For more than six decades, fellows in residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences have explored vexing problems, extended knowledge of our world, and engaged in cross-disciplinary interactions that have led directly to breakthroughs in thought.
Each year CASBS is pleased to connect some of this extraordinary talent with public audiences. The Center's symposium series showcases current CASBS fellows and allows the public to consider their cutting-edge works-in-progress.
The 2017-18 symposium series continues this rich tradition. The featured speakers bring to bear the best in social science research with personal experiences that have influenced their thinking and should influence ours.
The consequences of contemporary technological innovations for the lives and values of future generations are enormous. The wide range of expected – and unexpected – applications require rethinking governance arrangements, legal regimes, economic structures, and social relations. Exploration of such topics is the subject of the 2017-18 CASBS symposium series.
Did you miss last year's stellar symposium series?
View full video coverage and read summaries of our 2016-17 symposia here
For more information about the Symposium series, please contact us at casbs-events@stanford.edu.
All symposia will take place at CASBS with a reception at 5:00pm and the talk from 5:30pm - 6:45pm. Please watch for our email invitations for each symposium. Attendance is free, but seating is limited and RSVPs will be required.
Featuring three Berggruen Fellows at CASBS:
Journalist (retired)
New York Times
Director (2012-17)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Director
Ethics Initiative at the MIT Media Lab
and
Founding President and CEO
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT
Lecturer, Linguistics
Director, Stanford Dictionary Lab
and
Social Sciences Research Fellow
Stanford University
Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor, School of Medicine
and
Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine
Stanford University
Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology
London School of Economics
Chief of Policy
Office of King County (Seattle, Washington)
Executive Dow Constantine
James B. McClatchy Professor of Law
Stanford University