Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
@Stanford
: A scholarly community like no other for collaborative, cross-disciplinary, generative research
Congratulations to CASBS fellow
@jaricheson
on her appointment to
@JoeBiden
's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)!!
Watch video of
@POTUS
's announcement & read the press release:
@WhiteHouse
CASBS director
@margaretlevi
is winner of the 2019 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science.
This is the Nobel Prize equivalent for political scientists!
CONGRATULATIONS MARGARET!!
Read the announcement:
ANNOUNCING SARAH SOULE AS THE NEXT CASBS DIRECTOR
The cross-disciplinary scholar of organizations & senior associate dean of Stanford's business school will lead the Center into its next phase of excellence. She starts Sept 1.
READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
End of an era
This day, 31 August, is
@margaretlevi
's last as CASBS director. She remains connected w/the Center as a faculty fellow
What a ride! What an indelible legacy! 🍾🥳👏
DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT MARGARET? PLEASE SHARE THEM IN COMMENTS AND RTs 🤗
(📷:
@chrismichel
)
AUG 23: Next in CASBS's online webcast series
"Creating a New Political Economy Framework"
With 5 renowned thought leaders of our time:
Elizabeth Anderson | Sam Bowles | Nobel Prize winner Sir Angus Deaton |
@akapczynski
| Debra Satz
Details & RSVP:
As CASBS's inaugural summer Institute on Diversity draws to a close, we thank participants, invited guests, co-leaders
@mcmpsych
@sylviapperry
@jaricheson
, and program director Betsy Rajala for co-creating the kind of enriching intellectual experience the Center is known for 🙌
"[People] feel as if statistics is going to summarize everything into one value, as if one p-value is going to summarize five years of work. It’s ridiculous. Everything is multidimensional, it’s complex." - 2017-18 CASBS fellow
@SherlockpHolmes
JENNIFER. RICHESON. ROCKED.
On Thursday at CASBS,
@jaricheson
delivered the sixth SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture on "The Mythology of Racial Progress"
The event was presented by
@SAGE_Publishing
& CASBS
We'll post video of Jenn's talk next week!!
Kuukuwa Manful is exploring colonial & postcolonial legacies of urban governance & architecture practices in West Africa & how they exclude indigenous builders. Fascinating cross-disciplinary work; can't wait to learn more!
Bio & project:
@Kuukuwa_
@SOAS
Fact: Staunch American Christian & GOP hostility to abortion is fairly recent & arbitrary. What changed?
Follow the money that follows the politics of morality that mobilizes voters, as CASBS fellow
@AnnaGBusse
explains in this sharp piece
@sfchronicle
THE STORY OF CASBS &
#BehavioralEconomics
In 1977
@R_Thaler
came here & made the connection that launched a field. He,
@CFCamerer
, George Loewenstein, Drazen Prelec & Matthew Rabin arrived as CASBS fellows 20 years later to push that field further. How??
In her CASBS fellows seminars this week,
@jaricheson
discussed her ongoing research program on a 'mythology' involving our estimations, beliefs & perceptions of contemporary racial diversity & economic (in)equality that corrosively sustain the prevailing racial progress narrative
CASBS ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-23 FELLOWS CLASS
The class is comprised of 36 scholars representing 17 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs.
Full announcement:
How big a problem is replicator degrees of freedom? CASBS fellows Chris Bryan & David Yeager show that common
#replication
practices allow authors to publish attention-grabbing “failed replications” even when they actually DID replicate the finding
PAPER:
DAY 33 of introducing the 2021-22 CASBS fellows class
We're excited that CASBS is the place where
@jaricheson
will develop her stellar work on the 'mythology' of a racial progress narrative into book form!
@Yale
@yalegsas
CASBS &
@SAGE_Publishing
proudly announce JENNIFER RICHESON (
@jaricheson
) as winner of the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award.
Insights from her research & scholarship significantly advance our understanding of intergroup relations.
