychological, biological, political, & economic foundations of care and caregiving. The goal is a coherent empirical and theoretical account or synthesis of care that advances understandings and policy discussion

The Shadow of Cybersecurity Expertise Jan 17, 2024 00:39:30 Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist & 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Rebecca Slayton on how the field of computing expertise evolved, eventually giving rise to the niche of professionals who protect systems from cyber-attacks. Slayton's forthcoming book explores the governance & risk implications emerging from the fact that cybersecurity experts must establish

Challenging History Erasures to Expand Possible Futures Dec 13, 2023 01:05:50 Two-time CASBS fellow Fred Turner engages CASBS board of directors chair Abby Smith Rumsey before a live audience to discuss her new book "Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History." When the erasure or distortion of collective memory through storytelling hijacks fact, truth, and history itself, what kind of information infrastructures can effectively confront those false narratives? Turner an

Toward a Society of Shared Recognition Nov 28, 2023 00:46:53 Renowned sociologist Michèle Lamont (CASBS fellow, 2002-03) discusses her new book, Seeing Others, with former CASBS director Woody Powell. The book assembles decades of Lamont’s scholarship, engaging some of contemporary society’s most elemental challenges and advancing key building blocks toward a shared human experience marked by greater inclusion, belonging, dignity, empathy, and equality.MICH

Toward Cross-disciplinary Consensus About Our (Mis)Information Environment Nov 2, 2023 00:49:07 Fully understanding and regulating our complex information ecosystems will require creating new cultures and modes of collaborating, new organizational frameworks and, yes, working with generative AI models in service of aggregating actionable scientific knowledge. Angela Aristidou (CASBS fellow, 2022-23) navigates the crucial questions and challenges with Phil Howard (CASBS fellow, 2008-09), a re

The Memory Science Disruptor Sep 11, 2023 00:51:05 Dan Simon, a 2022-23 CASBS fellow and USC law professor, joins in conversation with Elizabeth Loftus, a 1978-79 CASBS fellow and Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine. Loftus is known in the public sphere through her decades-long study of memory – specifically, its malleability and fallibility – as well as her application of findings as an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of legal cases. Lo

Jonathan Jansen's Power of Craft Aug 28, 2023 00:53:08 While you're listening to this episode, 2016-17 CASBS fellow Jonathan Jansen likely will write another few thousand words. As a scholar of education & leader of education institutions, Jansen is South Africa's most towering figure. To call him prolific is a gross understatement. He writes a steady stream of books & more books. As a public intellectual he writes a separate steady stream of columns

Deploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest Aug 1, 2023 01:37:00 What are the most effective collective actions that social protest movements can or should undertake in the context of deep societal conflict and polarization? CASBS fellows Eran Halperin (2022-23) & Robb Willer (2012-13, 2020-21) compare their cross-national research findings and explore Halperin's real-time applied work with the dramatic, ongoing protests in Israel.ERAN HALPERIN links:Psychology

Frederick Cooper's Illumination of History Jul 10, 2023 00:45:52 Drawing upon a career of scholarship extending from studies of labor, citizenship, and the state in Africa to explorations of global empire, colonialism, and globalization, three-time CASBS fellow Frederick Cooper – in conversation with 2022-23 fellows Jean Beaman and Martin Williams – gives a master class on how critical and relational thinking serve historical inquiries that advance our understa

Developing AI Like Raising Kids - Alison Gopnik & Ted Chiang Jun 1, 2023 00:55:56 This episode is produced in association with the CASBS project "The Social Science of Caregiving," and draws further inspiration from the CASBS project "Imagining Adaptive Societies." Learn more about both:https://casbs.stanford.edu/programs/projects/social-science-caregivinghttps://casbs.stanford.edu/programs/projects/imagining-adaptive-societiesCASBS program director Zachary Ugolnik served as c

New Visions for Effective Worker Influence May 22, 2023 01:26:34 This is a podcast version of a live CASBS webcast event. View video of the event here.The event was produced in association with CASBS's program on Creating a New Moral Political Economy. Learn about the program here.CASBS's moral political economy program guest-curated the Winter 2023 issue of Dædalus, a publication of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The entire issue is open access her

