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October 31, 2022
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Rethinking asylum
King Center fellowship recipient Pablo Seward Delaporte studies the tension between migrants in northern Chile and the government’s plans to resettle them.
October 24, 2022
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Beatriz Magaloni awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Faculty Affiliate Beatriz Magaloni provides important evidence that police organizations are vulnerable to populist demands for harsh police methods that violate the rule of law.
October 18, 2022
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Examining the marginalization of Muslims in India
King Center Graduate Student Research Funding recipient Feyaad Allie’s work uses both qualitative and quantitative data.
September 26, 2022
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Researcher takes aim at discrimination and intimate partner violence
Research funding recipient Nina Buchmann is leading ground-breaking work to study and reduce discrimination and domestic violence in Bangladesh.
September 12, 2022
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Detecting modern-day slavery from the sky
Using AI to analyze satellite images, researchers say it’s possible to spot illegal deforestation and forced labor in the Amazon rainforest.
August 26, 2022
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Screening for a deadly virus in livestock milk
Research by Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud made a surprising discovery in Kenya: A sample of fresh milk harbored the deadly virus that causes Rift Valley fever.
August 11, 2022
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Expanding access to clean water for the rural poor: Evidence from Malawi
Research by Faculty Affiliate Pascaline Dupas shows that offering coupons for free chlorine is an effective way to increase water treatment and prevent waterborne diseases.
August 10, 2022
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Yoshika Crider
Crider discusses her research on WASH interventions in Bangladesh and Kenya, as well as her time spent at the King Center.
August 08, 2022
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Assessing social change in African countries
King Center graduate student research fellow Nicholas Lyon has studied urbanization in Uganda and Kenya and attitudes about LGBTQ+ rights.
July 25, 2022
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King Center welcomes two Postdoctoral Fellows and five Predoctoral Research Fellows
The seven scholars will arrive at Stanford from Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria, and Sudan.
July 25, 2022
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Marie Christelle Mabeu
Mabeu discusses her research on the relationship between colonial history, gender equity, and reproductive health across Africa.
July 11, 2022
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Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India
Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilization, yet health effects are elusive.
July 06, 2022
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Seeking to ease conflicts linked to climate change
King Center graduate student fellowship recipient Garrett Albistegui Adler, ’18, MA ’22, PhD is exploring the factors that might influence how people respond to climactic shocks.
June 29, 2022
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How satellites and AI can fix development data problems
Researchers of the Data for Development initiative introduce machine learning applied to satellite imagery as a solution to measuring sustainable development globally.
June 24, 2022
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Stanford undergrad examines efforts to make classrooms in Guatemala more welcoming to traditionally marginalized groups
What does it mean to make a school inclusive?
June 16, 2022
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Investigation into the ‘dirty list’ of slave labor in Brazil focus of prize-winning thesis
Members of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab work to uncover ways in which politically connected predators of human trafficking often avoid punishment.
June 09, 2022
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Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, Stanford-led study shows
New analysis shows crop yields could increase by about 25% in China and up to 10% in other parts of the world if emissions of a common air pollutant decreased by about half.
June 01, 2022
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2022 Global Development Photo Contest
Where are your summer plans taking you?
May 26, 2022
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Four questions for Desiree LaBeaud
The Stanford epidemiologist and King Center Faculty Affiliate reacts to recent news about the effects of plastic on human health.
May 19, 2022