Social Sciences

News articles classified as Social Sciences

Stanford Engineering —

The antitrust paradox

Antitrust regulation in platform markets increases innovation but harms profitability – and the most innovative firms are the least likely to thrive.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

What are finance experts keeping an eye on?

From the debt dilemma and the innovation economy to crypto and non-bank banking, these are the issues professors are watching.

Stanford Accelerator for Learning —

Six takeaways on education innovation

Stanford scholars spoke at a conference on education innovation and technology, where the focus on research reflected a shift in the edtech ecosystem.

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —

Marietje Schaake on taming underregulated tech

A decade of experience in the European Parliament has given Marietje Schaake a unique perspective on the threat technology poses to democracy and human rights.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Ten questions to ask before a romantic merger

The most important career decision you’ll make is about whom to marry and what kind of relationship you will have, say Myra Strober and Abby Davisson.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Statement of purpose

The d.school’s Charlotte Burgess-Auburn on the power of a personal manifesto: “If you’re not living life according to your own values, you’re most likely living them according to someone else’s.”

Stanford Report —

7 things to know about working from home

The pandemic sharply accelerated trends of people working from home, leaving lasting impacts on how we work going forward. Stanford scholar Nicholas Bloom details how working from home is affecting the office, our homes, and more.

Stanford Engineering —

The battle for control of the internet

Net neutrality champion Barbara van Schewick explains what’s at stake in this episode of The Future of Everything.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Q&A: Paul R. Ehrlich on his life’s work

The population ecologist and environmental activist talks about his new autobiography and why departments should disappear.

Hoover Institution —

Who holds the purse strings?

The Supreme Court hears arguments today on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan; John F. Cogan and Michael McConnell discuss their amicus brief opposing it.

Stanford Digital Education —

Digital Medic helps promote vaccines

An approachable avatar is the face of a toolkit that helps community health workers worldwide promote vaccines and counter misinformation.

How will the Russia-Ukraine war end?

As the one-year mark of Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine approaches, Steven Pifer discusses what’s next for Ukraine, Russia, and the West and how the conflict may unfold in the months and even years to come.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

How Obamacare has improved farmworkers’ health

A new paper finds the ACA increased preventive care and decreased hospital and ER visits for seasonal farmworkers, a population with some of the worst health outcomes in the U.S.

How will ChatGPT change the way we think and work?

We need to think about the human aspect of using AI in our everyday lives and how it will influence the ways in which we perceive and interact with one another, says communication scholar Jeff Hancock.

Stanford Law School —

Critical thinking

Stanford Law Professor Ralph Richard Banks on AP African American Studies, culture wars, and why academia needs theologians, not priests.

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

A low-cost fix for tech’s diversity problem

An online program to accelerate the hiring of women and minorities may be just the catalyst the sector needs.