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| 06 Jun 2022 | Don Norman: By Design | 00:38:30 | |
| 17 Sep 2019 | Policy Tools to Fight Community Poverty & Inequality - Kirsten Wysen | 00:45:46 | |
King County's Communities of Opportunity program Kirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains existing hierarchies" San Francisco's Mission Asset Fund Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on payday loans Betrayal Trauma Theory (a concept pioneered by 1989-90 & 2018-19 CASBS fellow Jennifer Freyd) Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 14 Sep 2021 | The Voices of Americans in Crisis | 01:09:17 | |
American Voices Project crisis reports Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 24 Nov 2020 | Can We Rebuild Social Cohesion in The U.S.? | 01:19:02 | |
| 26 Aug 2020 | Race and the Movement for Justice in America | 01:08:30 | |
Race and the Movement for Justice in America Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 31 May 2024 | The Gold Standard of Economic Historians | 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 durability and applicability to contemporary industrial, financial, and monetary policy challenges and governance. STEFAN LINK: CASBS bio | Dartmouth faculty page | Mentioned in the episode: Stefan Link book Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 Nov 2023 | Toward a Society of Shared Recognition | 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.
Harvard University faculty page | Harvard sociology page
Announcement of Powell as CASBS director Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 May 2020 | Freedom To Oppress - Jefferson Cowie | 00:44:29 | |
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 Russell Hochschild’s “Stranger in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right” Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century” Special thanks to CASBS staff member Paola Dios for the opening the episode! Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 02 Aug 2024 | Organized Civic Benevolence and Nationhood | 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 landscape? This absorbing conversation draws inspiration from the multi-award-winning book "Civic Gifts," much of which Clemens wrote during her CASBS year.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 11 Sep 2023 | The Memory Science Disruptor | 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. Loftus's book "Eyewitness Testimony," completed at the Center, charted the course of her career that followed and serves as this episode's launching point. DAN SIMON Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 05 Jul 2022 | Better AI Through Social Science | 01:08:00 | |
CASBS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 17 Jan 2024 | The Shadow of Cybersecurity Expertise | 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 their authority by paradoxically revealing vulnerabilities and insecurities of that which they seek to protect. Slayton's book Arguments that Count: Physics, Computing, and Missile Defense, 1949-2012 (MIT Press) Slayton's article "What is the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance?," International Security Video: Talk on "Shadowing Cybersecurity: Expertise, Transnationalism, and the Politics of Uncertainty" at Stanford Univ.
Markoff's latest book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Steward Brand (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University View the Fall 2023 CASBS Newsletter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 04 Dec 2019 | Sexual Violence & Institutional Courage - Jennifer Freyd | 00:47:28 | |
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 | |||
| 21 Jul 2020 | America As a Developing Country? | 00:53:11 | |
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 National Labor Relations Act Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 24 Mar 2025 | Make the Atmosphere Great Again | 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 conversation about "Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere" with its author, sustainability scientist Rob Jackson. Jackson launched the book project as a 2019-20 CASBS fellow. ROB JACKSON: Faculty page | Stanford profile | CASBS profile | Jackson on Google Scholar | Global Carbon Project | Publisher page for Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere (Simon & Schuster, 2024) Media related to Into the Clear Blue Sky: KQED Forum | The Times | Scientific American | Aeon | Wired | Times Literary Supplement | The Conversation | Chemical & Engineering News | Civil Eats | more Scientific American | Literary Hub | Heatmap | Environmental Health News | Orion | Fast Company | Inside Climate News | The Wall Street Journal | Atmos | ACS Publications |
