At the Yomiuri International Conference in Tokyo, FSI scholars explored the roles of Taiwan and Ukraine in countering autocratic challenges to democracy.
The recent tragedies in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay are part of a long history of violence inflicted upon Asian Americans, says Stanford historian Gordon Chang.
Political science Professor Lisa Blaydes documents the exploitation of migrant women who cook, clean, and care for families in private homes in the Arab Gulf region.
A Stanford-based research project seeks to reframe the dominant narrative about undocumented life in the U.S. by putting first-person stories front and center.
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In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Stanford GSB’s Michele Gelfand talks about finding the balance between competition and cooperation, and why metaphors are key.
As public control of U.S. hospitals declines, a study by SIEPR’s Mark Duggan shows how privatization improves profitability but reduces access for the most vulnerable patients.
Senior fellows at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research discuss the biggest challenges facing the U.S. economy in 2023 and what policymakers should do about them.
While recessions are difficult, they are temporary, says Stanford economist John Cochrane. What is more painful is long-term economic slowdown and stagnation.
As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried. Research – by him, and others – has shown that the stress layoffs create takes a devastating toll on behavioral and physical health and increases mortality and morbidity substantially. Layoffs literally kill people, he said.
Researchers say a fundamental shift in how we teach K-12 science could protect society from scientific misinformation in all of its forms, from the misguided to the malicious.
In the first real-world test of a tool pioneered at Stanford to better evaluate anti-poverty policies, a new study shows the economic benefits of expanding electricity access.
On this episode of The Future of Everything, Melissa Valentine discusses the workplace phenomenon known as the flash organization – an ad hoc group of experts assembled to solve a particular problem before disbanding.
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FSI’s Larry Diamond and Oriana Skylar Mastro join Michael McFaul on the World Class podcast to discuss China’s ambitions against Taiwan and how the U.S. and its allies can deter Beijing.
For large corporations, the decision to split often reflects a process similar to biological adaptation and the evolution of new species, argues GSB Professor Robert Burgelman.
On this episode of the podcast Think Fast Talk Smart, the d.school’s Jeremy Utley talks about what keeps us from breakthroughs and why you should write down bad ideas.
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A research team led by Beatriz Magaloni and Melanie Morten is gathering new data on how H-2A visas impact the economic and social outcomes of families in Mexico and small farm owners in the United States.
Researchers including Sean Reardon of the Graduate School of Education have produced an unprecedented map of trends in learning loss, combining local and national test score data to reveal patterns that vary from one school district to the next.
