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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

{{Short description|Research center at Stanford University}}

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| headquarters = Palo Alto, California

| location = Stanford University

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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research institution at Stanford University that incubates initiatives designed to address major questions about human behavior and society, and offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for 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".{{Cite web|url = http://www.casbs.org/history|title = History|access-date = 21 June 2014|publisher = Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808235002/http://www.casbs.org/history|archive-date = 8 August 2014}}Debora Hammond (2003). The science of synthesis: exploring the social implications of general systems theory. University Press of Colorado, 2003. p.168. 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.{{Cite web|url = https://casbs.stanford.edu|title = CASBS website|access-date = 9 February 2025|website= Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences}}

It is one of the (currently ten) members of Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS). Its campus is {{convert|19600|ft2|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.{{Cite web|url = http://www.casbs.org/facilities|title = Facilities|access-date = 21 June 2014|publisher = CASBS|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810040858/http://www.casbs.org/facilities|archive-date = 10 August 2014}}

Sarah Soule started as director of the center in September 2023.{{Cite web |last=Sciences |first=Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral |date=2023-02-01 |title=Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director |url=https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2023/02/organizational-behavior-scholar-sarah-soule-named-next-casbs-director/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Social Science Space |language=en-US}}

History

The center was founded in 1954 by the Ford Foundation.{{Cite web|url = http://www.casbs.org/early-years-and-mission|title = The Early Years and Mission|access-date = 21 June 2014|publisher = Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811010850/http://www.casbs.org/early-years-and-mission|archive-date = 11 August 2014}} The American educator Ralph W. Tyler served as the center's first director from 1954 to 1966.Alasdair A. MacDonald, A. H. Huussen (2004). Scholarly environments: centres of learning and institutional contexts, 1560-1960. Peeters Publishers, p.173 Political scientist Margaret Levi was the director of the center from 2014 until 2022.{{Cite web |title=Leadership History |website=Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences |url=https://casbs.stanford.edu/about/leadership-history |access-date=2023-10-08 |language=en}}

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

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.{{Cite news|url = http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/april9/casbs-040908.html|title = Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Seeks fellowship applications|date = 9 April 2008|work = Stanford Report}}{{cite web|url=http://exploredegrees.stanford.edu/centerslaboratoriesandinstitutes/#researchtext|title=Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes - Stanford University|website=exploredegrees.stanford.edu}}

Fellows

Each class of fellows numbers about 40 people. In the first 40 years of its existence it supported about 2,000 scientists and scholars.Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558, [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/94/940228Arc4425.html Ralph Tyler, one of century's foremost educators, dies at 91 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206160340/http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/94/940228Arc4425.html |date=February 6, 2007 }}

= Notable fellows =

The institute has been home to notable scholars, including:

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External links

  • [https://casbs.stanford.edu/ Center for Advanced Study website]

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20151029123824/http://www.casbs.org/casbs-fellows List of CASBS Fellows]

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Category:Research institutes established in 1954

Category:Research institutes in the San Francisco Bay Area

Category:Non-profit organizations based in California

Category:Social science research institutes

Category:Stanford University

Category:Institute for Advanced Study