Author: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University is a national and international resource that exists to extend knowledge of the principles governing human behavior to help solve the critical problems of contemporary society. Through our residential postdoctoral fellowship programs for scientists and scholars from this country and abroad, we seek to advance basic understanding of the social, psychological, historical, biological and cultural foundations of behavior and society.

CASBS Names 37 Scholars and Practitioners to 2023-24 Fellows Class
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March 13, 2023

CASBS Names 37 Scholars and Practitioners to 2023-24 Fellows Class

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Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director
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February 1, 2023

Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director

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Webinar: Improving Academic-Government Collaboration in Evidence-Based Policymaking
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November 1, 2022

Webinar: Improving Academic-Government Collaboration in Evidence-Based Policymaking

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Nominations Open for 2023 SAGE-CASBS Award
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September 20, 2022

Nominations Open for 2023 SAGE-CASBS Award

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Woody Powell to Lead Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Woody Powell to Lead Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Sociologist and organizational theory pioneer Walter W. “Woody” Powell will serve as interim director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences as the center based at Stanford University continues to find a permanent replacement for Margaret Levi

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CASBS Names 36 Scholars to its Newest Class of Fellows

CASBS Names 36 Scholars to its Newest Class of Fellows

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University named its 2022-23 fellows class, comprising 36 scholars representing 17 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs.

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Watch the Webinar: How Social Science Advances Our Understanding of Pandemics

Watch the Webinar: How Social Science Advances Our Understanding of Pandemics

Scientific research, innovation, and evidence have contributed to COVID-19 mitigation and response. As parts of the globe emerge from a second year […]

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CASBS Names 38 to 2021-22 Fellows Class

CASBS Names 38 to 2021-22 Fellows Class

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University has announced its 2021-22 fellows class of 38 scholars representing 19 U.S. institutions and nine international institutions and programs.

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CASBS Leader Margaret Levi Receives Breakthrough of the Year Award

CASBS Leader Margaret Levi Receives Breakthrough of the Year Award

Margaret Levi’s conception of “an expanded community of fate” gained international recognition as the 2020 “Breakthrough of the Year” in the social sciences and humanities. The Falling Walls Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Berlin, selected 10 “Breakthroughs” out of a pool of nearly 1,000 nominations from 111 countries.

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CASBS Names 38 to 2020-21 Fellows Class

CASBS Names 38 to 2020-21 Fellows Class

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University has named 38 scholars, representing 20 U.S. institutions and 11 international institutions and programs, to its 2020-21 class of fellows.

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Nominate a Distinguished Social Scientist for SAGE-CASBS Award

Nominate a Distinguished Social Scientist for SAGE-CASBS Award

Nominations to honor an individual whose work has advanced the role of the social and behavioral sciences in enriching and enhancing public policy and good governance are being taken now. The honoree will join luminaries such as William Julius Wilson and Daniel Kahneman as recipient of the SAGE-CASBS Award, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University and SAGE Publishing.

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CASBS Announces 2019-20 Fellows

CASBS Announces 2019-20 Fellows

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University has announced its 2019-20 fellows class of 37 scholars. […]

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