Next Generation of Scholars

A postdoctoral fellow recounts her journey tying economic policy to social change.

Natalie Milan and Faith Zehfuss received King Center funding to research and help facilitate a 10-week entrepreneurship program for refugees in Uganda.

Jamie Hintson looks closely at public infrastructure projects in dozens of countries as a part of his King Center Graduate Student Research Funding.

Sharma describes her research, which primarily focuses on the economics of gender, and talks about why she would recommend the King Center's Postdoctoral Fellows Program.

Current and former students share their experience studying mosquito-borne viruses in the lab of Professor A. Desiree LaBeaud.

Mark Walsh received support from the King Center for his experiment studying why people are reluctant to share information about new technologies.

Former predoctoral fellow Myint discusses her research with King Center faculty affiliates and her overall experience as part of the inaugural cohort in the program.

Tocre discusses his experience and research projects as an inaugural member of the King Center's Predoctoral Research Fellows Program.

Multi-year datasets from the King Center’s African Urbanization and Development Research Initiative continue to inform research and policy insights in Ethiopia and Côte d’Ivoire.

Riaño discusses his research in political economy, namely bureaucratic nepotism and the politics of state capacity building.

With support from the King Center, Anirudh Sankar traveled to Uganda to study how small-holder farmers learn about farming practices through a novel irrigation system.

King Center support helped advance Bianca Santos’s research in Palau, where she is studying the impacts of climate change on small-scale fisheries.

Anna-Katharina von Krauland’s research on potential wind farm development in the US and India could help ease the transition to renewable energy.

King Center PhD funding recipient Kimberly Higuera’s research explores how the social status of immigrants is impacted by their decision to send money to relatives in Mexico.

Bowles discusses his research on electoral accountability, voter mobilization, and state capacity.

King Center fellowship recipient Pablo Seward Delaporte studies the tension between migrants in northern Chile and the government’s plans to resettle them.

King Center Graduate Student Research Funding recipient Feyaad Allie’s work uses both qualitative and quantitative data.

Research funding recipient Nina Buchmann is leading ground-breaking work to study and reduce discrimination and domestic violence in Bangladesh.

Crider discusses her research on WASH interventions in Bangladesh and Kenya, as well as her time spent at the King Center.

King Center graduate student research fellow Nicholas Lyon has studied urbanization in Uganda and Kenya and attitudes about LGBTQ+ rights.

Mabeu discusses her research on the relationship between colonial history, gender equity, and reproductive health across Africa.

King Center graduate student fellowship recipient Garrett Albistegui Adler, ’18, MA ’22, PhD is exploring the factors that might influence how people respond to climactic shocks.

What does it mean to make a school inclusive?

Christlee Doris Elmera, who works on a King Center initiative to reduce lead exposure, is drawn to the practical nature of research.

Which women become politicians and does women’s electoral representation lead to changes in policy outcomes?

Bergeron discusses his research on tax collection and social ties in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as his time spent at the King Center.

Students transition to remote technologies to pursue their inquiries as the pandemic and other global crises continue.

A team of researchers have created a machine-learning tool to encourage the development of new ways to measure progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Stanford environmental engineer Christine Pu discusses how infrastructure investments and policies can alleviate poverty and build resilience against climate change.

As part of the Academic Year Part-Time Research Assistant Program, Keona Blanks, ’24, and Sophia Nesamoney, ’23, conducted research with Stanford Professor Gary Darmstadt.

King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Madeline McKelway studied how an intervention designed to increase women’s self confidence in rural India affected their likelihood of employment.

In settings with market power, providing goods directly can generate larger consumer surplus gains than cash and vouchers because of price effects.

PhD student Nano Barahona and a team of researchers investigated the impact of a national food labeling law in Chile.

Tianmei Wang is exploring how climate change will affect rice farming, including through the use of remote sensing technology.

King Center Fellow Nina R. Brooks, PhD ’20, is part of a team of Stanford researchers exploring how to reduce pollution from brick kilns in Bangladesh.

Cauê Dobbin, a PhD candidate in economics at Stanford, answers questions about his research on the economics of Brazil's higher education sector.

A remediation and public education effort at an abandoned battery recycling facility in Bangladesh eliminated most lead soil contamination.

Through a King Center student program, undergrads Arianna Togelang and Alexander Ke worked alongside Faculty Affiliate Professor Charles Eesley.

As an undergraduate research assistant for the King Center, Ella Tessier-Lavigne worked in Stanford Biology Professor Erin Mordecai’s infectious disease lab.

Two undergraduate students are assisting Stanford Assistant Professor of Medicine Shuchi Anand’s research on kidney disease in Sri Lanka.

Catherine Thomas, a PhD candidate in social psychology and King Center research funding recipient, traveled to Niger to help facilitate community discussions.

Researchers part of the King Center initiative focused on lead poisoning have shown that turmeric is a key contributor to heightened blood-lead levels.

A new multidisciplinary initiative convenes researchers across Stanford's campus and in Brazil to secure localized, high-quality data to fight human trafficking.

In a Q&A, Brandon de la Cuesta reflects on his time spent at the King Center as a 2019 - 2020 postdoctoral fellow, as well as his research on resource-revenue accountability.

In a Q&A, Sara Lowes reflects on her time spent at the King Center as a 2019 - 2020 postdoctoral fellow and her research in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

With support from the King Center, Stanford PhD candidate Christiana Parreira studies how municipal governments function—or not—in Lebanon.

In summer 2019, four Stanford undergraduate students worked with local non-profit organizations in India through King Center-supported programs.

In far reaching corners of the world, especially low- and middle-income countries, how can organizations gather and process information?

Melodie Liu and Alisha Zhao spent the summer in Jakarta, Indonesia, as Summer Undergraduate Field Research Assistants working with a local NGO.

During summer 2019, Stanford economics PhD student Levi Boxell traveled to Ghana with support from the King Center.

Part four in a series of a stories by students working in Uganda as part of the King Center's Summer Undergraduate Field Research Assistant Program.

Stanford students Micheal Brown and Kayley Miller recount their experiences on a Journey of Inquiry to Mexico City.

River development interventions impact multiple facets of river systems including food production, water availability, and public health outcomes, often in unanticipated ways.

Part three in a series of a stories by students working in Uganda as part of the King Center's Summer Undergraduate Field Research Assistant Program.

Part two in a series of a stories by students working in Uganda as part of the King Center's Summer Undergraduate Field Research Assistant Program.

Some spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized for curries and other traditional dishes.

Part one in a series of a stories by students working in Uganda as part of the King Center's Summer Undergraduate Field Research Assistant Program.

As economies become more digitally enabled, Stanford researchers seek to better connect and strengthen the millions of small retailers in an emerging market.

Meredith Startz is the inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the King Center. In a Q&A with the Center, she shares some of her research experience.

Two Stanford seniors spent the summer in Senegal researching the disease schistosomiasis with Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo.

Graduate student James Winter is measuring how transitioning to a high-quality source of water piped directly to a household’s yard can impact household economic activity.

Stanford students Jacqueline Wibowo and Sana Gujral talk about their recent whirlwind trip to India where they learned about the country's corporate governance.

Stanford graduate student Sebastián Otero examines the effects of widespread privatization of higher education in Latin America.

The new Stanford course Data for Sustainable Development introduces students to new methods of using machine learning and satellite technology.

Many Stanford undergraduates travel during their summer vacations, but for some, their travels are more about work than leisure.

Caroline Abadeer, a Stanford graduate student in political science, examines urban housing policy in North Africa.

In the paddy fields of rural India, a Stanford researcher explores why so many farmers are trapped in debt and highlights a clear need for crop insurance.