Human Centered
Episodes
The Micro-mechanisms Influencing Social Interactions
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Human interactions occur in a variety of contexts. When interactions are marked by conflict, misunderstanding, bias, or aggression, 2024-25 CASBS fell...
David Card: Behind the Nobel
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In his first visit since to CASBS since his 1996-97 fellowship, UC Berkeley economist David Card lifts the veil behind the innovative empirical work o...
Your Field Guide for Creating Social Change
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Philosophers Michael Brownstein (CASBS fellow 2019-20) and Dan Kelly (2018-19), two of the coauthors of "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can ...
Paul Milgrom: Beyond the Nobel
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Economist Paul Milgrom is celebrated for his Nobel Prize-winning work on auction theory and design. But he has published a wide range of other innovat...
In Edward Said's Shadow
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Said famously wrote most of "Orientalism" during his 1975-76 CASBS fellowship. The book criticized Western worldviews and representations of th...
Colin Camerer: Econ's Neurovisionary
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An absorbing conversation featuring Colin Camerer (CASBS fellow, 1997-98), among the world's most accomplished scholars in both behavioral economics a...
Grand Master of the Sociology of Immigration & Assimilation
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Alejandro Portes (CASBS fellow 1980-81) has been among our most distinguished scholars elucidating the causes and consequences of immigra...
Can AI Take Common Sense from a Baby?
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI tools built on large language models are increasingly "intelligent" yet lack a baby's common sense – the ability to non-verbally gener...
Make the Atmosphere Great Again
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Given deeply polarized domestic politics and insufficient international commitment to the Paris Accord, can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ave...
Anthropology at the Borderlands of Experience
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two-time CASBS fellow and renowned anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann discusses her past and current work as an anthropologist of the mind, both in religio...
Demystifying the Disinformation Marketplace
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There never will be enough independent fact checking of online political advertising and their ecosystems. Can we develop methods and tools to demonet...
The Humanity of Connective Labor
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are jobs requiring high levels of human interaction worth preserving in the age of automation? Can we design machines to achieve something profound –...
Organized Civic Benevolence and Nationhood
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Santi Furnari (CASBS fellow, 2023-24) engages renowned political sociologist & 2015-16 fellow Elisabeth Clemens on the role of private civic volunteer...
Exposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation Campaigns
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary tech journalist John Markoff (CASBS fellow, 2017-18) chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Young Mie Kim on her groundbreaking efforts to identify...
The Gold Standard of Economic Historians
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Link, a 2023-24 CASBS fellow, chats with Barry Eichengreen, a 1996-97 CASBS fellow and world renowned for his expertise at the nexus of interna...
A Scholar's Commitment to Workers' Economic Justice
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labor historian & 2023-24 CASBS fellow Gabriel Winant in conversation with 2018-19 CASBS fellow Ruth Milkman, among the nation's most renowned sociolo...
Bridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public Good
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Nathan Matias about often-overlooked public interest questions and...
A Social Science of Caregiving
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded before a live audience, Margaret Levi, Alison Gopnik, & Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss a CASBS project, "The Social Science of Caregiving," whi...
The Shadow of Cybersecurity Expertise
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist & 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Rebecca Slayton on how the field of computi...
Challenging History Erasures to Expand Possible Futures
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two-time CASBS fellow Fred Turner engages CASBS board of directors chair Abby Smith Rumsey before a live audience to discuss her new book "Memory, Edi...
Toward a Society of Shared Recognition
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned sociologist Michèle Lamont (CASBS fellow, 2002-03) discusses her new book, Seeing Others, with former CASBS director Woody Powell. The book ...
Toward Cross-disciplinary Consensus About Our (Mis)Information Environment
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fully understanding and regulating our complex information ecosystems will require creating new cultures and modes of collaborating, new organizationa...
The Memory Science Disruptor
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Simon, a 2022-23 CASBS fellow and USC law professor, joins in conversation with Elizabeth Loftus, a 1978-79 CASBS fellow and Distinguished Profess...
Jonathan Jansen's Power of Craft
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While you're listening to this episode, 2016-17 CASBS fellow Jonathan Jansen likely will write another few thousand words. As a scholar of education &...
Deploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the most effective collective actions that social protest movements can or should undertake in the context of deep societal conflict and pola...
Frederick Cooper's Illumination of History
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing upon a career of scholarship extending from studies of labor, citizenship, and the state in Africa to explorations of global empire, coloniali...
Developing AI Like Raising Kids - Alison Gopnik & Ted Chiang
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is produced in association with the CASBS project "The Social Science of Caregiving," and draws further inspiration from the CASBS proj...
New Visions for Effective Worker Influence
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a podcast version of a live CASBS webcast event. View video of the event here.The event was produced in association with CASBS's program on Cr...
A Different Glenn Loury
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Loury on Google ScholarCoate & Loury (1993), "Will Affirmative-Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?"Loury, The Anatomy of Racial Ineq...
Interdependence & Climate Change - Robert Keohane
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Keohane bios: CASBS | Princeton | WikipediaComparative Politics of Climate Change Policy workshops at CASBSComplex interdependenceAfter Hegemon...
