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CASBS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2025
New interim director | New partnership w/Linköping Univ. | CASBS's unique architecture | Video of Daron Acemoglu's Sage-CASBS Award Lecture | Our 2025-26 fellows class | Latest podcast episodes | Board Q&A | Lots of new video & book releases | Etc.
HERE: bit.ly/45Z7jAE
New interim director | New partnership w/Linköping Univ. | CASBS's unique architecture | Video of Daron Acemoglu's Sage-CASBS Award Lecture | Our 2025-26 fellows class | Latest podcast episodes | Board Q&A | Lots of new video & book releases | Etc.
HERE: bit.ly/45Z7jAE
So great to see 2019-20 CASBS fellow Brian Arthur on the hill last week. He lunched with current fellow Ian Goldin, then we brought him by his fellowship year office -- yup, he's a ghost in study #9 👻
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So great to see 2019-20 CASBS fellow Brian Arthur on the hill last week. He lunched with current fellow Ian Goldin, then we brought him by his fellowship year office -- yup, he's a ghost in study #9 👻
A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2023-24 CASBS fellow Micah Muscolino, "Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People," has entered into the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📖
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2023-24 CASBS fellow Micah Muscolino, "Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People," has entered into the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📖
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
And check out Micah's awesome shout-out in the book (🧵)
NEW in CASBS's partnership w/@laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English language site Books & Ideas
VIDEO INTERVIEW w/2024-25 CASBS fellow Katerina Linos on how international institutions like the EU adapt & even expand capacity in the face of pressing global issues
booksandideas.net/Expanding-In...
VIDEO INTERVIEW w/2024-25 CASBS fellow Katerina Linos on how international institutions like the EU adapt & even expand capacity in the face of pressing global issues
booksandideas.net/Expanding-In...
Expanding International Bureaucracy
As multilateral cooperation is increasingly under attack, Katerina Linos challenges certain misperceptions about the role of international institutions, particularly the European Union, and emphasizes...
booksandideas.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NEW in CASBS's partnership w/@laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English language site Books & Ideas
VIDEO INTERVIEW w/2024-25 CASBS fellow Katerina Linos on how international institutions like the EU adapt & even expand capacity in the face of pressing global issues
booksandideas.net/Expanding-In...
VIDEO INTERVIEW w/2024-25 CASBS fellow Katerina Linos on how international institutions like the EU adapt & even expand capacity in the face of pressing global issues
booksandideas.net/Expanding-In...
Jeff Spinner-Halev seeks to reconceptualize how we understand democratic equality in a hierarchical world. Is taking a multi-disciplinary view of relational equality a place to start? Jeff is testing this in a new project & he unveiled some preliminary findings during his CASBS fellows seminar...
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Jeff Spinner-Halev seeks to reconceptualize how we understand democratic equality in a hierarchical world. Is taking a multi-disciplinary view of relational equality a place to start? Jeff is testing this in a new project & he unveiled some preliminary findings during his CASBS fellows seminar...
Breathtaking in its scope, during his CASBS fellows seminar @iangoldin.bsky.social outlined broad contours shaping his next book on "entangled" global political economy trends of the next few decades
Once he nails down the book's narrative golden thread, he will trademark it as "The Goldin Thread"
Once he nails down the book's narrative golden thread, he will trademark it as "The Goldin Thread"
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Breathtaking in its scope, during his CASBS fellows seminar @iangoldin.bsky.social outlined broad contours shaping his next book on "entangled" global political economy trends of the next few decades
Once he nails down the book's narrative golden thread, he will trademark it as "The Goldin Thread"
Once he nails down the book's narrative golden thread, he will trademark it as "The Goldin Thread"
Huge congrats to CASBS fellow KEN DODGE, announced as recipient of the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from the American Psychological Association 👏🙌🏆🥳
Announcement: sanford.duke.edu/story/kennet...
Announcement: sanford.duke.edu/story/kennet...
Kenneth Dodge receives Lifetime Contribution Award from APA | Sanford School of Public Policy
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced it will award Kenneth Dodge, the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psycholog
sanford.duke.edu
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Huge congrats to CASBS fellow KEN DODGE, announced as recipient of the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from the American Psychological Association 👏🙌🏆🥳
Announcement: sanford.duke.edu/story/kennet...
Announcement: sanford.duke.edu/story/kennet...
