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CASBS @ Stanford brings together deep thinkers from diverse disciplines and communities to advance understanding of the full range of human beliefs, behaviors, interactions, and institutions. A leading incubator of human-centered knowledge, CASBS facilitates collaborations across academia, policy, industry, civil society, and government to collectively design a better future.

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New Release

Years of CASBS thought leadership, curated

The content guide distills some of CASBS's rich programming - in the form of podcast and webcast episodes, event & interview videos, and more - across six curated, election-relevant themes.

Research Programs

Imagining Adaptive Societies

A CASBS project brings social scientists in dialogue with speculative fiction writers and their works to help imagine new and better social arrangements in the present.
 

Call for Applications

2025 Summer Institute on Diversity

CASBS welcomes applications from early-career scholars interested in the social scientific investigation of why, how, and when difference makes a difference. Deadline: December 11, 2024.

Fellowship Program

New Fellowship Videos

What is CASBS fellowship? In three new videos, fellows describe it in their own words. Surveys show a CASBS fellowship year is the most fulfilling of one's professional life. The new videos join 14 others.

Research Programs

The Social Science of Caregiving Project

A CASBS project is rethinking the philosophical, biological, psychological, political, and economic foundations of care and caregiving. It will generate a cross-disciplinary synthesis, develop a general theory of care, and inform policy discussions.

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