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A world unprepared: Missing skills for development
In VoxDev, Faculty Affiliate Eric Hanushek and co-authors address questions around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of universal quality education.
November 24, 2023
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How to stop turmeric from killing people
The King Center's initiative on lead was featured in The Economist for their research which led to a complete elimination of lead-contaminated turmeric in Bangladesh.
November 02, 2023
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Skill versus voice in local development
Incoming Faculty Director Katherine Casey discusses if delegation to technocrats or inclusive decision-making can improve local development outcomes in Sierra Leone.
November 01, 2023
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Undergraduate research assistants help expand entrepreneurial opportunities for refugees
Natalie Milan and Faith Zehfuss received King Center funding to research and help facilitate a 10-week entrepreneurship program for refugees in Uganda.
October 25, 2023
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October 23, 2023
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Studying state expansion in sub-Saharan Africa
Jamie Hintson looks closely at public infrastructure projects in dozens of countries as a part of his King Center Graduate Student Research Funding.
October 17, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Karmini Sharma
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.
October 13, 2023
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What do EV batteries have to do with health?
The center's initiative on reducing lead exposure combined epidemiology and management to confront a growing threat from lead-acid batteries in electric vehicles.
October 12, 2023
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King Center supports undergraduate student research in infectious disease lab
Current and former students share their experience studying mosquito-borne viruses in the lab of Professor A. Desiree LaBeaud.
September 25, 2023
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Examining barriers to communication in Pakistan
Mark Walsh received support from the King Center for his experiment studying why people are reluctant to share information about new technologies.
September 20, 2023
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Students devote their summer to combating human trafficking in Brazil
King Center undergraduate research assistant Thay Graciano spent her summer in Brazil with faculty members and researchers of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab.
September 18, 2023
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Stanford researchers investigate human trafficking alongside Brazilian partners in the Amazon rainforest
Members of a King Center initiative investigate possible trafficking sites in Brazil while working to expand an AI database designed to find illegal camps more efficiently.
September 18, 2023
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'Getting a handle' on a potent climate threat
Faculty Affiliate Alison Hoyt is working in a multidiscplinary team of researchers across Stanford to measure emissions of a potent greenhouse gas in extreme conditions.
September 14, 2023
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Malnutrition early in life sets stage for poor growth and death
A study co-authored by Jade Benjamin-Chung reveals better nutrition during pregnancy and childbearing years is critical to protect children in their first 1,000 days.
September 13, 2023
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Stanford research exposes toxic lead used to enhance color of turmeric
A King Center-supported initiative successfully reduced lead adulteration in turmeric in Bangladesh from 47% to 0% in two years.
September 13, 2023
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They got the lead out of turmeric!
Affiliated researcher Jenna Forsyth and Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby worked with the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority to eliminate lead-contaminated turmeric in the country.
September 13, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Fellow Ei Thandar Myint
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.
September 05, 2023
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Indian groundwater depletion rates could triple in coming decades as climate warms
A study co-authored by Faculty Affiliate David Lobell shows that the intensifying withdrawal of groundwater for irrigation by farmers in India threatens food and water security.
September 01, 2023
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Growing solutions to childhood stunting
King Center undergraduate research assistant Claire Morton and Faculty Affiliate David Lobell investigated how adding minerals to farmland soil affects children's health.
August 30, 2023
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Another payoff from trading stocks: Reducing political polarization
The Conflict and Polarization initiative examined whether engaging in trade can deepen trust by encouraging Israelis to invest in a range of Israeli and Palestinian companies.
August 28, 2023
