Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

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Conversations about projects and research undertaken by scholars & affiliates of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University; interviews with renowned fellows from CASBS history; and audio versions of occasional CASBS live events. CASBS is a scholarly community like no other for collaborative, cross-disciplinary, generative research. It brings together deep thinkers to address wicked problems and significant societal challenges. It empowers them to challenge boundaries and assumptions in order to advance our understanding of the full range of human b...

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America's Black-White Divide: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward 23.04.2021 1:14:55

What Institutional Courage Looks Like 26.02.2021 1:23:53

The Digital Dilemma in the Time of COVID 26.01.2021 1:24:00

Reforming Democratic Institutions and Practices 15.01.2021 1:14:39

The Persistence of Racial Inequality 11.12.2020 1:07:28

CASBS promo flyer for this discussion " Why Does Racial Inequality Persist? Culture, Causation, and Responsibility " Glenn's paper discussed by the panel Glenn C. Loury Joshua Cohen Francis Fukuyama Alondra Nelson CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)  at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  | LinkedIn | podcast&...

Can We Rebuild Social Cohesion in The U.S.? 24.11.2020 1:19:02

What Will Become of Work and Workers? 13.11.2020 1:04:58

Analyzing Social Media Influence - Sandra González-Bailón 06.11.2020 37:56

Sandra González-Bailón A 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 World Facebook 2020 Election Research portal CASBS CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)  at Stanford U...

Higher Ed at the Crossroads 30.09.2020 1:17:17

Reimagining the Corporation 15.09.2020 1:21:57

Metrics & Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing - Mario Biagioli 08.09.2020 38:11

Mario Biagioli's UCLA Profile Mario'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 Behaviora...

Race and the Movement for Justice in America 26.08.2020 1:08:30

Polarization and Contentious Politics in the Age of Covid 06.08.2020 1:03:09

Video of this conversation Social Science for a World in Crisis CASBS 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 I...

America As a Developing Country? 21.07.2020 53:11

Video of this conversation Their 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 Wars The National Labor Relations Act The Taft-Hartley Act Youngstown She...

Welfare as Tool of Repression in China - Jennifer Pan 17.07.2020 35:16

Ethically Editing Genomes - Alta Charo 23.06.2020 38:33

Alta Charo She recommends checking out the documentary “ Human Nature ,” in which she appears. Learn about CRISPR gene editing Revive & Restore , the organization working on “genetic rescue” of endangered and extinct species. The controversy over He Jiankui’s genetic modification of human embryos Visit CASBS on the web Visit CASBS on Twitter CASBS staff member Jason Gonzales read this episode's op...

Freedom To Oppress - Jefferson Cowie 28.05.2020 44:29

Jefferson Cowie Jefferson’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 Ramírez Richard Rorty, CASBS fellow 1982-83 “ Achieving Our Country ” Donald F. Kettl’s “ The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work ” Arlie Russe...

Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho 23.04.2020 29:05

Wendy K. Tam Cho's homepage Familiarize 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. Liu Wendy’s reading recommendation “ Deep Thinking” by Gary Kasparov " Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sci...

From Big Data to Big Variables - Susan Holmes 01.04.2020 30:46

Susan Holmes' Stanford Page Susan Holmes on Twitter Claude Shannon , former CASBS fellow, and the "father of information theory" CASBS CASBS on Twitter Shout 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 University Explore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube&n...

The Complexity Economist - W. Brian Arthur 05.03.2020 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, 2014 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)  at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website...

The AI Ethics Landscape - Sherry Wong 19.02.2020 32:44

Putting Peer Pressure to Work - Robert Frank 05.02.2020 31:41

Robert Frank on Twitter His 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 University Explore CASBS: website | Blu...

Foreclosing on America - Noelle Stout 08.01.2020 46:49

Noelle Stout Noelle’s book, “ Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class ” “Life By Algorithms ” by Catherine Besteman and Hugh Gusterson Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)  at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube&nbsp...

Sexual Violence & Institutional Courage - Jennifer Freyd 04.12.2019 47:28

Jennifer Freyd Institutional Betrayal Research Homepage Learn about DARVO Watch 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 University Explore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube  | LinkedIn | podcast ...

Homo economicus: An Endangered Species? Dan Kelly 14.11.2019 37:46

Dan Kelly's Purdue homepage Dan 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 Economy Center for Advanced...