Publisher page for Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and a New Model of Emissions Trading (MIT Press, 2016) | 2017 book award announcement | "What Climate Policies do Americans Want from Their Legislatures?" Good Authority (July 5, 2022) "Building Support for Carbon Pricing - Lessons from Cap-and-trade Policies," Energy Policy 134 (2019)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 Jan 2025 | Demystifying the Disinformation Marketplace | 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 better design of online communities and platforms in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff. CEREN BUDAK: Faculty webpage | Personal website | Referenced in this episode: "Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation." Nature 630, 45–53 (2024) The Prosocial Ranking Challenge (Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence) "Intermedia agenda setting during the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 18(1), 254-275. Lawrence Lessig's Pathetic Dot Theory (Wikipedia) Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 30 Mar 2019 | Embracing Tech While Saving Democracy from It - Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 00:34:11 | |
Movement for obfuscating the Electoral College in the US First-past-the-post electoral systems Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab Open source investigative platform Bellingcat Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 68 “The Two Cultures” C. P. Snow “Estonia, The Digital Republic” The New Yorker Stuart Russell on algorithms from “John Brockman: Possible Minds” The Long Now Foundation Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 22 Oct 2019 | The Boundaries in Our Heads - Cara Wong | 00:34:30 | |
Cara 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 Press V. O. Key Jr.'s "Southern Politics In State and Nation" - University of Tennessee Press Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 15 Jan 2021 | Reforming Democratic Institutions and Practices | 01:14:39 | |
Show page with Suggested Readings Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 06 Nov 2020 | Analyzing Social Media Influence - Sandra González-Bailón | 00:37:56 | |
“Bots are Less Central than Verified Accounts during Contentious Political Events” Her book Decoding the Social World Facebook 2020 Election Research portal
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 02 Dec 2022 | Toward Better Evidence-Based Policymaking | 01:23:32 | |
Causal Inference for Social Impact Lab Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 13 Nov 2020 | What Will Become of Work and Workers? | 01:04:58 | |
Moderator: Panelists: Social Science for a World in Crisis Series Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 01 Dec 2021 | High-tech Modernism | 01:30:49 | |
Suggested 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" @CasbsStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 01 Apr 2020 | From Big Data to Big Variables - Susan Holmes | 00:30:46 | |
Claude Shannon, former CASBS fellow, and the "father of information theory" CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 05 Feb 2020 | Putting Peer Pressure to Work - Robert Frank | 00:31:41 | |
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 | |||
| 22 May 2023 | New Visions for Effective Worker Influence | 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 here. Panelist John Ahlquist's essay in the issue provided impetus for the organization of the event this podcast episode draws from. Follow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 03 Sep 2019 | Social Science and Saving Democracy from the Internet - Nate Persily | 00:55:33 | |
Nate Persily’s homepage with links to publications and key works Social 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 Government Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 26 Jan 2021 | The Digital Dilemma in the Time of COVID | 01:24:00 | |
Show page with suggested readings The Human Screenome Project Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 Feb 2022 | Psychology of Political Beliefs - David O. Sears | 00:56:30 | |
| 08 Sep 2020 | Metrics & Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing - Mario Biagioli | 00:38:11 | |
Mario's article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, "Fraud by Numbers: Metrics and the New Academic Midconduct" 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 (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 06 Aug 2020 | Polarization and Contentious Politics in the Age of Covid | 01:03:09 | |
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
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 22 Jul 2019 | Social Movements in Contentious Times - Kim Williams | 00:29:59 | |
Kim's book "Mark One Or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America" tells the story of the struggle to include a multiracial category on the U.S. census. States Parties and Social Movements Cambridge University Press Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 06 Dec 2022 | Bob Scott is Trending | 00:53:18 | |
Emerging Trends in The Social and Behavioral Sciences Bob’s Introduction to the project Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 May 2021 | An Earth-friendly Political Economy | 01:20:00 | |
Creating a New Moral Political Economy Suggested Readings “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” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 07 May 2019 | Death and Chimp Behavior - Elizabeth Lonsdorf | 00:27:28 | |
Elizabeth Lonsdorf at National Geographic Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research Center International Primatological Society "Chimps Know Dead When They See It" Discover Magazine "Chimps Filmed Grieving for Dead Friend" BBC "Chimps Mourn Nine-Year-Old's Death?" National Geographic Video Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 23 Apr 2021 | America's Black-White Divide: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward | 01:14:55 | |
