For nearly two decades, organizational behavior Professor Francis Flynn has introduced incoming GSB students to key concepts of applied social psychology. “When the stakes are high, blindly relying on our intuition might not be enough.”
An AI-powered database could help Brazilian authorities locate labor camps in the Amazon rainforest where hundreds of thousands of people are held in conditions of modern slavery.
An unusual research collaboration between more than 25 academics and the platform Meta tracked tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram users during the 2020 election cycle. Their surprising finding? Altering users’ feeds didn’t significantly affect their political attitudes.
Improv theater experts Dan Klein and Adam Tobin share their tips for keeping your cool in spur-of-the-moment speaking situations on this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart.
Stanford GSB Professor Ilya Strebulaev and his team talked to nearly 900 venture capitalists and discovered lessons for us all about the importance of keeping an open mind and doing your research.
YouTube seldom recommends extreme or hateful content to those who aren’t looking for it, a new study finds. But the platform can still help extremist channels build audiences.
Wildland firefighters are overworked, underpaid, and unprepared, according to a new white paper. The authors explain how Congress can support these essential frontline workers.
Samia Errazzouki discusses the challenges facing Morocco in the country’s recovery post-earthquake, and how historical and structural forces are contributing to the region’s problems.
Rania Awaad, who studies mental health in U.S. Muslim communities, says Islamic approaches offer lessons that can be applied in other religious and spiritual communities.
Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions —
Academics on both sides of the Pacific agree there’s an urgent need for leaders in the two countries to define which topic areas pose national security concerns, and which do not.
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —
Donahoe, who has served as the executive director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator, will take a leave of absence to serve in the newly created role at the U.S. Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Worldwide production of palm oil has climbed steadily for five decades, with devastating environmental consequences. Kelly Redmond, MS ’23, an impact fellow at the Graduate School of Business, is developing a sustainable alternative that has the potential to benefit communities in the regions where it’s produced.
Now in its second season, Academic Innovation for the Public Good explores expanding access to higher education by reimagining the way we teach and learn.
Medical algorithms trained on adult data may be unreliable for evaluating young patients. But children’s records present complex quandaries for AI, especially around equity and consent.
On Stanford GSB’s Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast, Geoffrey Cohen explains the critical role that authentic connection plays in emotional and physical well-being – and how we can use communication skills to achieve it.
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law —
It’s hard to get a simple take on physician income, but data on how compensation varies is key to analyzing the long-term impacts of health care policies, says Maria Polyakova.
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —
Extraversion and agreeableness may have the most positive effects on company culture, but the ideal traits of a CEO depend on what business they’re in.
What the film Oppenheimer got right – and missed – about creating the world’s first atomic bomb. “I think there’s a broader tragedy that came out less clearly: the political tragedy of the nuclear arms race.”
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —
A cross-disciplinary group of Stanford researchers welcomed a delegation from New Zealand for a roundtable discussion on technology governance and regulation.
