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Being elected by the academy is one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Paul Wise, a pediatrician devoted to conflict resolution for children around the world, writes in this commentary that the human limits of deterrent policies on our southern border lie in the boundaries of acceptance and decency of the American people.
Einstein, an alumna of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, was Stanford’s first dual master’s degree recipient in computer science (artificial intelligence concentration) and international policy (cyber policy and security specialization).
Hailing from every corner of the globe, the new class of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy is ready to make an impact on nuclear policy, digital trust and safety, rural investment, and more.
Congratulations to the 2023–2024 student honorees from Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kawasaki, Kobe, Oita, Tottori, and Wakayama.
The award, the highest recognition bestowed by the government of the Republic of Korea, honors Zur for her contributions to promoting the Korean writing system, Hangeul.
In her new book, "When Left Moves Right: The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right," Maria Snegovaya unpacks the puzzling dynamic between left- and right-wing parties across the post-communist states in Eastern Europe.
Tuberculosis incidence is increasing in Latin America, where the incarcerated population has nearly quadrupled since 1990. Researchers aimed to quantify the impact of historical and future incarceration policies on the tuberculosis epidemic, accounting for effects in and beyond prisons.
The program will run from Sunday, July 20, through Friday, August 8, 2025. Applications are due by 5:00 pm PST on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
With obesity and heart disease at epidemic levels, and loneliness a growing factor of American society, a public health research group—for which SHP’s Sara Singer is an advisor—demands more accountability from large U.S. companies that impact consumers’ health.
The first of four panels of the “America Votes 2024: Stanford Scholars on the Election’s Most Critical Questions” series examined the changing political and global landscape shaping the upcoming U.S. presidential and congressional elections.
Is the presidential election already decided? Stanford professors weigh during final month
Stanford professors and students discuss the efficacy of campaign efforts such as the presidential debate.
James Fearon probes how authoritarian elites safeguard their power through autocratic constitutions, focusing on Myanmar, one of the longest-lived military regimes in the post-WWII era.
Why do authoritarian regimes charge political opponents with non-political crimes when they can levy charges directly related to opponents' political activism? Professor Pan presents her newest research during a Fall 2024 SCCEI event.
The U.S.–China Co-Lab on Climate Solutions is now accepting applications for the spring 2025 session.
FSI's Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies Reflects on What Lies Ahead for Israel and the Middle East
The October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas has already indelibly altered Israel and the Middle East, and will continue to reverberate for decades to come, says Amichai Magen, a fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Research by CDDRL’s Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow Julieta Casas underscores how firing practices within patronage systems significantly shaped divergent trajectories of bureaucratic development across the Americas.
In a recent visit by a delegation from Japan's Embassy to the United States and Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco, Ambassador Shigeo Yamada and Stanford experts discussed pressing issues affecting U.S.-Japan relations, regional security, and the international legal order. Hosted by APARC's Japan Program, the visit highlighted the role of academic institutions in informing policy and global cooperation.
A research team led by Hoover Kleinheinz Fellow Valentin Bolotnyy, an affiliated scholar at CDDRL, has just secured a Stanford Impact Labs grant worth $786,100 to discover ways to reduce rates of involuntary mental health hospitalization.
SCCEI's newest research program, China Labor, Income and Population (CLIP), focuses on key areas essential for understanding the complexities of China’s labor market and its role in the Chinese economy.
Bolotnyy, an economist, affiliated scholar with CDDRL's Deliberative Democracy Lab, and Kleinheinz Fellow at the Hoover Institution, has joined California governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors. His appointment became effective on August 22, 2024.
Stanford Graduate Students Advance Research on China with Aid from SCCEI 2024 Summer Research Grant
SCCEI awarded competitive research funding to six Stanford Ph.D. candidates to advance their empirical research on China. This summer's grant recipients are: Cody Abbey, Alicia Chen, Safari Fang, Qianmin Hu, Naiyu Jiang, and Victoria Liu.
Fukuyama joins a cohort of prominent public servants whose scholarship will contribute to the Academy’s mission to advance government practices.
The following reflection is a guest post written by Jason Shim, alumnus of the Sejong Scholars Program, which is currently accepting student applications until November 1, 2024.