
Human Centered
Conversations about projects and research undertaken by scholars & affiliates of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University; interviews with renowned fellows from CASBS history; and audio versions of occasional CASBS live events.
CASBS is a scholarly community like no other for collaborative, cross-disciplinary, generative research. It brings together deep thinkers to address wicked problems and significant societal challenges. It empowers them to challenge boundaries and assumptions in order to advance our understanding of the full range of human beliefs, behaviors, interactions, and institutions. As a leading incubator of human-centered knowledge, CASBS is a place that is, well…human centered.
Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel
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Latest episodes

May 22, 2023 • 1h 27min
New Visions for Effective Worker Influence
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 Creating a New Moral Political Economy. Learn about the program here.CASBS's moral political economy program guest-curated the Winter 2023 issue of Dædalus, a publication of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The entire issue is open access here. Panelist John Ahlquist's essay in the issue provided impetus for the organization of the event this podcast episode draws from.CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachFollow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 11min
A Different Glenn Loury
Glenn Loury on Google ScholarCoate & Loury (1993), "Will Affirmative-Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?"Loury, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (The Du Bois Lectures)The Tanner Lectures at Stanford (2007) Lecture 1 | Lecture 2Loury (2008), Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesLoury (2019), "Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?"Somanathan and Allen, eds. (2020) Difference without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse DemocraciesLoury public symposium at CASBS (2016), "Racial Inequality in 21st Century America" (video)CASBS webcast (2020), "The Persistence of Racial Inequality" (video); panel featuring Glenn Loury, Joshua Cohen, Francis Fukuyama, Alondra Nelso, & Margaret LeviThe Glenn Show (YouTube)The Glenn Show (Manhattan Institute)CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachFollow the CASBS webcast series,Social Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Mar 27, 2023 • 1h 8min
Interdependence & Climate Change - Robert Keohane
Robert Keohane bios: CASBS | Princeton | WikipediaComparative Politics of Climate Change Policy workshops at CASBSComplex interdependenceAfter Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy2016 Balzan Prize | prize speechDesigning Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative ResearchJohan Skytte PrizeKeohane & Ostrom, Local Commons and Global InterdependenceCASBS: website | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn | podcast | latest newsletter | signup | outreachFollow the CASBS webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Dec 6, 2022 • 53min
Bob Scott is Trending
Emerging Trends in The Social and Behavioral SciencesBob’s Introduction to the projectAbout the Robert A. Scott Lectureship FundThe classic mud volleyball photo (click then scroll to the bottom of the article)Human Centered episode featuring Richard WranghamCASBS in the History of Behavioral EconomicsCASBS
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 24min
Toward Better Evidence-Based Policymaking
Causal Inference for Social Impact LabEGAPJake BowersCarrie S. CihakDan HopkinsRuth LevinePiyush TantiaCASBS
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Sep 1, 2022 • 1h 27min
Creating A New Political Economy Framework
Moderator Debra SatzPanelistsElizabeth Anderson University of MichiganSamuel Bowles Santa Fe InstituteNobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton PrincetonAmy Kapczynski Yale Law CASBS@CasbsStanfordCreating a New Moral Political Economy program at CASBSSocial Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Jul 26, 2022 • 49min
Movements & Contentious Politics - Sid Tarrow
Sid Tarrow"Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development" - Cambridge University PressEd WalkerCASBS@CasbsStanford
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Jul 5, 2022 • 1h 8min
Better AI Through Social Science
Jacob WardKristian HammondDaniel HoJennifer LoggCASBS@CASBSStanfordSocial Science for a World in Crisis
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Jun 6, 2022 • 39min
Don Norman: By Design
Don NormanPiyush Tantia's Ideas42CASBS@CasbsStanford
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

Apr 7, 2022 • 1h 24min
Understanding Gen Z
"Gen Z Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age"Roberta KatzSarah OgilvieJane ShawLinda WoodheadKat TenbargeCASBSCASBS project: Understanding the iGenerationSocial Science for a World in Crisis@CASBSStanford
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |