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.
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.
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.
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.
Apply for CASBS Fellowship
What is CASBS fellowship? In three new videos, fellows describe it in their own words. Surveys show you will enjoy the best year of your professional life. Deadline to apply for a 2025-26 fellowship: Nov. 1.
Details & application portal
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.
Meet the 2024-25 CASBS Class
The class is comprised of 35 scholars and practitioners representing 14 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs.
View class members' bios