Bob Scott is Trending
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emerging Trends in The Social and Behavioral SciencesBob’s Introduction to the projectAbout the Robert A. Scott Lectureship FundThe classic mud voll...
Toward Better Evidence-Based Policymaking
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Causal Inference for Social Impact LabEGAPJake BowersCarrie S. CihakDan HopkinsRuth LevinePiyush TantiaCASBS Center for Advanced Study in the Behavi...
Creating A New Political Economy Framework
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator Debra SatzPanelistsElizabeth Anderson University of MichiganSamuel Bowles Santa Fe InstituteNobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton PrincetonAmy Kap...
Movements & Contentious Politics - Sid Tarrow
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sid Tarrow"Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development" - Cambridge University PressEd WalkerCASBS@CasbsStanford Cen...
Better AI Through Social Science
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob WardKristian HammondDaniel HoJennifer LoggCASBS@CASBSStanfordSocial Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sc...
Don Norman: By Design
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don NormanPiyush Tantia's Ideas42CASBS@CasbsStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExpl...
Understanding Gen Z
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Gen Z Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age"Roberta KatzSarah OgilvieJane ShawLinda WoodheadKat TenbargeCASBSCASBS project: Understanding the...
Psychology of Political Beliefs - David O. Sears
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David SearsVivian ZayasUCLA Political Psychology LabCASBS@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stan...
Dreaming a New Academy - Gloria Ladson-Billings
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gloria Ladson BillingsNuraan DavidsCASBSCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University...
High-tech Modernism
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
dana boydHenry FarrellMarion FourcadeWilliam JanewayCharlton McIlwainZeynep TufekciSuggested Reading"The Moral Economy of High Tech Modernism""Making ...
Minds Memes & Windsurfing - Daniel Dennett
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Allison StangerDaniel DennettFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of MindsCASBS@casbsstanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sci...
Violence & Self-domestication - Richard Wrangham
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Holland JonesRichard WranghamKimbale Chimpanzee ParkCASBSTwitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanf...
The Voices of Americans in Crisis
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
American Voices Project crisis reportsOur TownsJames FallowsCorey FieldsDavid GruskyHazel MarkusCASBSCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the...
The Active Society - Amitai Etzioni
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry DavisAmitai EtzioniCivil DialoguesCASBSTwitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExpl...
How Social Science Advances our Understanding of Pandemics
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PanelistsPeter LoewenAdrian RafteryPrerna SinghRobb WillerAlexis MadrigalSuggested Readings, Event Info and moreVisit CASBS onlineCASBS on Twitter Cen...
What Does Human Flourishing Look Like?
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna BednarHilary CottamJames ManyikaGillian TettSuggested Readings“Governance for Human Flourishing”“The Social Contract in the 21st Century”...
An Earth-friendly Political Economy
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Creating a New Moral Political EconomyArun MajumdarEric BeinhockerGenevieve BellKim Stanley RobinsonSuggested Readings“I am a carbon abolitionist”...
The Death of Nature - Carolyn Merchant
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn MerchantPaula Findlen"Science Turned Upside Down: Carolyn Merchant’s Vision of Nature, 40 Years Later""The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, ...
America's Black-White Divide: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence D. BoboHenry Louis Gates, Jr.Claude SteeleMargaret LeviSocial Science for a World in Crisis SeriesCASBS@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Stu...
What Institutional Courage Looks Like
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ModeratorEstelle FreedmanPanelistsJennifer FreydJennifer GómezCarolyn Warner----Social Science for a World in CrisisEvent Page with InfoCASBS on Twit...
The Digital Dilemma in the Time of COVID
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show page with suggested readingsJohn MarkoffNilam RamByron ReevesAbby Smith RumseyMaryanne WolfThe Human Screenome ProjectSocial Science for a World ...
Reforming Democratic Institutions and Practices
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show page with Suggested ReadingsLuis FragaJames FishkinMartin GilensJane Mansbridge@CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Science...
The Persistence of Racial Inequality
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CASBS promo flyer for this discussion"Why Does Racial Inequality Persist? Culture, Causation, and Responsibility" Glenn's paper discussed by the panel...
Can We Rebuild Social Cohesion in The U.S.?
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CASBS Episode PagePanelists:Danielle AllenShaylyn Romney GarrettEric KlinenbergRobert PutnamModerator:David Brooks @CASBSStanford Center for Advanced...
What Will Become of Work and Workers?
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moderator:Margaret LeviPanelists:Tara BehrendLouis HymanJohn IronsPhyllis MoenSocial Science for a World in Crisis Series@CASBS on Twitter Center for ...
Analyzing Social Media Influence - Sandra González-Bailón
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra González-BailónA great thread on her recent paper “Exposure to News Grows Less Fragmented with an Increase in Mobile Access”“Bots are L...
Higher Ed at the Crossroads
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social Science for a World in CrisisPanelistsNina BandeljJonathan David JansenCaitlin ZaloomModeratorDebra Satz Twitter @CASBSSTANFORD Center for Adv...
Reimagining the Corporation
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Panelists:Shona BrownColin MayerMargaret O’MaraModerator:Paul BrestSocial Science for a World in CrisisCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in...