Read the full announcement:
🏆🥇
CASBS ANNOUNCES ITS 2021-22 FELLOWS CLASS
The class is comprised of 38 scholars representing 19 U.S. institutions and nine international institutions and programs.
View the announcement:
We thank
@ucsantabarbara
for two of our 2022-23 fellows. One is Jean Beaman. So cool that she'll be advancing two book projects as a member of the CASBS community this year!
More on Jean and her projects:
@jean23bean
Today
Warm welcome to
@SouleSarah
on her first official day as the Sara Miller McCune Director of CASBS! 🤗
We'd love it if you get to know Sarah a bit. If you haven't already, please have a look at our announcement 🔎
ANNOUNCING SARAH SOULE AS THE NEXT CASBS DIRECTOR
The cross-disciplinary scholar of organizations & senior associate dean of Stanford's business school will lead the Center into its next phase of excellence. She starts Sept 1.
READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
ELIZABETH ANDERSON AND ALONDRA NELSON WIN 2023 Sage-CASBS AWARD
From cross-disciplinary perspectives, both illuminate public understandings on how systems of power & social structure perpetuate inequalities & impact marginalized communities
ANNOUNCEMENT:
📢Call for applications
CASBS will host its 2nd summer Institute on Diversity from June 17-28, 2024. Co-directors
@mcmpsych
(CASBS fellow 2015-16) &
@sylviapperry
(2022-23)
Apply for a fellowship award by Jan 8, 2024
Learn more & go to the application:
At CASBS, Riana Anderson will continue her terrific work on racial socialization strategies and fostering conversations b/w caregivers and young people.
CASBS bio and project:
@rianaelyse
@umichsph
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the classic "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn.
It came together for Kuhn at CASBS - in fact BECAUSE of CASBS - during his 1958-59 fellowship.
How he described the CASBS influence is epic.
#CREATEDatCASBS
CASBS's Creating a New Moral Political Economy progam curates the Winter 2023 issue of Dædalus, the journal of
@americanacad
Program leader
@margaretlevi
& CASBS fellow
@henryfarrell
are guest editors for an all-star cast of essay writers
OPEN ACCESS:
Congratulations to CASBS fellow
@jaricheson
on her appointment to
@JoeBiden
's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)!!
Watch video of
@POTUS
's announcement & read the press release:
@WhiteHouse
WOODY POWELL TO LEAD CASBS AS INTERIM DIRECTOR
The multi-disciplinary social scientist and two-time fellow has forged deep connections with
@CASBSStanford
throughout a distinguished academic career. He starts September 1.
READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
CASBS ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE ON DIVERSITY
Cohorts will convene at CASBS during summers 2022, 2023, & 2024.
Directors: CASBS fellows
@mcmpsych
,
@jaricheson
, & Katherine Stovel
Applications open NOW for the 2022 institute!
LEARN MORE:
ICYMI: In fall 2020, CASBS &
@SAGE_Publishing
proudly announced
@jaricheson
as winner of the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award.
Yes! We still plan to have Jennifer deliver an award lecture at CASBS, in person, when circumstances permit. Stay tuned!
The announcement:
So
@margaretlevi
remains CASBS director through Aug 31.
But she attended her last staff meeting yesterday.
The agenda? Carrot cake (her fave), toasts, and a Margaret Levi trivia game where we learned, among other things, her worst bad habit. (You don't want to know, truly...🤨)
This year Veena Dubal is going to complete a book and in the process contribute to a CASBS tradition of fellows working on labor and inequality and precarity and all of this is going to be just fantastic.