Social Science for a World in Crisis Series Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 10 Jul 2023 | Frederick Cooper's Illumination of History | 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 understandings. Frederick Cooper, CASBS fellow 1990-91, 1995-96, 2002-03 Fred Cooper books Citizenship, Inequality, and Difference: Historical Perspectives (2018) Citizenship Between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 (2014) Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference (2010) Cooper Books in CASBS's Ralph W. Tyler Collection: Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa (1996)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University CASBS:website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Follow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 31 Aug 2021 | The Active Society - Amitai Etzioni | 00:30:24 | |
| 25 Mar 2024 | Bridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public Good | 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 the science — including the social science — of human-algorithm behavior. Nathan Matias: Cornell University faculty page | CASBS bio | Personal website | Citizens & Technology Lab Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 09 Nov 2021 | Minds Memes & Windsurfing - Daniel Dennett | 01:21:15 | |
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 13 Dec 2023 | Challenging History Erasures to Expand Possible Futures | 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 and Rumsey explore the tensions between history and storytelling and resulting implications for political beliefs, actions, and our collective sense of reality. MIT Press web page for Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History
Stanford University profile | Fred Turner's books | on Google Scholar |
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 15 Dec 2021 | Dreaming a New Academy - Gloria Ladson-Billings | 00:56:06 | |
| 11 Dec 2020 | The Persistence of Racial Inequality | 01:07:28 | |
CASBS promo flyer for this discussion "Why Does Racial Inequality Persist? Culture, Causation, and Responsibility" Glenn's paper discussed by the panel Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 01 Aug 2023 | Deploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest | 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: Halperin on Google Scholar Willer's Stanford faculty page Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 14 Nov 2019 | Homo economicus: An Endangered Species? Dan Kelly | 00:37:46 | |
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 Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 27 Feb 2025 | Anthropology at the Borderlands of Experience | 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 at the borderlands of spirit, culture, and the mind. Luhrmann, When God Talks Back. Winner of the Grawemeyer Prize in Religion and the Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year.
ERICA ROBLES-ANDERSON: NYU faculty page | CASBS page | on Google Scholar |
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 08 Jan 2020 | Foreclosing on America - Noelle Stout | 00:46:49 | |
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 | |||
| 06 Aug 2019 | Black America & Art: Sociology, Diversity, & Identity - Patricia Banks | 00:36:00 | |
Patricia Banks' latest book, "Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums" Patricia's previous book, "Represent: Art and Identity among the Black Upper-Middle Class" Patricia's piece on "Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era" - Blackpast.org Pierre Bourdieu's influential book "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 15 Oct 2024 | The Humanity of Connective Labor | 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. Pugh launched work on the book as a 2016-17 CASBS fellow. MITCHELL STEVENS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 20 Aug 2019 | Digital Media, Platforms, and Governance - Mike Ananny | 00:31:44 | |
Mike Ananny's recent book "Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear" - MIT Press Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - Wikipedia Overview of the study of media effects - Wikipedia CASBS symposium: Digital Media, the Public Sphere, and Democratic Governance Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 08 Jul 2024 | Exposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation Campaigns | 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 inequalities and their implications for American democracy. Kim among the authors of "The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment," Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, v121 n2 (2024) |
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 Aug 2023 | Jonathan Jansen's Power of Craft | 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 & essays. And he's written a family memoir too. We bring 2022-23 CASBS fellow Zimitri Erasmus, a social anthropologist who is working on a book on writing praxis, in conversation with Jansen to unlock some secrets & insights into his most powerful & liberating weapon for engaging the world – writing.
