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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 18h

Not a bad time to revisit this episode of CASBS's live webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis "What Institutional Courage Looks Like" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhO...

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Episode 12: "What Institutional Courage Looks Like"

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How does a (transnational) elite network coordinate & mobilize, what institutions serve as their key gatekeepers, & what are the "bonding agents" in those networks? In our kickoff fellows seminar of the year, @ebharrington.bsky.social proposed new mechanisms that will inform a new empirical project

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not a bad spot for CASBS fellows Jamie Kreiner and Henry Cowles to, as they put it, talk about how they're supposed to be collaborating... #SEENatCASBS

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Capitalism. CASBS fellow @elicook.bsky.social takes your questions about it and delivers @wired.com The video also effectively serves as a screen test for Eli. His upcoming book "Choose Your Captivity" will be adapted into a major motion picture. He aims to play one of his book's many villains 🖤 🦹‍♂️

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History Professor Answers Capitalism Questions

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Meet the 2026-27 CASBS class 🤩 Along with former fellows, the class forms an enduring scholarly community like no other. Read bios and view photos of the 2026-27 fellows, visiting scholars, research affiliates, and faculty fellows ➡️ mailchi.mp/a264cd03730a...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So great to welcome back 2022-23 CASBS fellow Simukai Chigudu to our hilltop this week. He spoke at a lunchtime conversation hosted by current faculty fellow (and 2022-23 fellow) Maisha Winn about his book "Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire," a project Simukai advanced at CASBS 😏

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Writing in @apnews.com , CASBS practitioner fellow @garanceburke.bsky.social elucidates how the Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs are shaping the conversation around how their technologies should (and perhaps should not) be controlled.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CASBS fellows often choose their offices (called studies here) for specific reasons, or get inspired once they see lists of their studies' occupants ('ghosts') throughout CASBS history Rick Banks aims to channel one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century while in study #41 😏

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Marvelous reunion recently among three scholars who spent a year here under CASBS's partnership with the Taiwan government as Stanford-Taiwan Social Science fellows: @wwc557.bsky.social (2025-26), Tzu-wei Hung (2022-23) & Thung-Hong Lin (2023-24) About CASBS-STSS: casbs.stanford.edu/news/casbs-t...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What is CASBS fellowship? Don't listen to us; listen to former fellows in their own words We've got 17 short videos. One is embedded below; see the rest here: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-... Then apply for a 2027-28 CASBS fellowship. Learn More: bit.ly/3STrBaK www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9B...

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CASBS Fellowship: A Community of Scholars Like No Other

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“I see the numbers, and I immediately think, we need to massively scale this thing.” -Forrest Stuart Forrest is writing a book at CASBS on the formerly incarcerated street ambassadors of Urban Alchemy ➡️ sfstandard.com/2026/09/01/u... Related PNAS Nexus study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Urban Alchemy is decreasing crime in San Francisco, Stanford study finds

The study found that streets patrolled by the nonprofit street ambassadors have overall decreased crime.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎙️ NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE "The Cultural Dynamics of Political Order & Disorder" Renowned political scientist & fmr CASBS fellow DAVID LAITIN chats w/2025-26 fellow Kunle Owolabi on the interplay of language, religion & ethnicity w/politics across societies 🎧 lnkd.in/gYYRMXHA or on the pod apps

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats to CASBS visiting scholar Toussaint Nothias, whose article, "An Intellectual History of Digital Colonialism,” published in the Journal of Communication (2025), has been awarded the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from @natcom.org 👏🙌 Read NCA's citation: www.natcom.org/nca-awards/2...

