Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
AbbreviationCASBS
Founded1954
Purpose Research center
Headquarters Palo Alto, California
Location
Director
 Sarah Soule
Website https://casbs.stanford.edu/

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology". [1] [2]

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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. [3]

Sarah Soule started as director of the center in September 2023. [4]

History

The center was founded in 1954 by the Ford Foundation. [5] The American educator Ralph W. Tyler served as the center's first director from 1954 to 1966. [6] Political scientist Margaret Levi was the director of the center from 2014 until 2022. [7]

The CASBS buildings were designed by William Wurster, a local architect. [3]

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 official part of Stanford University and reports to the Vice-Provost and Dean of Research. [8] [9]

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. [10]

Notable fellows

The institute has been home to notable scholars, including:

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References

  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. 1 2 "Facilities". CASBS. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Alasdair A. MacDonald, A. H. Huussen (2004). Scholarly environments: centres of learning and institutional contexts, 1560-1960. Peeters Publishers, p.173
  7. ↑ "Leadership History | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences". casbs.stanford.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Seeks fellowship applications". Stanford Report. April 9, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes - Stanford University". exploredegrees.stanford.edu.
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ LEDA COSMIDES (PDF), Center for Evolutionary Psychology , retrieved June 24, 2017
  12. ↑ Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1963). The political systems of empires. p. LXX
  13. ↑ Émile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss (1963). Durkheim/Mauss: Primitive Classification. p. XLVIII
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  15. ↑ 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
  16. ↑ JOHN TOOBY (PDF), Center for Evolutionary Psychology , retrieved June 24, 2017
  17. ↑ "Past Fellows, Research Affiliates, and Visiting Scholars (Class of 1961-62)". casbs.stanford.edu. Stanford University. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

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