Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Founded in 1954 to advance knowledge for the maximum benefit of individuals and society, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is a place where great minds confront the critical issues of our time; where boundaries and assumptions are challenged; where original interdisciplinary thinking is the norm; where extraordinary collaborations become possible across academia, civil society, government, and the private sector; and where innovative ideas emerge to spur intellectual breakthroughs that shape our world.
The 2026-27 CASBS Fellows Class
The class will take residence in early September and is comprised of 36 scholars representing 19 U.S. institutions and 11 international institutions and programs.
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Confronting Climate Migration Crises
Two 2024-25 CASBS fellows – Maureen Eger and Alice Farmer – discuss thorny scholarly and policy dimensions of the climate migration landscape with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff
2026 Sage-CASBS Award Lecture
Hazel Rose Markus's pathbreaking work has illuminated ways in which cultural contexts and psychological processes constitute each other. She delivered the 2026 Sage-CASBS Award Lecture and, separately, joined in conversation with Sage CEO Blaise Simqu on May 7.
Immigrant Cities & Democracy
CASBS fellow Ian Goldin and Rachel Perić, executive director of Welcoming America, joined in conversation with Stanford sociologist & former CASBS fellow Tomás Jiménez. CASBS hosted the public event in partnership with Stanford's Institute for Advancing Just Societies.
— Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford ( @casbsstanford.bsky.social) August 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The Tyler Collection: CASBS's Gift to the Social Sciences
In 2025, we celebrate 70 years and 2,000 volumes of our Ralph W. Tyler Collection – books conceived, begun, drafted, or completed by fellows while in residence as fellows. Discover its gems as well as fellows' favorites.