ZIMITRI ERASMUS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 05 Mar 2020 | The Complexity Economist - W. Brian Arthur | 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, 2014 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 30 Sep 2020 | Higher Ed at the Crossroads | 01:17:17 | |
Social Science for a World in Crisis Panelists Moderator
Twitter @CASBSSTANFORD Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 01 Sep 2022 | Creating A New Political Economy Framework | 01:27:10 | |
Moderator Debra Satz Panelists Elizabeth Anderson University of Michigan Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton Princeton Amy Kapczynski Yale Law
@CasbsStanford Social Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 30 Mar 2019 | Labor & Work in the Era of AI & Automation - Jerry Jacobs | 00:37:13 | |
The much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne "Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" John Maynard Keynes, 1930 "Smarter Than You Think" A series examining advances in AI and impacts on society (including pieces by host John Markoff) Explore Bureau of Labor Statistics data yourself Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 30 Mar 2019 | Tech and the Evolution of Silicon Valley - Jacob Ward | 00:30:53 | |
National Academies Report on Sexual Harassment of Women "Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" John Perry Barlow New Moral Political Economy Project Federal Reserve report on economic well-being of U.S. Households Kahneman and Tversky’s (both former CASBS fellows) classic paper on Judgement and decision-making Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 27 Mar 2023 | Interdependence & Climate Change - Robert Keohane | 01:07:52 | |
Robert Keohane bios: CASBS | Princeton | Wikipedia After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy 2016 Balzan Prize | prize speech Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research Keohane & Ostrom, Local Commons and Global Interdependence CASBS: website | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn | podcast | latest newsletter | signup | outreach Follow the CASBS webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 01 Nov 2019 | An Organized Labor Revival? Steven Greenhouse | 00:46:04 | |
Steven Greenhouse on Twitter Steven’s recent book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor” The CASBS project on Creating a New Moral Political Economy Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 07 Apr 2022 | Understanding Gen Z | 01:23:38 | |
"Gen Z Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age"
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 29 Apr 2021 | The Death of Nature - Carolyn Merchant | 00:26:13 | |
"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" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 26 Feb 2024 | A Social Science of Caregiving | 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 discussions. [The episode notes provide links for further exploration.] Web page for the project on The Social Science of Caregiving Alison Gopnik: CASBS bio | UC Berkeley Bio |
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 15 Sep 2020 | Reimagining the Corporation | 01:21:57 | |
Panelists: Moderator: Social Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 23 Apr 2020 | Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho | 00:29:05 | |
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 Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 07 Jun 2019 | New is Old: Robots & Tech in Antiquity - Adrienne Mayor | 00:40:04 | |
"Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology" Adrienne Mayor’s piece on the ancient roots of the uncanny valley - Time HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 17 Jul 2020 | Welfare as Tool of Repression in China - Jennifer Pan | 00:35:16 | |
Her 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 University | |||
| 01 Jun 2023 | Developing AI Like Raising Kids - Alison Gopnik & Ted Chiang | 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: Explore the work of Alison Gopnik Follow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis
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| 27 Apr 2023 | A Different Glenn Loury | 01:11:22 | |
Coate & 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 2 Loury (2008), Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury (2019), "Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?" Somanathan and Allen, eds. (2020) Difference without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies Loury public symposium at CASBS (2016), "Racial Inequality in 21st Century America" (video) CASBS webcast (2020), "The Persistence of Racial Inequality" (video); panel featuring Glenn Loury, Joshua Cohen, Francis Fukuyama, Alondra Nelso, & Margaret Levi The Glenn Show (Manhattan Institute) CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Follow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis
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| 10 Oct 2019 | Tech Innovation Needs Social Science - Arati Prabhakar | 00:43:35 | |
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| 25 Jun 2021 | What Does Human Flourishing Look Like? | 01:00:45 | |
Suggested 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” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 15 Jul 2021 | How Social Science Advances our Understanding of Pandemics | 01:10:53 | |
Panelists Suggested Readings, Event Info and more Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 23 Jun 2020 | Ethically Editing Genomes - Alta Charo | 00:38:33 | |
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 CASBS staff member Jason Gonzales read this episode's opening line. Woohoo! Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | Movements & Contentious Politics - Sid Tarrow | 00:49:13 | |
"Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development" - Cambridge University Press Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 28 Sep 2021 | Violence & Self-domestication - Richard Wrangham | 00:37:33 | |
| 02 Nov 2023 | Toward Cross-disciplinary Consensus About Our (Mis)Information Environment | 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 renowned scholar of tech innovation and public policy as well as co-founder and chair of the new International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE).
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| 30 Apr 2024 | A Scholar's Commitment to Workers' Economic Justice | 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 which workers can unite and organize. RUTH MILKMAN: CUNY faculty page | personal website | ASA bio | Milkman's book Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (2020) | Polity Press Q&A |
Winant's book The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America (2022)
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| 19 Feb 2020 | The AI Ethics Landscape - Sherry Wong | 00:32:44 | |
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| 30 Mar 2019 | Creating a New Moral Political Economy - Margaret Levi | 00:17:05 | |
Margaret Levi Moral Political Economy Project ‘Free to Choose’ Milton and Rose Friedman ‘Bowling Alone’ Robert D. Putnam Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University | |||
| 26 Feb 2021 | What Institutional Courage Looks Like | 01:23:53 | |
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