Human Centered
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
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
Learn more about CASBS> website: casbs.stanford.edu | X: @CASBSStanford | LinkedIn: CASBS at Stanford |
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
Learn more about CASBS> website: casbs.stanford.edu | X: @CASBSStanford | LinkedIn: CASBS at Stanford |
Episodes
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Sep 30, 2020 • 1h 17min
Higher Ed at the Crossroads
Social Science for a World in CrisisPanelistsNina BandeljJonathan David JansenCaitlin ZaloomModeratorDebra Satz Twitter @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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Sep 15, 2020 • 1h 22min
Reimagining the Corporation
Panelists:Shona BrownColin MayerMargaret O’MaraModerator:Paul BrestSocial Science for a World in CrisisCASBS on Twitter
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Sep 8, 2020 • 38min
Metrics & Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing - Mario Biagioli
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 book “Gaming The Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research”2019-20 CASBS fellow Brian Arthur’s paper “All Systems Will Be Gamed: Exploitative Behavior in Economic and Social Systems”
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Aug 26, 2020 • 1h 9min
Race and the Movement for Justice in America
Race and the Movement for Justice in AmericaVideo of the conversationCASBS on Twitter
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Aug 6, 2020 • 1h 3min
Polarization and Contentious Politics in the Age of Covid
Video of this conversationSocial Science for a World in CrisisCASBS director Margaret Levi, co-editor of the Annual Review of Political Science, recently curated discussions with Christian Davenport and Rachel Kleinfeld that explore findings in articles they published in the Review.The Long-Term Consequences of Street Clashes"Privilege Violence", or How Governments Use Violence to Maintain Inequality
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Jul 21, 2020 • 53min
America As a Developing Country?
Video of this conversationTheir paper in the Harvard Journal on Legislation "Twentieth-Century America as a Developing Country: Conflict, Institutions, and The Evolution of Public Law"Web page for CASBS's webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis Notable events mentioned in this episode:The West Virginia Coal WarsThe National Labor Relations ActThe Taft-Hartley ActYoungstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Jul 17, 2020 • 35min
Welfare as Tool of Repression in China - Jennifer Pan
Jen Pan’s homepageHer recent book “Welfare for Autocrats” Big thanks to CASBS staff member Teresita Heiser for opening the episode for us!
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Jun 23, 2020 • 39min
Ethically Editing Genomes - Alta Charo
Alta CharoShe recommends checking out the documentary “Human Nature,” in which she appears.Learn about CRISPR gene editingRevive & Restore, the organization working on “genetic rescue” of endangered and extinct species.The controversy over He Jiankui’s genetic modification of human embryosVisit CASBS on the webVisit CASBS on TwitterCASBS staff member Jason Gonzales read this episode's opening line. Woohoo!
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
May 28, 2020 • 44min
Freedom To Oppress - Jefferson Cowie
Jefferson CowieJefferson’s recent New York Times Piece “The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions”The illuminating CASBS symposium “_Contesting the Nation_”, with Jefferson Cowie, Kathleen Belew, and Catherine RamírezRichard Rorty, CASBS fellow 1982-83 “Achieving Our Country”Donald F. Kettl’s “The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work”Arlie Russell Hochschild’s “Stranger in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right”Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century”Special thanks to CASBS staff member Paola Dios for the opening the episode!Visit CASBS on the webFollow CASBS on Twitter
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Apr 23, 2020 • 29min
Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho
Wendy K. Tam Cho's homepageFamiliarize yourself with Optimization Problems"How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering” - Quanta Magazine“Toward a Talismanic Redistricting Tool: A Computational Method for Identifying Extreme Redistricting Plans” - Wendy K. Tam Cho and Yan Y. LiuWendy’s reading recommendation “Deep Thinking” by Gary Kasparov"
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 | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