2025 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of "Man and International Relations" by J.K. Zawodny
His admiration of fellow 1961-62 fellows who informed & inspired his writing of the book is pure poetry. The CASBS experience tends to bring that out of those who spend a year here
#CREATEDatCASBS
His admiration of fellow 1961-62 fellows who informed & inspired his writing of the book is pure poetry. The CASBS experience tends to bring that out of those who spend a year here
#CREATEDatCASBS
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
2025 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of "Man and International Relations" by J.K. Zawodny
His admiration of fellow 1961-62 fellows who informed & inspired his writing of the book is pure poetry. The CASBS experience tends to bring that out of those who spend a year here
#CREATEDatCASBS
His admiration of fellow 1961-62 fellows who informed & inspired his writing of the book is pure poetry. The CASBS experience tends to bring that out of those who spend a year here
#CREATEDatCASBS
Another day, another NEW PUB coauthored by 2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social
"Virtually Even" theorizes a status-equalizing process thru which remote workers come to see themselves on an “equal playing field” w/in-person peers.
@informs.bsky.social 👉 pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
"Virtually Even" theorizes a status-equalizing process thru which remote workers come to see themselves on an “equal playing field” w/in-person peers.
@informs.bsky.social 👉 pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another day, another NEW PUB coauthored by 2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social
"Virtually Even" theorizes a status-equalizing process thru which remote workers come to see themselves on an “equal playing field” w/in-person peers.
@informs.bsky.social 👉 pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
"Virtually Even" theorizes a status-equalizing process thru which remote workers come to see themselves on an “equal playing field” w/in-person peers.
@informs.bsky.social 👉 pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
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Have you nominated someone for the 2026 Sage-CASBS award?
In partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social, the award recognizes achievement in behavioral and social sciences. The winner receives a cash prize and will give a lecture at CASBS in 2026.
Nominate here: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social, the award recognizes achievement in behavioral and social sciences. The winner receives a cash prize and will give a lecture at CASBS in 2026.
Nominate here: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
Nominations Open for 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
casbs.stanford.edu
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Have you nominated someone for the 2026 Sage-CASBS award?
In partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social, the award recognizes achievement in behavioral and social sciences. The winner receives a cash prize and will give a lecture at CASBS in 2026.
Nominate here: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
In partnership with @casbsstanford.bsky.social, the award recognizes achievement in behavioral and social sciences. The winner receives a cash prize and will give a lecture at CASBS in 2026.
Nominate here: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
NEW PUB | Journal of Experimental Psychology
"Indifferent or impartial? Actor-Observer asymmetries in expressing & evaluating sociopolitical neutrality"
2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social & coauthors find observers are skeptical of others' neutrality
Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
"Indifferent or impartial? Actor-Observer asymmetries in expressing & evaluating sociopolitical neutrality"
2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social & coauthors find observers are skeptical of others' neutrality
Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW PUB | Journal of Experimental Psychology
"Indifferent or impartial? Actor-Observer asymmetries in expressing & evaluating sociopolitical neutrality"
2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social & coauthors find observers are skeptical of others' neutrality
Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
"Indifferent or impartial? Actor-Observer asymmetries in expressing & evaluating sociopolitical neutrality"
2024-25 CASBS fellow @decelles.bsky.social & coauthors find observers are skeptical of others' neutrality
Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
At a convening of our board of directors, CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social presented on public & legal concerns about AI & deepfakes' effects on the integrity & reliability of video evidence
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At a convening of our board of directors, CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social presented on public & legal concerns about AI & deepfakes' effects on the integrity & reliability of video evidence
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
🔊 Submit a nomination for the 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
CASBS & @sagepub.com partner on an award recognizing outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences & advancing our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
CASBS & @sagepub.com partner on an award recognizing outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences & advancing our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🔊 Submit a nomination for the 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
CASBS & @sagepub.com partner on an award recognizing outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences & advancing our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
CASBS & @sagepub.com partner on an award recognizing outstanding achievement in the behavioral & social sciences & advancing our understanding of pressing social issues
Details, eligibility & nomination portal: casbs.stanford.edu/news/nominat...
Our latest episode is on one of the most influential books of the past half-century - "Orientalism" - and its author Edward Said. Consider giving it a listen...
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our latest episode is on one of the most influential books of the past half-century - "Orientalism" - and its author Edward Said. Consider giving it a listen...
Culture shapes the emotions we value & who we like. How? It also leads to misunderstandings & errors. What are they & how to avoid them?
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Culture shapes the emotions we value & who we like. How? It also leads to misunderstandings & errors. What are they & how to avoid them?