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2026 NCA National Award Winners - National Communication Association

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our condolences to the family of social scientist Andrew Lakoff, who died in July. USC's remembrance: lnkd.in/gcgBrH2y Andy was part of the CASBS family, with us as a CASBS fellow in 2016-17. A brick now resides on CASBS grounds, made possible by generous donations from members of Andy's cohort 🙏🫂

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CASBS fellows often choose their offices (called studies here) for specific reasons, or get inspired once they see lists of their studies' occupants ('ghosts') throughout CASBS history Current fellow Brian Knutson is tapping into the legacy of a famous alum of study #53, 1956-57 fellow Ken Arrow...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Being in community at CASBS generates so many benefits. You may discover that scholars outside your discipline think about, approach & solve problems very similarly or differently. It's a huge win either way 💪 Apply for a 2027-28 CASBS fellowship. Deadline October 30. Start here: bit.ly/3STrBaK

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

DAY 49 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class How resilient (or not) are farmworker communities in CA in response to burdens & mounting health risks of climate change? @mattsparke.bsky.social has a map app for that & is building a project around it More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/matth...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How does culture shape emotions? NEW in CASBS's partnership w/ @laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English site Books and Ideas Interview w/2025-26 CASBS fellows @batjamesquita.bsky.social & Jeanne Tsai, preeminent scholars working in this space VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: booksandideas.net/Do-Our-Emoti...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

DAY 48 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Enough of first-order, standard metaphysics. We're over it. We've been waiting for someone to tackle higher-order metaphysics on our hilltop and, well, the wait is over. Raul Saucedo will deliver the goods. ➡️ casbs.stanford.edu/people/raul-...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Every year, a few astute CASBS fellows open their doors & sliders for maximum airflow, increasing oxygen levels in their studies, and thus in their brains, thereby increasing cerebral performance by an estimated 23%, according to corroborated research. Shige Oishi demonstrates in textbook fashion.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

DAY 47 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Toussaint Nothias will complete his book on Facebook's efforts to expand internet access in the Global South, including that initiative's technical, social, and financial costs Learn more: casbs.stanford.edu/people/touss...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So awesome to welcome Robert B. Wilson back to CASBS this week. Bob is not just a Nobel Prize winner (of course), but also a 1977-78 CASBS fellow! Bob's CASBS class included THREE future Nobel Prize winners AND a future Supreme Court Justice. Wow. Our article on the 1977-78 class: lnkd.in/g7j3_eev

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Check out this NEW ARTICLE in Philosophical Studies coauthored by CASBS fellow Kepa Korta, which provides insights into Gottlob Frege's theory of communication & the extent to which Frege engaged with & supported the 'transmission model' of communication Open access: bit.ly/4rBSgpz

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

DAY 46 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Jacqueline Lam is exploring how AI can help us better understand relations b/w environmental exposures & cognitive aging w/an aim toward advancing policy-relevant approaches to healthy aging & longevity More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/chi-k...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW ARTICLE @natclimate.nature.com by CASBS fellow @climatefran.bsky.social & collaborators, "New Labour and Agricultural Damages Improve Climate Cost Estimates," quantifies the cost of heat stress on global labor. Access the paper and read Fran's detailed explanatory thread below ⬇️

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There's really not a bad spot on the CASBS campus. Here's the view from study #10, where @climatefran.bsky.social reports her surrounding environment is especially conducive to her work advancing a model of the climate-social-energy system that endogenizes the dynamics of climate policy formation 😏

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW PUB by CASBS fellow John Casellas Connors & collaborators, "Legal Geographies of the Public Trust Doctrine," in Annals of the American Assoc of Geographers Says John: "This often overlooked legal principle shapes human relationships to the environment & management practices." ➡️ bit.ly/4hba2uG

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

DAY 45 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class We need better understanding of why the world struggles to protect the human rights of migrants and how to change that in today's landscape. Ian Kysel will rectify this in the book he completes this year More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/ian-k...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

CASBS fellows often choose their offices (studies here) for specific reasons, or get inspired once they see lists of their studies' occupants ('ghosts') throughout CASBS history Current fellow Henry Cowles has a very personal reason for choosing study #47, occupied by Victoria Bonnell in 1986-87 ⬇️

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

DAY 44 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Do anti-clean energy messages from political elites shape public perceptions in polarized societies? If so, can social norm interventions counteract the effects? Jūratė Jaraitė-Kažukauskė will explore those questions here 💡 More: bit.ly/4h8HGkO

