A study that looked at how a Grammy affects artists’ creativity found that bands get more daring and unique after winning the award, while nominees who don’t win become more mainstream.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken engaged in a conversation with his predecessor Condoleezza Rice on a broad spectrum of issues during his visit to Stanford Monday.
Shanto Iyengar is co-leading an effort to survey thousands of Americans during the 2024 presidential election cycle, a period that will likely be marked by extreme volatility.
CISAC scholars Megan Palmer and Drew Endy explain the importance of a recent executive order that bolsters federal funding for biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
Stanford’s Ralph Richard Banks, co-founder and faculty director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice, discusses critical race theory and why legislators and parents are trying to control what students learn about it.
World Bank President David Malpass spoke at SIEPR about the challenges confronting the developing world, from higher food and energy prices to rising interest rates, inflation, currency depreciation, and capital outflows.
Abbas Milani, founding director of Stanford’s Iranian Studies Program, discusses how the most recent protests sweeping cities and villages across Iran are part of an enduring fight to advance women’s rights and equality.
Research led by SIEPR’s Gopi Shah Goda estimates that at least 500,000 Americans are not working today because of the lingering consequences of their COVID-19 illnesses.
Pull up a chair, sports fans. The past century’s paradigm – in which student-athletes compete in exchange for an education – is being upended. And where the ball will land is anyone’s guess.
A virtual program that focused on interpersonal skills such as negotiation, influencing coworkers, and networking boosted job satisfaction for women starting off in science and technology jobs.
Four scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies reflect on the complex life and legacy of the last leader of the Soviet Union.
In an era of strident polarization – and just in time for the midterm elections – a new study tests an approach for building political consensus and reducing partisan animosity.
SIEPR’s Matteo Maggiori explains why China’s push to establish the renminbi as a formidable competitor to the U.S. dollar is worth paying attention to.
Political economy Professor Andrew B. Hall’s research explores whether the link between owning a home and voting is one of causation or correlation – and what that matters if we want an engaged electorate.
As life expectancy increases, Stanford centers and research lead the way in supporting healthy, productive, and purpose-driven lives that may span a century.
In this explainer, Stanford scholar Oriana Skylar Mastro offers a brief history of the China and Taiwan dispute, the evolution of U.S. diplomacy in the region, and what signal Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit sends.
Organizational behavior Professor Deborah Gruenfeld found that group dynamics are an important factor in why people defer to aggressive, controlling leaders.
In this episode of School’s In, Grace Gengoux, director of the Autism Intervention Clinic at Stanford, talks about the surprise benefits of moving their program online during the pandemic.
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence —
Using AI, scholars track political speech on immigration over decades to find more positive attitudes than at any point in history, but with more partisan divide.
