CASBS is an accelerator of ideas. It facilitates multi-year, interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and collaborative efforts to develop new solutions to major societal challenges.
Our projects and other activities focus on the following challenges:
Building equitable societies
How to craft institutions, organizations, and networks to enhance societal and individual flourishing
Technology & society
What to do to mitigate the harmful consequences of digital technology, and to ensure that it serves societal well-being
Rethinking the social sciences
How to rethink the tools and standards for conducting social science work such that they adequately meet the demands of modern society
Current Projects
Past Projects
For more information, please contact CASBS program directors Federica Carugati (carugati@stanford.edu) and Betsy Rajala (betsy.rajala@stanford.edu).