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
It's a complex set of issues Jeanne Tsai has worked on for decades. She's incorporating her insights in a book project & discussed it in her CASBS fellows seminar
The gravitational pull of CASBS is undeniable. @ahsfarmer.bsky.social is among a few of last year's fellows who already have visited in recent weeks, though now as 'ghosts' in their former studies...👻
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The gravitational pull of CASBS is undeniable. @ahsfarmer.bsky.social is among a few of last year's fellows who already have visited in recent weeks, though now as 'ghosts' in their former studies...👻
📣 Inaugural report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
Publication alert! Our inaugural report is here! Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev... Immensely grateful for the insights from 20 experts and the research assistance from 4 grad students at @cumediastudies.bsky.social
Inaugural Report: "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI"
At its launch in April 2025, the Visual Evidence Lab gathered experts from across academia, law, media forensics, journalism and human rights practice to
www.colorado.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📣 Inaugural report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence
Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Two-time CASBS fellow (1982-83, 1994-95) Albert Camarillo was on the hill for lunch today and was swarmed by a bunch of fellows who recognized him. Legend.
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Two-time CASBS fellow (1982-83, 1994-95) Albert Camarillo was on the hill for lunch today and was swarmed by a bunch of fellows who recognized him. Legend.
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
Here's Al by the study he occupied during his second fellowship - #32 - lookin' like a million bucks🫰
The spectacle has little to do w/national security, writes 2024-25 CASBS fellow A.S. Dillingham in this crisp piece @lrb.co.uk
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
‘The US military is now carrying out extrajudicial executions on the high seas of people who in the past would have been put on trial and, if found guilty, given a federal prison sentence. Gone is any semblance of due process.’
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A.S. Dillingham | Murder at Sea
Since President Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971, US policies of mass incarceration at home and interdiction and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The spectacle has little to do w/national security, writes 2024-25 CASBS fellow A.S. Dillingham in this crisp piece @lrb.co.uk
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Moreover, Shane's own experience suggests some are coerced or forced into trafficking...
Among 'historic heartland' Muslim countries & other Muslim countries we see weak or strong religious infrastructures & more/less cohesion among Muslim scholars of religious law & theology. How to explain variations?
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Among 'historic heartland' Muslim countries & other Muslim countries we see weak or strong religious infrastructures & more/less cohesion among Muslim scholars of religious law & theology. How to explain variations?
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
@profpjones.bsky.social unveiled a dazzling theory during her CASBS fellows seminar
2025 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of "From Teenage to Young Manhood" by Daniel & Judith Offer
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
2025 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of "From Teenage to Young Manhood" by Daniel & Judith Offer
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
The Offers wrote most of the book during Daniel's 1973-74 fellowship. CASBS, of course, is renowned for helping scholars view their own work in a broader perspective... 😏
#CREATEDatCASBS
Congrats to CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social, director of the new Visual Evidence Lab @colorado.edu
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
Introducing the Visual Evidence Lab, an interdisciplinary research hub for scholars, judges, attorneys, forensic experts, media makers, journalists, and human rights practitioners, advancing equitable and responsible technology in the pursuit of justice: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev...
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congrats to CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social, director of the new Visual Evidence Lab @colorado.edu
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰
2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social visited us last week & attempted to re-occupy her fellowship office. (#OccupyCASBS is a thing with former fellows; we have public safety on speed dial.)
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social visited us last week & attempted to re-occupy her fellowship office. (#OccupyCASBS is a thing with former fellows; we have public safety on speed dial.)
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
We reminded Mo that she's now a 'ghost' of study #40, so, she's already in it and always will be 👻👻
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I was happy to moderate this conversation on how Orientalism, the masterpiece of Palestinian American intellectual Edward Said, revolutionized academic inquiry around the world. Said's message to speak to power resonates even louder today.
🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
"In Edward Said's Shadow"
Said wrote most of Orientalism at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows Shane Dillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth.bsky.social & @ssinnar.bsky.social discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book
🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#edwa...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I was happy to moderate this conversation on how Orientalism, the masterpiece of Palestinian American intellectual Edward Said, revolutionized academic inquiry around the world. Said's message to speak to power resonates even louder today.
Deadline this Friday to apply for a 2026-27 CASBS fellowship!
Years of exit surveys suggest you likely will enjoy the best year of your career
Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
More info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellowship videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
More info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Fellowship videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Deadline this Friday to apply for a 2026-27 CASBS fellowship!