News
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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
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Benefits of electric stoves on health and environment in Ecuador
Faculty Affiliate Marshall Burke and former Postdoctoral Fellow Brandon de la Cuesta studied the impacts of a program in Ecuador that put induction stoves in 750,000 households.
August 15, 2023
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Experts discuss how environmental changes are altering the risk for mosquito-borne diseases
In Stanford News, Faculty Affiliates Erin Mordecai and Desiree LaBeaud discuss what we know and how communities can protect themselves from these changing disease threats.
August 08, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Fellow Diego Tocre
Tocre discusses his experience and research projects as an inaugural member of the King Center's Predoctoral Research Fellows Program.
August 01, 2023
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Tuberculosis in prisons poses broader problems
Faculty Affiliate Jason Andrews, who has been researching tuberculosis in Brazilian prisons, discusses why treating TB in prison is critical to combatting the disease worldwide.
July 20, 2023
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The vice of spice: Confronting lead-tainted turmeric
A King Center-supported initiative focused on reducing lead exposure was featured in Undark for their research in Bangladesh, which resulted in government intervention.
July 19, 2023
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A long-term focus on growing cities in Africa
Multi-year datasets from the King Center’s African Urbanization and Development Research Initiative continue to inform research and policy insights in Ethiopia and Côte d’Ivoire.
July 17, 2023
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Stanford King Center on Global Development welcomes new faculty director
Katherine Casey, professor of political economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), will start in autumn 2024.
July 05, 2023
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Rosenkranz Prize winners: Helping children grow in Bangladesh and preventing blindness in West Africa
Faculty Affiliate Jade Benjamin-Chung was awarded the Dr. George Rosenkranz Prize by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Health Policy.
June 30, 2023
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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