Faculty Features

Tapsoba, a King Center Visiting Professor, talks about factors that affect household living standards in sub-Saharan Africa

Historical disparities can affect access to public services today, research by King Center Visiting Professor Belinda Archibong shows.

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.

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.

A panel of experts discussed technology's vast potential to promote public health and its many challenges

Alfredo J. Artiles has long studied what he calls “the dual nature of disability."

A new paper in Science by King Center researchers documents progress in using satellite imagery and machine learning techniques to study development trends.

The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab conducts critical research 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.

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

The King Center’s David Lobell and Soledad Artiz Prillaman focus their research on food security and political representation in India.

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

Stanford researchers involved with the Data for Development initiative harness satellite imagery and AI to help fight poverty in Africa.

As a scientist bent on addressing the global sanitation crisis, Faculty Affiliate William Tarpeh is not fazed by urine or excrement.

Faculty Affiliate Soledad Artiz Prillaman focuses her research on women’s participation in local politics.

Political scientist and Faculty Affiliate Saad Gulzar dives into his background and research in Pakistan.

Stanford economist and Faculty Affiliate Pete Klenow uses microdata from firms to understand the underlying mechanisms behind economic growth in economies.

Seema Jayachandran, the Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Professor at the King Center, discusses how she utilizes randomized controlled trials to identify the root causes of poverty.

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.

Faculty Affiliate Lawrence Goulder is collaborating with researchers in China, who aim to implement a new emissions trading system meant to drastically reduce carbon dioxide.