Bio & project details:
@veenadubal
@UCHastingsLaw
In her CASBS fellows seminar,
@sylviapperry
explored positive & negative implications of developing personal racial bias awareness, and how understandings of this help inform methods of parental socialization messaging that may reduce racial prejudice attitudes in White children
ANNOUNCING "A Moral Political Economy" by Federica Carugati & CASBS director
@margaretlevi
Released in connection w/
@CASBSStanford
's Creating a New Moral Political Economy program
Download this concise
@CambridgeCore
book FREE for a limited time HERE:
Scholars at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences are combining computer science and social science in novel ways to help build sustainable, healthy work and social environments as the future of work changes.
A copy of "The Oxford Handbook of Caste," co-edited by
@JulesNaudet
, has entered the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection! 📚
Jules completed work on the volume while in residence as a 2021-22 CASBS fellow (see 🧵)
More:
@OUPAcademic
A copy of the NEW BOOK by
@AnnaGBusse
- "Sacred Foundations" - completed during her 2021-22 CASBS fellowship year, has entered the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection!
@PrincetonUPress
Congratulations to CASBS director WOODY POWELL, inducted into the 2023 Fellows Group of the Academy of Management for "significant contributions to the science and practice of management" 👏 🙌
@AOMConnect
announcement:
A very high room rating here, as we see
@rianaelyse
in her redwood-paneled CASBS office w/
@BarackObama
observing
Much more important is Riana's superb thought leadership
@NewsHour
on processing a trauma response to watching videos showing brutality
Here:
Thursday: CASBS fellow E. "Som" Somanathan delivering the 2023 Harold Vatter Memorial Lecture
@Portland_State
.
Som will speak on"Climate Change and Climate Intervention: A View from the Global South"
@cecfee
The sixth SAGE-CASBS Award winner,
@jaricheson
, holding the award plaque presented moments before by
@SAGE_Publishing
Founder & Chair Emeritus, Sara Miller McCune, Thursday, April 21 at CASBS.
We'll post videos of Jenn's award lecture & Sara's interview of Jenn this week!
The 2021-22 CASBS class. In residence & lovin' it.
Learn more about the class:
Of course, we focus on depth & breadth of scholarship in service of building a collaborative, cross-disciplinary community.
That we are extremely good looking is pure bonus.
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
24 April 1970: Firebombing at CASBS! A renowned scholar lost almost everything.
From the ashes he somehow wrote a book considered a classic. The fire played THE defining role in shaping it. It's the stuff of legend.
STORY HERE:
Woody Powell remains on the hook as CASBS interim director thru Aug 31. But yesterday we put on a surprise party for him while the 2022-23 fellowship class is still here.
Gifts & speeches were given.
@ScharffCellars
sparkling wine 🍾 (& other bevs) flowed.
Thank you Woody! 🫂🙌
Science will always be at the forefront of my administration — and these world-renowned scientists will ensure everything we do is grounded in science, facts, and the truth.
CASBS has been awarded a $1m grant from the Ford Foundation.
The funding will strengthen the Center's pursuit of key priorities and initiatives in support of its 21st century strategy.
The two organizations share a storied legacy together. Read more:
CASBS is pleased to announce the members of the inaugural cohort participating in the Center's June 19-30 summer Institute on Diversity, co-led by 2015-16 CASBS fellow
@mcmpsych
, 2021-22 fellow
@jaricheson
, & 2022-23 fellow
@sylviapperry
HERE:
ANNOUNCING THE 2024-25 CASBS FELLOWS CLASS
The class is comprised of 34 scholars and practitioners representing 14 U.S. institutions and 11 international institutions and programs.
LEARN MORE:
Not a moment too soon for this!
At CASBS, Eswaran Somanathan will undertake vital work involving the global South, geo-engineering, & the role of moral & ethical views in international negotiations on climate agreements.
Bio & project details:
@cecfee
Before taking the job, CASBS interim director Woody Powell asked that he be allowed to park his Graniterock shovel tractor directly behind his office. It's his security blanket. Knowing it's there is a comfort, allowing him to do his most creative thinking, he reports.
