Media Mentions
In the News
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Asking for help in public: Why eligible people may not claim welfare
A lab experiment in Côte d’Ivoire by recently-completed King Center initiative AUDRI finds that making applications for cash support public reduced unsuccessful claims but also deterred more than one in four eligible participants.
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Can digitising courts speed up justice without cutting corners?
Research by Postdoctoral Fellow Resuf Ahmed, featured in VoxDev, shows that Indonesia's E-Court reform reduced case duration by around 15% with no evidence that decisions deteriorated in quality.
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China's nationwide carbon market: Costs, environmental gains, and potential reforms
China’s carbon market is projected to deliver benefits well in excess of its cost, and smarter benchmark and auction design could make it even more effective, as shown in a study by Faculty Affiliate Lawrence Goulder in VoxDev.
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Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat
King Center Faculty Affiliates and other Stanford researchers are working to help cities adapt to extreme weather and keep people and buildings cool during severe heat waves.
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When heat outpaces the human body: A warming, aging world at risk
As the climate warms, understanding where, when, and to what extent human heat tolerance limits will be breached has become increasingly important—particularly for the elderly.
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New publication shines a light on the surprising link between drought and yellow fever risk
In a new publication in Science Advances, Faculty Affiliate Joelle Rosser investigates how drought is linked to yellow fever virus outbreaks in Brazil.
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Breaking the wall of the ethnic growth trap
Saumitra Jha was named a finalist in Social Sciences & Humanities for the Falling Walls Foundation's Global Call for Science Breakthroughs 2026, for his research showing how financial and institutional innovations can help ethnically diverse societies build prosperity and peace.
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Educational program based on ‘unity in diversity’ builds bridges across social divides, study finds
An intensive curriculum developed by Faculty Affiliate Prashant Loyalka and collaborators helps young people develop the capacity to unite across differences.
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New Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) investments back research teams tackling pressing challenges
Affiliates studying AI-enabled women's health care and the relationship between crop insurance and climate resilience were awarded funding by SIL.
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How rebel governance helped build an inclusive democracy in Nepal
In VoxDev, Faculty Affiliate Soledad Artiz Prillaman and recent Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Fellow Michael Callen found that parallel governance institutions built during Nepal's civil war led to lasting improvements in political participation, more representative candidate selection, and greater local government capacity.
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HERI-Kenya is turning food waste into climate solution
Featured on Citizen TV Kenya, HERI-Kenya's black soldier fly farm is cutting down on food waste and greenhouse gas emissions while strengthening food security, sanitation, and climate resilience for the surrounding community.
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New roads: Expressways for disease?
New study by Erin Mordecai links road development to rise in dengue in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Rosenkranz Prize winner Nathan Lo develops new methods to tackle a neglected global infectious disease
Lo is tackling a tropical disease most people have never heard of—yet it infects 300–600 million people worldwide.
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Go behind the science with Rodolfo Dirzo
The Stanford ecologist traces quiet shifts in the natural world, and how they circle back to human health.
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A low-cost, self-driving microscope could speed up infection diagnostics
Faculty Affiliate Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.
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New research shows path to affordable water in fast-growing cities
By 2050, up to half the world’s urban population will face water scarcity. In a study co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Rosamond Naylor, a new model of water supply, demand, and policies in a drought-prone city of 7 million in India shows how policies could prevent the poor from bearing the heaviest burden.
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AI platform maps disease risk from space
Led by Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo, Stanford scientists in Senegal hunting for schistosomiasis—a parasitic disease infecting 250 million people worldwide—used AI to transform local fieldwork into satellite-powered risk analysis.
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Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI
In order to make malaria diagnosis faster, more accurate, and more accessible, researchers in Manu Prakash's lab have developed a robotic device, called Octopi, that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears.
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Researchers work to outrun the risk of ‘river fever’
In Senegal, Faculty Affiliates Giulio De Leo and Rosamond Naylor are tackling schistosomiasis in rice paddies, using fish to cut disease transmission while boosting food security and local economies.
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Launching AI-driven initiatives to combat labor trafficking in Brazil
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab, in partnership with Brazil’s Federal Labor Prosecution Office (FLPO), is developing Chain-Link, a new data-driven technical tool to map exploitative supply chains.
