News
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How gender norms are perceived across the world
Faculty Affiliate Alessandra Voena and her co-authors write in CEPR about their findings on the misconceptions of gender norms across the world.
June 29, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Juan Felipe Riaño
Riaño discusses his research in political economy, namely bureaucratic nepotism and the politics of state capacity building.
June 20, 2023
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Pain, no gain: Healthcare gender gaps still remain, especially in India
Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas shares insights from her recent working paper analyzing the state health insurance program in Rajasthan, India.
June 15, 2023
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Changing tides
Research funding recipient Ceyenna Tillman shares what led her to study the oceans, and why the next generation of ocean scholars must define the field more broadly.
June 08, 2023
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Getting to know Huggy Rao
Learn how this organizational sociologist is constantly cooking up new ideas to inspire curiosity and generosity — for himself and others — in the kitchen and the classroom.
June 05, 2023
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Toward a better theory of learning
With support from the King Center, Anirudh Sankar traveled to Uganda to study how small-holder farmers learn about farming practices through a novel irrigation system.
June 05, 2023
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Beyond climate dread
Faculty Affiliates Stephen Luby, Desiree LaBeaud, and Jade Benjamin-Chung discuss their work in finding solutions to the urgent problems of planetary and human health.
June 02, 2023
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The spice seller's secret
Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby and affiliated researcher Jenna Forysth discuss their research on hunting for the sources of lead poisoning in Bangladesh.
June 02, 2023
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Surprising insights from a global study on perceptions of gender norms
King Center Faculty Affiliate Alessandra Voena finds a rift between what people believe and what they think others believe about certain policies meant to empower women.
May 22, 2023
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Just add prawns
Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo's research on schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease, takes him to the Senegal River, where introducing prawns may help combat the parasite.
May 08, 2023
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Bureaucratic nepotism: Evidence from Colombia
Postdoc Juan Felipe Riaño writes in VoxDev that family ties to non-elected bureaucrats distort public employment outcomes, and standard anti-nepotism policies are ineffective.
April 25, 2023
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Empowering patients with information to improve hospital accountability
In a new study in Rajasthan, Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas investigates whether informing patients of their benefits helps hold hospitals accountable.
April 24, 2023
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The future of mosquito-borne diseases
Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai explains why warmer and wetter weather will mean more tropical illnesses far beyond the tropics.
April 07, 2023
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Getting to Know Jesper Sørensen
Meet the organizational sociologist, avid indoor rower, New England Patriots fan, mystery lover, and K-drama fan (at least while he’s rowing his 10,000 daily meters).
April 05, 2023
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Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya
With the risk of mosquito-borne disease expected to grow with climate change, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud reveals the factors that put communities at risk for such illnesses.
April 03, 2023
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Rural underemployment threatens China’s growth
Only a handful of economies have risen from middle- to high-income status, Faculty Affiliate Scott Rozelle examines how China compares to other middle-income countries.
March 30, 2023
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Keeping an eye on an island nation’s marine life
King Center support helped advance Bianca Santos’s research in Palau, where she is studying the impacts of climate change on small-scale fisheries.
March 27, 2023
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Accelerating water solutions: Stanford expert discusses surprising freshwater challenges and potential solutions in the U.S. and abroad
Faculty Affiliate Jenna Davis on water and sanitation challenges: “A lot of the obstacles have nothing to do with technology and very little to do with money or knowledge.”
March 21, 2023
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Testing the winds
Anna-Katharina von Krauland’s research on potential wind farm development in the US and India could help ease the transition to renewable energy.
March 06, 2023
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Can psychosocial interventions make anti-poverty programs more cost-effective? Evidence from Niger
Stanford postdoctoral scholar Catherine Thomas writes in VoxDev how special "graduated" interventions were found to be effective.
February 16, 2023