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Seeking to ease conflicts linked to climate change
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.
June 29, 2022
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How satellites and AI can fix development data problems
Researchers of the Data for Development initiative introduce machine learning applied to satellite imagery as a solution to measuring sustainable development globally
June 24, 2022
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Stanford undergrad examines efforts to make classrooms in Guatemala more welcoming to traditionally marginalized groups
What does it mean to make a school inclusive?
June 16, 2022
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Investigation into the ‘dirty list’ of slave labor in Brazil focus of prize-winning thesis
Members of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab work to uncover ways in which politically connected predators of human trafficking often avoid punishment.
June 09, 2022
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2022 Global Development Photo Contest
Where are your summer plans taking you?
May 26, 2022
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Four questions for Desiree LaBeaud
The Stanford epidemiologist and King Center Faculty Affiliate reacts to recent news about the effects of plastic on human health.
May 19, 2022
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Q&A with Augustin Tapsoba, assistant professor at the Toulouse School of Economics
Tapsoba, a King Center Visiting Professor, talks about factors that affect household living standards in sub-Saharan Africa
May 18, 2022
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King Center Predoctoral Research Fellow seeks to make an impact
Christlee Doris Elmera, who works on a King Center initiative to reduce lead exposure, is drawn to the practical nature of research.
May 17, 2022
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Solar technology and community engagement team up to help low-income farmers in India
Affiliated researcher Michael Machala, PhD '17, developed a solar-powered technology to improve the quality and quantity of dried agricultural produce in India
April 18, 2022
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Stanford undergraduate student studies how social groups motivate political participation in India
Which women become politicians and does women’s electoral representation lead to changes in policy outcomes?
April 11, 2022
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Belinda Archibong on the historical roots of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa
Historical disparities can affect access to public services today, research by King Center Visiting Professor Belinda Archibong shows.
March 18, 2022
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5 Questions with Gary Darmstadt on improving outcomes for infants worldwide
Faculty Affiliate Gary Darmstadt talks about improvements in the infant mortality rate worldwide and what work remains to be done.
March 17, 2022
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Urban water disinfection and mortality decline: Evidence from Mexico
Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection research from King Center Faculty Affiliates show.
March 11, 2022
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Stanford engineers reveal how to optimize processes for transforming sulfur in wastewater to valuable materials
Promising technologies for converting wastewater into drinkable water produce a chemical compound that can be toxic, corrosive and malodorous.
March 03, 2022
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Changing infant care to improve newborns’ health in India
Modifying traditional infant massages led to more weight gain and fewer illnesses among newborns in a Stanford-led community study in India.
February 28, 2022
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5 Questions: Ami Bhatt on gut microbiomes in understudied populations
The Stanford Medicine professor on why it’s important to better understand the microbiome of people transitioning from traditional to Westernized lifestyles.
February 24, 2022
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Transforming India’s sanitation policy and practice
In a country of over a billion people with dense urban centers and sparse rural regions, how can the government prevent open defecation?
February 19, 2022
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Stanford pediatric arbovirologist Desiree LaBeaud’s quest to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases led to an unlikely culprit: plastic trash
In 2021, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud and her colleagues launched the nonprofit organization HERI-Kenya to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in Kenya.
February 11, 2022
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Augustin Bergeron
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.
January 27, 2022
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COVID-19 disproportionately affected marginalized and rural populations in Asia, new study shows
Karen Eggleston documents how the pandemic’s broad social and economic consequences negatively affected population health well beyond those directly suffering from COVID-19.
January 26, 2022