AI Outperforms Traditional Methods in Controlling Disease Spread Between Prisons and Communities
A reinforcement learning AI model used by SHP researchers achieved high reductions in infections with far fewer resources used for testing and much less intense non-pharmaceutical interventions.
AI-augmented Class Tackles National Security Challenges of the Future
In classes taught through the Gordian Knot Center, artificial intelligence is taking a front and center role in helping students find innovative solutions to global policy issues.
The political scientist and former U.S. defense official will lead Stanford’s hub for nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research and teaching in global affairs.
The Tech Impact and Policy Center is proud to celebrate Dr. Angela Lee, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Beyond the Digital Town Square: Identifying and Correcting Social Media Distortion Effects,” this week. At the core of Angela’s doctoral research is an exploration of the ways we talk about social media’s role in society—especially through metaphors like the "digital town square," and how different framings influence well-being and perceptions of overall social cohesion.
A screening and discussion of the documentary 'A Chip Odyssey' underscored how Taiwan's semiconductor ascent was shaped by a collective mission, collaboration, and shared purpose, and why this matters for a world increasingly reliant on chips.
Georgetown political scientist Killian Clarke argues that unarmed, democratic revolutions are uniquely vulnerable to reversal, not because they lack legitimacy or popular support, but because of the kinds of power resources they rely on and later abandon.
Taiwan’s experience reveals that trade credit linkages are a substantial transmission channel for global trade shocks, according to research by National Chengchi University’s Hsiao-Hui Lee, an expert in supply chain management. Her work highlights the need to include financial network management in strategies for supply chain resilience.
Stanford Law’s Michelle Mello—also a professor of health policy—discusses how sweeping changes in federal health policy are reshaping public health—and leading states to fill the void.
Recordings of the course “Silicon Valley & The U.S. Government,” co-led by instructors from FSI’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation and the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, are available online for free.
Weitseng Chen of the National University of Singapore explores how legal modernization can entrench rather than erode authoritarian power, an unexpected result of a legal mechanism that underpins functioning democracies.
In an October 29 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said he had ordered the Defense Department to resume testing U.S. nuclear weapons. Four days later, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright clarified that the United States did not intend to conduct nuclear explosive tests.
SHP researchers built a model to test whether AI could beat traditional methods to stop disease spread between prisons and nearby communities. The verdict was clear.
Jikun Huang reflects on his 30 years with the China Center for Agricultural at Peking University and how the founding of the center was deeply influenced by his chance encounter with Scott Rozelle in the Philippines in 1988.
A working paper that the longtime Stanford health economist drafted more than 35 years ago tying child-care subsidies to women’s economic equality sees the light of day.
Renz Kayle Roble Arayan, an undergraduate student at Eikei University of Hiroshima, reflects on his experience in the SPICE course, Social Entrepreneurship.
The Hoover Institution and the Israel Studies Program at CDDRL hosted a launch event for Berkowitz's new book, "Explaining Israel: The Jewish State, the Middle East, and America," on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. PT.
We’re thrilled to introduce one of the newest members of our team, pre-doctoral researcher Yuewen Yang. RT Rogers sat down with Yuewen to learn more about her work, her journey into the world of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and what she hopes to accomplish through her research.
(The conversation has been edited for clarity and length)
At a film screening and discussion of the documentary 'The Six,' which illuminates the untold stories of the six Chinese survivors of the Titanic, film co-creator and lead researcher Steven Schwankert spoke with audience members about the making of the documentary, the surprising discoveries behind it, and the challenges of historical research in and about China.