Metrics & Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing - Mario Biagioli
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mario Biagioli's UCLA ProfileMario's article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, "Fraud by Numbers: Metrics and the New Academic Midconduct"Mario’s ...
Race and the Movement for Justice in America
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Race and the Movement for Justice in AmericaVideo of the conversationCASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS...
Polarization and Contentious Politics in the Age of Covid
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Video of this conversationSocial Science for a World in CrisisCASBS director Margaret Levi, co-editor of the Annual Review of Political Science, recen...
America As a Developing Country?
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Video of this conversationTheir paper in the Harvard Journal on Legislation "Twentieth-Century America as a Developing Country: Conflict, Institutions...
Welfare as Tool of Repression in China - Jennifer Pan
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Pan’s homepageHer recent book “Welfare for Autocrats” Big thanks to CASBS staff member Teresita Heiser for opening the episode for us! Cent...
Ethically Editing Genomes - Alta Charo
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alta CharoShe recommends checking out the documentary “Human Nature,” in which she appears.Learn about CRISPR gene editingRevive & Restore, the or...
Freedom To Oppress - Jefferson Cowie
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jefferson CowieJefferson’s recent New York Times Piece “The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions”The illuminating ...
Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy K. Tam Cho's homepageFamiliarize yourself with Optimization Problems"How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering” - Quanta Magazine“Toward a ...
From Big Data to Big Variables - Susan Holmes
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Holmes' Stanford PageSusan Holmes on TwitterClaude Shannon, former CASBS fellow, and the "father of information theory"CASBSCASBS on TwitterShou...
The Complexity Economist - W. Brian Arthur
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
W. Brian Arthur’s homepage at the Santa Fe Institute“Where is technology taking the economy? ” - W. Brian Arthur. McKinsey Oct. 2017“Complexit...
The AI Ethics Landscape - Sherry Wong
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sherry WongFluxus LandscapeIcarus SalonCASBS AI Ethics & Governance Map LaunchesCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on ...
Putting Peer Pressure to Work - Robert Frank
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Frank on TwitterHis new book “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work”His choice of influential book is Nobel Prize winner Thoma...
Foreclosing on America - Noelle Stout
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Noelle StoutNoelle’s book, “Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class”“Life By Algorithms” by Catherin...
Sexual Violence & Institutional Courage - Jennifer Freyd
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer FreydInstitutional Betrayal Research HomepageLearn about DARVOWatch the CASBS Symposium: “Betrayal and Courage in the Age of #MeToo”Cente...
Homo economicus: An Endangered Species? Dan Kelly
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Kelly's Purdue homepageDan Kelly's book “Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust”Two fascinating papers coauthored by Dan:“Mindin...
An Organized Labor Revival? Steven Greenhouse
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Greenhouse on TwitterSteven’s recent book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor”The CASBS project on C...
The Boundaries in Our Heads - Cara Wong
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cara Wong's WebsiteCara Wong's 2018 paper "Maps in People’s Heads: Assessing a New Measure of Context"And her 2010 book "Boundaries of Obligation in...
Tech Innovation Needs Social Science - Arati Prabhakar
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Arati PrabhakarNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Scie...
Policy Tools to Fight Community Poverty & Inequality - Kirsten Wysen
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
King County's Communities of Opportunity programKirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains e...
Social Science and Saving Democracy from the Internet - Nate Persily
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nate Persily’s homepage with links to publications and key worksNate Persily on TwitterSocial Science One builds industry-academic partnerships to a...
Digital Media, Platforms, and Governance - Mike Ananny
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike AnannyMike Ananny's recent book "Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear" - MIT PressSection 230 of the Comm...
Black America & Art: Sociology, Diversity, & Identity - Patricia Banks
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Banks' websitePatricia Banks' latest book, "Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums"Patricia's previous book, "Represent: Art ...
Social Movements in Contentious Times - Kim Williams
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kim WilliamsKim's book "Mark One Or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America" tells the story of the struggle to include a multiracial category on th...
New is Old: Robots & Tech in Antiquity - Adrienne Mayor
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adrienne Mayor"Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology"Adrienne Mayor’s piece on the ancient roots of the uncanny valley ...
Death and Chimp Behavior - Elizabeth Lonsdorf
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Lonsdorf's siteElizabeth Lonsdorf at National GeographicJane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research CenterInternational Primatological So...
Embracing Tech While Saving Democracy from It - Toomas Hendrik Ilves
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Movement for obfuscating the Electoral College in the USFirst-past-the-post electoral systemsand a glossary of alternative electoral systemsAtlantic C...
Labor & Work in the Era of AI & Automation - Jerry Jacobs
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Jacobs at U PennThe much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne"Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs...
Tech and the Evolution of Silicon Valley - Jacob Ward
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob WardTechno UtopianismPartnership On AINational Academies Report on Sexual Harassment of Women"Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" John Pe...
Creating a New Moral Political Economy - Margaret Levi
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret LeviFollow Margaret on TwitterMoral Political Economy Project‘Free to Choose’ Milton and Rose FriedmanMontpelerin Society‘Bowling Alone...