A Different Glenn Loury Apr 27, 2023 01:11:22 Glenn Loury on Google ScholarCoate & Loury (1993), "Will Affirmative-Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?"Loury, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (The Du Bois Lectures)The Tanner Lectures at Stanford (2007) Lecture 1 | Lecture 2Loury (2008), Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesLoury (2019), "Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?"Somanathan and Allen, eds. (2020) Difference without Dom

Interdependence & Climate Change - Robert Keohane Mar 27, 2023 01:07:52 Robert Keohane bios: CASBS | Princeton | WikipediaComparative Politics of Climate Change Policy workshops at CASBSComplex interdependenceAfter Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy2016 Balzan Prize | prize speechDesigning Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative ResearchJohan Skytte PrizeKeohane & Ostrom, Local Commons and Global InterdependenceCASBS: website

Bob Scott is Trending Dec 6, 2022 00:53:18 Emerging Trends in The Social and Behavioral SciencesBob’s Introduction to the projectAbout the Robert A. Scott Lectureship FundThe classic mud volleyball photo (click then scroll to the bottom of the article)Human Centered episode featuring Richard WranghamCASBS in the History of Behavioral EconomicsCASBS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford Universit

Toward Better Evidence-Based Policymaking Dec 2, 2022 01:23:32 Causal Inference for Social Impact LabEGAPJake BowersCarrie S. CihakDan HopkinsRuth LevinePiyush TantiaCASBS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Mo

Creating A New Political Economy Framework Sep 1, 2022 01:27:10 Moderator Debra SatzPanelistsElizabeth Anderson University of MichiganSamuel Bowles Santa Fe InstituteNobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton PrincetonAmy Kapczynski Yale Law CASBS@CasbsStanfordCreating a New Moral Political Economy program at CASBSSocial Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Blu

Movements & Contentious Politics - Sid Tarrow Jul 26, 2022 00:49:13 Sid Tarrow"Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development" - Cambridge University PressEd WalkerCASBS@CasbsStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Aud

Understanding Gen Z Apr 7, 2022 01:23:38 "Gen Z Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age"Roberta KatzSarah OgilvieJane ShawLinda WoodheadKat TenbargeCASBSCASBS project: Understanding the iGenerationSocial Science for a World in Crisis@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newslet

High-tech Modernism Dec 1, 2021 01:30:49 dana boydHenry FarrellMarion FourcadeWilliam JanewayCharlton McIlwainZeynep TufekciSuggested Reading"The Moral Economy of High Tech Modernism""Making Space for Black Software""Learning Like a State: Statecraft in the Digital Age""Isomorphism through algorithms: Institutional dependencies in the case of Facebook""The Ecology of Innovation"CASBS@CasbsStanfordSocial Science for a World in CrisisCreat

How Social Science Advances our Understanding of Pandemics Jul 15, 2021 01:10:53 PanelistsPeter LoewenAdrian RafteryPrerna SinghRobb WillerAlexis MadrigalSuggested Readings, Event Info and moreVisit CASBS onlineCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Aud

What Does Human Flourishing Look Like? Jun 25, 2021 01:00:45 Jenna BednarHilary CottamJames ManyikaGillian TettSuggested Readings“Governance for Human Flourishing”“The Social Contract in the 21st Century”“Welfare 5.0: Why We Need a Social Revolution and How to Make it Happen”Vist CASBS online@casbsstanford on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube&nb

An Earth-friendly Political Economy May 28, 2021 01:20:00 Creating a New Moral Political EconomyArun MajumdarEric BeinhockerGenevieve BellKim Stanley RobinsonSuggested Readings“I am a carbon abolitionist”“Making the Fed’s Money Printer Go Brrrr for the Planet”“The 4th Industrial Revolution: Responsible & Secure AI”“Touching the future: Stories of systems, serendipity and grace”CASBS@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 

The Death of Nature - Carolyn Merchant Apr 29, 2021 00:26:13 Carolyn MerchantPaula Findlen"Science Turned Upside Down: Carolyn Merchant’s Vision of Nature, 40 Years Later""The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution""The Anthropocene and The Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability"CASBS@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: websi

America's Black-White Divide: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward Apr 23, 2021 01:14:55 Lawrence D. BoboHenry Louis Gates, Jr.Claude SteeleMargaret LeviSocial Science for a World in Crisis SeriesCASBS@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co

