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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Advanced_Study_in_the_Behavioral_Sciences

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
AbbreviationCASBS
Founded1954
PurposeResearch center
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Location
Director
Sarah Soule
Websitecasbs.stanford.edu

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research institution at Stanford University designed to advance the frontiers of knowledge about human behavior and society, and contribute to the resolution of some of the world’s greatest challenges. It incubates initiatives designed to address major questions about human behavior and society, sponsors projects focused on challenges facing societies and the world, and offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for selected scientists and scholars studying social, behavioral, and policy issues. Fellows are drawn from a variety of fields, including "the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology".[1][2] In recent decades, the Center has also hosted legal scholars, humanists, public policy practitioners, philosophers, and technical experts among others. CASBS fellows over the years include 30 Nobel laureates, 52 MacArthur fellows, and one U.S. Supreme Court justice.[3]

It is one of the (currently ten) members of Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS). Its campus is 19,600 square feet (1,820 m2) with ample space for hosting groups of researchers. It has 54 studies, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a kitchen, and dining room with a private chef.[4]

Sarah Soule started as director of the center in September 2023.[5]

History

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The center was founded in 1954 by the Ford Foundation.[6] The American educator Ralph W. Tyler served as the center's first director from 1954 to 1966.[7] Political scientist Margaret Levi was the director of the center from 2014 until 2022.[8]

The CASBS buildings were designed by William Wurster, a local architect.[4]

Earlier, fellow selection was a closed process; new fellows were nominated by former fellows. However, since 2007, the center opened up the fellow selection process to applications. In 2008, it became an integral part of Stanford University and functions as one of the university's independent research institutes.[9][10]

Fellows

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Each class of fellows numbers about 40 people. In the first 40 years of its existence it supported about 2,000 scientists and scholars.[11]

Notable fellows

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The institute has been home to notable scholars, including:

References

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  1. ^ "History". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Debora Hammond (2003). The science of synthesis: exploring the social implications of general systems theory. University Press of Colorado, 2003. p.168.
  3. ^ "CASBS website". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Facilities". CASBS. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Sciences, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral (February 1, 2023). "Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director". Social Science Space. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Early Years and Mission". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  7. ^ Alasdair A. MacDonald, A. H. Huussen (2004). Scholarly environments: centres of learning and institutional contexts, 1560-1960. Peeters Publishers, p.173
  8. ^ "Leadership History". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Seeks fellowship applications". Stanford Report. April 9, 2008.
  10. ^ "Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes - Stanford University". exploredegrees.stanford.edu.
  11. ^ Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558, Ralph Tyler, one of century's foremost educators, dies at 91 Archived February 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ LEDA COSMIDES (PDF), Center for Evolutionary Psychology, retrieved June 24, 2017
  13. ^ Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1963). The political systems of empires. p. LXX
  14. ^ Émile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss (1963). Durkheim/Mauss: Primitive Classification. p. XLVIII
  15. ^ Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?, Stanford Center for Internet and Society, retrieved August 28, 2012
  16. ^ Edmund Janes James, Roland Post Falkner, Henry Rogers Seager (1964). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Volumes 351-356. p.195
  17. ^ JOHN TOOBY (PDF), Center for Evolutionary Psychology, retrieved June 24, 2017
  18. ^ "Past Fellows, Research Affiliates, and Visiting Scholars (Class of 1961-62)". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Stanford University. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
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