The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab conducts critical research through a collaboration among academics, health-care providers and frontline trafficking experts and prosecutors, using promising innovations in modern data science.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in living standards and rising food insecurity in developing countries across the globe, according to a new study by an international team of economists.
Faculty Affiliate Saumitra Jha discusses how networks of influential individuals helped destroy one of the world’s most durable democracies and legitimise a racist, authoritarian state.
Jan 14 2021 | Posted In: Research Spotlights, In the News
A remediation and public education effort at an abandoned battery recycling facility in Bangladesh eliminated most lead soil contamination, but levels of the toxic metal in children living near the site did not decrease nearly as much. The discrepancy reveals the scope of other lead exposure... Read More
A large public health program in rural India improved maternal and child health in its pilot phase, but was at risk of leaving behind the most-disadvantaged participants when the program expanded, according to a Stanford led study.
In Broadstreet, Postdoctoral Fellow Sara Lowes examines recent work in economics that explores how historical experiences shape trust in medicine and vaccination rates.