What Institutional Courage Looks Like Feb 26, 2021 01:23:53 ModeratorEstelle FreedmanPanelistsJennifer FreydJennifer GómezCarolyn Warner----Social Science for a World in CrisisEvent Page with InfoCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani

The Digital Dilemma in the Time of COVID Jan 26, 2021 01:24:00 Show page with suggested readingsJohn MarkoffNilam RamByron ReevesAbby Smith RumseyMaryanne WolfThe Human Screenome ProjectSocial Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike

Reforming Democratic Institutions and Practices Jan 15, 2021 01:14:39 Show page with Suggested ReadingsLuis FragaJames FishkinMartin GilensJane Mansbridge@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

The Persistence of Racial Inequality Dec 11, 2020 01:07:28 CASBS promo flyer for this discussion"Why Does Racial Inequality Persist? Culture, Causation, and Responsibility" Glenn's paper discussed by the panelGlenn C. LouryJoshua CohenFrancis FukuyamaAlondra NelsonCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |late

Can We Rebuild Social Cohesion in The U.S.? Nov 24, 2020 01:19:02 CASBS Episode PagePanelists:Danielle AllenShaylyn Romney GarrettEric KlinenbergRobert PutnamModerator:David Brooks @CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer &

What Will Become of Work and Workers? Nov 13, 2020 01:04:58 Moderator:Margaret LeviPanelists:Tara BehrendLouis HymanJohn IronsPhyllis MoenSocial Science for a World in Crisis Series@CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engin

Analyzing Social Media Influence - Sandra González-Bailón Nov 6, 2020 00:37:56 Sandra González-BailónA great thread on her recent paper “Exposure to News Grows Less Fragmented with an Increase in Mobile Access”“Bots are Less Central than Verified Accounts during Contentious Political Events”Her book Decoding the Social WorldFacebook 2020 Election Research portal CASBSCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford Universit

Metrics & Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing - Mario Biagioli Sep 8, 2020 00:38:11 Mario Biagioli's UCLA ProfileMario's article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, "Fraud by Numbers: Metrics and the New Academic Midconduct"Mario’s book “Gaming The Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research”2019-20 CASBS fellow Brian Arthur’s paper “All Systems Will Be Gamed: Exploitative Behavior in Economic and Social Systems” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Polarization and Contentious Politics in the Age of Covid Aug 6, 2020 01:03:09 Video of this conversationSocial Science for a World in CrisisCASBS director Margaret Levi, co-editor of the Annual Review of Political Science, recently curated discussions with Christian Davenport and Rachel Kleinfeld that explore findings in articles they published in the Review.The Long-Term Consequences of Street Clashes"Privilege Violence", or How Governments Use Violence to Maintain Inequal

America As a Developing Country? Jul 21, 2020 00:53:11 Video of this conversationTheir paper in the Harvard Journal on Legislation "Twentieth-Century America as a Developing Country: Conflict, Institutions, and The Evolution of Public Law"Web page for CASBS's webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis Notable events mentioned in this episode:The West Virginia Coal WarsThe National Labor Relations ActThe Taft-Hartley ActYoungstown Sheet & Tu

Welfare as Tool of Repression in China - Jennifer Pan Jul 17, 2020 00:35:16 Jen Pan’s homepageHer recent book “Welfare for Autocrats” Big thanks to CASBS staff member Teresita Heiser for opening the episode for us! Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engin

Ethically Editing Genomes - Alta Charo Jun 23, 2020 00:38:33 Alta CharoShe recommends checking out the documentary “Human Nature,” in which she appears.Learn about CRISPR gene editingRevive & Restore, the organization working on “genetic rescue” of endangered and extinct species.The controversy over He Jiankui’s genetic modification of human embryosVisit CASBS on the webVisit CASBS on TwitterCASBS staff member Jason Gonzales read this episode's opening line

Freedom To Oppress - Jefferson Cowie May 28, 2020 00:44:29 Jefferson CowieJefferson’s recent New York Times Piece “The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions”The illuminating CASBS symposium “_Contesting the Nation_”, with Jefferson Cowie, Kathleen Belew, and Catherine RamírezRichard Rorty, CASBS fellow 1982-83 “Achieving Our Country”Donald F. Kettl’s “The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work”Arlie Russell Hochschil

Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho Apr 23, 2020 00:29:05 Wendy K. Tam Cho's homepageFamiliarize yourself with Optimization Problems"How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering” - Quanta Magazine“Toward a Talismanic Redistricting Tool: A Computational Method for Identifying Extreme Redistricting Plans” - Wendy K. Tam Cho and Yan Y. LiuWendy’s reading recommendation “Deep Thinking” by Gary Kasparov" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences&nbsp

From Big Data to Big Variables - Susan Holmes Apr 1, 2020 00:30:46 Susan Holmes' Stanford PageSusan Holmes on TwitterClaude Shannon, former CASBS fellow, and the "father of information theory"CASBSCASBS on TwitterShout out to Barbie Mayock, CASBS dining program coordinator, for reading this episode's opening line!! Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |Lin

The Complexity Economist - W. Brian Arthur Mar 5, 2020 00:40:28 W. Brian Arthur’s homepage at the Santa Fe Institute“Where is technology taking the economy? ” - W. Brian Arthur. McKinsey Oct. 2017“Complexity and the Economy” W. Brian Arthur. Oxford University Press, 2014Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral SciencesCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesk

The AI Ethics Landscape - Sherry Wong Feb 19, 2020 00:32:44 Sherry WongFluxus LandscapeIcarus SalonCASBS AI Ethics & Governance Map LaunchesCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Ga

Putting Peer Pressure to Work - Robert Frank Feb 5, 2020 00:31:41 Robert Frank on TwitterHis new book “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work”His choice of influential book is Nobel Prize winner Thomas Schelling’s “Micromotives and Macrobehavior”Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X

Foreclosing on America - Noelle Stout Jan 8, 2020 00:46:49 Noelle StoutNoelle’s book, “Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class”“Life By Algorithms” by Catherine Besteman and Hugh GustersonCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |Linked

Sexual Violence & Institutional Courage - Jennifer Freyd Dec 4, 2019 00:47:28 Jennifer FreydInstitutional Betrayal Research HomepageLearn about DARVOWatch the CASBS Symposium: “Betrayal and Courage in the Age of #MeToo”Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest n

Homo economicus: An Endangered Species? Dan Kelly Nov 14, 2019 00:37:46 Dan Kelly's Purdue homepageDan Kelly's book “Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust”Two fascinating papers coauthored by Dan:“Minding the Gap: Bias, Soft Structures, and the Double Life of Social Norms”“Who’s Responsible for This? Moral Responsibility, Externalism, and Knowledge about Implicit Bias”CASBS’s project on Creating a New Moral Political EconomyCenter for Advanced Study in th

An Organized Labor Revival? Steven Greenhouse Nov 1, 2019 00:46:04 Steven Greenhouse on TwitterSteven’s recent book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor”The CASBS project on Creating a New Moral Political EconomyCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube&n

The Boundaries in Our Heads - Cara Wong Oct 22, 2019 00:34:30 Cara Wong's WebsiteCara Wong's 2018 paper "Maps in People’s Heads: Assessing a New Measure of Context"And her 2010 book "Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics" - Cambridge University PressV. O. Key Jr.'s "Southern Politics In State and Nation" - University of Tennessee PressCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavi

Tech Innovation Needs Social Science - Arati Prabhakar Oct 10, 2019 00:43:35 Arati PrabhakarNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  |LinkedIn | podcast  |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman Cen

Policy Tools to Fight Community Poverty & Inequality - Kirsten Wysen Sep 17, 2019 00:45:46 King County's Communities of Opportunity programKirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains existing hierarchies"San Francisco's Mission Asset FundConsumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on payday loansBetrayal Trauma Theory (a concept pioneered by 1989-90 & 2018-19 CASBS fellow Jennifer Freyd)Center for Advanced Study in the Behaviora

Social Science and Saving Democracy from the Internet - Nate Persily Sep 3, 2019 00:55:33 Nate Persily’s homepage with links to publications and key worksNate Persily on TwitterSocial Science One builds industry-academic partnerships to advance the goals of social science in understanding and solving society's greatest challenges.CASBS Symposium: The Consequences of Technological Developments for Politics and GovernmentCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford

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