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Ctr for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @Stanford: Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral sciences research | Mostly@ casbsstanford.bsky.social
Stanford, CA
Born 1954
Joined June 2012
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    ANNOUNCING THE 2026-27 CASBS FELLOWS CLASS The class will take residence in early September & is comprised of 36 scholars representing 19 U.S. institutions & 11 international institutions & programs. Read the full announcement & meet the fellows. ➡️ casbs.stanford.edu/news/casbs-ann…
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    Congratulations to CASBS fellow @jaricheson on her appointment to @JoeBiden's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)!! Watch video of @POTUS's announcement & read the press release: bit.ly/3AxMeuJ @WhiteHouse
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    CASBS director @margaretlevi is winner of the 2019 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. This is the Nobel Prize equivalent for political scientists! CONGRATULATIONS MARGARET!! Read the announcement: stanford.io/2WqMEyv
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    ANNOUNCING SARAH SOULE AS THE NEXT CASBS DIRECTOR The cross-disciplinary scholar of organizations & senior associate dean of Stanford's business school will lead the Center into its next phase of excellence. She starts Sept 1. READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: stanford.io/3jrGIpV
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    End of an era This day, 31 August, is @margaretlevi's last as CASBS director. She remains connected w/the Center as a faculty fellow What a ride! What an indelible legacy! 🍾🥳👏 DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT MARGARET? PLEASE SHARE THEM IN COMMENTS AND RTs 🤗 (📷: @chrismichel)
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    AUG 23: Next in CASBS's online webcast series "Creating a New Political Economy Framework" With 5 renowned thought leaders of our time: Elizabeth Anderson | Sam Bowles | Nobel Prize winner Sir Angus Deaton | @akapczynski | Debra Satz Details & RSVP: bit.ly/3p700jG
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    As CASBS's inaugural summer Institute on Diversity draws to a close, we thank participants, invited guests, co-leaders @mcmpsych @sylviapperry @jaricheson, and program director Betsy Rajala for co-creating the kind of enriching intellectual experience the Center is known for 🙌
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    JENNIFER. RICHESON. ROCKED. On Thursday at CASBS, @jaricheson delivered the sixth SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture on "The Mythology of Racial Progress" The event was presented by @SAGE_Publishing & CASBS We'll post video of Jenn's talk next week!!
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    Kuukuwa Manful is exploring colonial & postcolonial legacies of urban governance & architecture practices in West Africa & how they exclude indigenous builders. Fascinating cross-disciplinary work; can't wait to learn more! Bio & project: stanford.io/3Dd4z4i @Kuukuwa_ @SOAS
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    "[People] feel as if statistics is going to summarize everything into one value, as if one p-value is going to summarize five years of work. It’s ridiculous. Everything is multidimensional, it’s complex." - 2017-18 CASBS fellow @SherlockpHolmes stanford.io/2ENTata
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    Fact: Staunch American Christian & GOP hostility to abortion is fairly recent & arbitrary. What changed? Follow the money that follows the politics of morality that mobilizes voters, as CASBS fellow @AnnaGBusse explains in this sharp piece @sfchronicle
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    THE STORY OF CASBS & #BehavioralEconomics In 1977 @R_Thaler came here & made the connection that launched a field. He, @CFCamerer, George Loewenstein, Drazen Prelec & Matthew Rabin arrived as CASBS fellows 20 years later to push that field further. How?? stanford.io/2N7zYrD
    1977 CASBS headshot images of Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein, Drazen Prelec, Matthew Rabin, Richard Thalerstein
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    CASBS ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-23 FELLOWS CLASS The class is comprised of 36 scholars representing 17 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs. Full announcement: stanford.io/3JB8R64
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    In her CASBS fellows seminars this week, @jaricheson discussed her ongoing research program on a 'mythology' involving our estimations, beliefs & perceptions of contemporary racial diversity & economic (in)equality that corrosively sustain the prevailing racial progress narrative