Easy call
We mourn the loss of two-time CASBS fellow Howard Rosenthal (1991-92, 1998-99), a political scientist known for his work on political economy, measuring and analyzing political polarization, and many other lines of research.
@Princeton
remembrance:
With a 2024 publication date, Simukai Chigudu is on the clock this academic year to write a literary nonfiction book that blends his family history & African anti-colonial struggles. Super cool...
Bio and details:
@SimuChigudu
@StAntsCollege
@UniofOxford
DAY 13 introducing members of the 2023-24 CASBS class
No better place than CASBS to study organizations & causal complexity. So, no better place than CASBS for
@santifurnari
to work on his awesome book project...
Details:
@BayesBSchool
@CityUniLondon
LAST LUNCH OF THE FELLOWSHIP YEAR
Each year, fellows begin departing in mid-May, but today
@sylviapperry
& Greg Walton (& visiting scholar Matt Bedke behind Greg) were here to represent!
Thanks to the entire 2022-23 class for a kick-ass year!🤗🫂💋🍾🤸♀️
📷: Rebecca Hidayetoglu
THIS THURSDAY 1pm PDT | 4pm EDT
Is the challenge of achieving racial justice today as intractable as ever?
BOBO | GATES | LEVI | STEELE
"America's Black-White Divide: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward"
FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Details & RSVP:
As the 2023-24 CASBS class concludes its 2nd week in residence
fellow
@santifurnari
reports writing 21,743 *quality* words of his book. Remarkable.
"I attribute the productivity to the mild breeze kissing my face; it reminds me of my childhood in Sicily. CASBS è il paradiso"
Who makes sure CASBS fellows get their monthly stipends & use their research accounts? Who oversees anything related to staff pay & leave time? Who pays the bills to keep the lights on?
Since 2010, finance associate Drina Adams has been steady & ready to assist...
#SEENatCASBS
What to do when some perceive credibility & hypocrisy intersecting among
#climate
&
#environmental
scientists? CASBS fellow
@Shahzeen
explores
@behscientist
. No more small ball: "we need to think about shifting practice, people, politics, and policies."
Your weekend viewing
You've heard the buzz about
@jaricheson
's soaring SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture, delivered on Thursday, April 21. The event was hosted at CASBS and co-presented with our wonderful partner
@SAGE_Publishing
.
Here it is.
Such a powerful CASBS fellows seminar this week.
@SimuChigudu
unveiled a piece of a memoir project that integrates his & his family's story w/the story of anti-colonial struggles in Africa
What does it mean & what does it take to truly decolonize one's heart, mind, and identity?
In her CASBS fellows seminar,
@AnnaGBusse
discussed her book project on the medieval & religious origins of the modern state in Europe, advancing arguments challenging what we know about the timing of state formation & the influence of the church relative to inter-state rivalries
DAY 26 of introducing the 2021-22 CASBS fellows class
We offer the perfect place for
@JulesNaudet
to write his book on 'elite sociability' in India. Can an ethnography of elite sociability on the CASBS hill be far behind?
@EHESS_fr
@CNRS
CONGRATS to CASBS fellow Toni Schmader, recipient of
@UBC
@UBCGradSchool
's 2022 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring!
Toni "sets an example for how a scientist should be as an intellectual, a community citizen, and as a mentor."
Learn more here:
“This is a storied fellowship for those of us in the social sciences,” says
@ralmeling
. “I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of this vibrant, interdisciplinary community.”
@yale
@YaleSoc
CASBS fellow
@eranh75_eran
& collaborators are finishing the calendar year in fine fashion
NEW PUB
@NatureComms
@nature
features a large-scale field intervention & brilliantly combines arts & sciences to promote intergroup empathy & pro-sociality
Here:
In the last CASBS fellows seminar b4 the winter break (we're slow on this one),
@jean23bean
outlined her book project exploring the ethno-racial exclusion in France that renders marginalized populations as precarious, "suspect" permanent minorities regardless of legal citizenship
Congrats to CASBS fellow Greg Walton, co-winner of the 2022 Career Trajectory Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in recognition of his "uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity"
DAY 32 introducing members of the 2023-24 CASBS class
Social, institutional, & epidemiological contexts change over time & restructure inequalities. What are the implications for infant health as the pandemic evolves?