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why here and not elsewhere? Often, the work scholars do at CASBS turns out differently *as a result of* being here compared with how the work likely would have turned out otherwise. Jeff Spinner-Halev thinks so. Apply for a 2027-28 CASBS fellowship. Deadline October 30. Start here: bit.ly/3STrBaK

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

DAY 43 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class @hopfka.bsky.social is exploring a shift w/i modern historical & political games that critiques a Western conquest & supremacy narrative & instead experiments w/new ways to amplify underprivileged causes More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/mikae...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

DAY 42 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class An alternative conception of AI - as local & participatory - emerged in the 1980s, before the Web & big data. What happened? @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy will tease out the history while reframing AI's possible futures More: bit.ly/46V7Cvt

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

DAY 41 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class @isharacc.bsky.social is examining the complex & often contradictory policy landscape shaping displaced learners' access to & participation in postsecondary education Learn more: casbs.stanford.edu/people/ishar...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

DAY 40 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Joseph Tao-Yi Wang of @ntu-taiwan.bsky.social is applying experimental economics to study language and communication, rational attention, and large language model reasoning... Learn more: casbs.stanford.edu/people/josep...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Event at Stanford | Sept. 30 | 12pm Simukai Chigudu will speak about his book "Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire" at Stanford's Center for African Studies Simukai advanced this book project during his 2022-23 CASBS fellowship 😏 Talk description, registration, bio: bit.ly/4gL2bVQ

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

DAY 39 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class A hybrid society where humans & machines compete, communicate, coordinate & cooperate across a variety of domains. There should be a book on that. There will be. Milena Tsvetkova will write it at CASBS. More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/milen...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We've just learned of the passing of legal theorist William Twining. A towering figure in jurisprudence & the Law in Context movement, Twining was a 1999-2000 CASBS fellow. Two of his books reside in the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection. @ucl.ac.uk tribute: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...

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Professor William Twining: an appreciation

It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor William L. Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 Call for applications Apply for a 2027-28 CASBS residential fellowship & join a multi-disciplinary community of social & behavioral scientists like no other. Deadline to apply: October 30, 2026. Exit surveys suggest it will be the best year of your professional life. Start here: bit.ly/3STrBaK

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What explains the summer surge in ICE arrests? CASBS fellow Graeme Blair & coauthor Phil Neff address this in a new report, "Understanding the Summer 2026 Surge in ICE Arrests," on the Deportation Data Project's website. Graeme is the project's co-director HERE: deportationdata.org/analysis/imm...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

DAY 38 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class How & why did immersive physical spaces like theme parks first emerge in contemporary culture? The book @tltaylor.bsky.social writes will explore this at the intersection of design, infrastructure & play More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/tl-ta...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Congrats to 2025-26 CASBS fellow Elena Esposito, named winner of the 2026 Balzan Prize for the Social Science of Digital Technology by the Int'l Balzan Foundation Announcement: bit.ly/4xJmJUx 👏🙌🤩 Our Q&A w/Elena a few months ago practically 'predicted' this! ➡️ casbs.stanford.edu/news/forefro...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🆒 NEW ARTICLE in The Gerontologist coauthored by 2025-26 CASBS fellow Loretta Platts, "Opting in to Paid Work in Old Age," provides a multi-disciplinary account of the distinctive nature of opt-in jobs for older people & elucidates mechanisms underpinning the phenomenon OPEN ACCESS: bit.ly/4cxAOvX

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

DAY 37 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Scams everywhere. But what exactly is a scam? What's legit & what's not when the meaning of the term "scam" seems like a moving target? @lanalanalana.bsky.social will provide a corrective with her book ✅ More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/lana-...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

DAY 36 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Forrest Stuart will write a book examining a nascent model of community-based public safety where voluntary acts of care generate obligations that help leverage & shape behavior & stabilize public space More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/forre...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

DAY 35 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class Heeju Sohn will analyze, compare & track multigenerational kin networks across geographic space to examine intersections of kin support, safety-net programs & environment-related disasters in the U.S. More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/heeju...

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

💯 Thoughtful & insightful thread from @noshir.bsky.social on the takeaways from CASBS's summer Institute on AI Methods for Social Scientists ⬇️

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