@florenciatorche
will illuminate
➡️
We're thrilled to launch Fairer Tomorrow (), produced in partnership w/
@sherrying
&
@lusionltd
.
It's a collection of powerful ideas (both seen and heard) for attaining a more equitable & fair society. Check out this teaser video:
We've pulled it off yet again.
Assuredly this is the best looking class in CASBS history. Probably pretty smart, too.
MEET THE 2022-23 CASBS CLASS
View photos and bios of our Fellows | Visiting scholars | Research affiliates | Faculty fellows
HERE:
So deepest of thanks,
@mikl_em
, from the...no, YOUR...CASBS family.
For those who know and love him, you've probably called him a lot of things. Kindly add to the list CASBS Honorary Fellow.
🙏❤️☮️
Theorizing and designing interventions promoting intergroup compromise and equality.
This. We love this. Eran Halperin will work on this. Lots of places need this. Let's do this.
Bio and research interests:
@eranh75_eran
@HebrewU
Recently,
@SimuChigudu
has been on such a creative tear, writing so prolifically, that he's actually started listening to classic books on tape while writing his own book, just to slow the torrid pace
He's seen here listening to "Finnegans Wake" at 1.5x speed. Just remarkable...
CASBS fellow
@eranh75_eran
& collaborators publish at a whiplash pace. By the time you finish reading one, another has dropped. Three this week!
One of them is "Advancing support for intergroup
equality via a self-affirmation campaign"
@SAGE_Publishing
2019 highlights
Lots of media attention, yes, but also fantastic substance that elevated the level of discourse. Revisit by reading the coverage, watching the event video, & exploring links to learn more.
@jjfreydcourage
@VanessaCTyson
#MeToo
CASBS dir
@margaretlevi
won the
@Falling_Walls
2020
#Breakthrough
of the Year in
#socialsciences
for her "expanded community of fate" concept‼️🎉
It's also a win🏆for CASBS's "Creating a New Moral Political Economy" program, where the concept is central:
A copy of the NEW BOOK by
@AdamBerinsky
, "Political Rumors" - a project whose origin dates to a series of interactions occurring during Adam's 2009-10 CASBS fellowship year - has entered the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection!📖
@PrincetonUPress
2020 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hirschman's classic "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty."
He wrote it here, as a 1968-69 CASBS fellow.
In the book he called his CASBS year "an absorbing expedition."
He tapped the CASBS magic that endures today.
#CREATEDatCASBS
Today: CASBS director
@margaretlevi
delivered her first lecture in Uppsala, also receiving & hanging her portrait alongside previous
@SkyttePrize
winners.
TOMORROW: The main ceremony, where Margaret will deliver the Johan Skytte Prize lecture!
NEW
@AERA_EdResearch
&
@Sage_Publishing
by CASBS fellow
@biancajontae
& coauthors
"Out-of-School Time Programs in the United States in an Era of Racial Reckoning: Insights on Equity From Practitioners, Scholars, Policy Influencers, and Young People"
👉
LAST LUNCH OF THE 2020-21 CASBS FELLOWSHIP YEAR
So lucky to have had most of the class in residence. But they've trickled out and on this final day it came down to this group...
Cheers to
@saumjha
, Magali Della Sudda,
@RobbWiller
,
@pradeu
, Trinidad Rico - and the entire class!
His presentation wrapped, CASBS fellow
@Mar_tinW
boldly challenged audience members to bring it on, 1 by 1
Fortunately, this followed his stunning talk on "organizational autonomies," a new structuring concept for governance analysis that spans disciplines, topics & policy areas