Next Tuesday @StanfordCyber: What VR is Good For (And What it is Not) with Jeremy Bailenson of Stanford VR. Hosted by jeff hancock. Register to join us in person or online: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/january…

A big thank you to Katherine Clayton for workshopping The Structural Democratic Reforms megastudy in our lab this week! Excited to see this ambitious project develop! Katie Clayton Jonne Kamphorst Robb Willer Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) Ben Kinder Chrystal Redekopp Izzy Gainsburg

UC Berkeley’s Script Encoding Initiative (SEI), led by former Digital Civil Society Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Anushah Hossain and fellow researcher Deborah Anderson, received $1.3M in grants for research on digital inclusion of diverse writing systems. Learn more: ls.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkel…

Registration now open! Earn your Stanford PACS Certificate of Effective Philanthropy this spring when you complete our 8-day hybrid executive education course: Education for Philanthropy Professionals. Learn more and register: pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/effec…

Tomorrow: What VR is Good For (And What it is Not). The founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab joins us for a look at when virtual reality technology truly enhances an experience and when it should be avoided. Register: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/january…

#Blueprint25 is live! Explore Lucy Bernholz's must-read 16th annual industry forecast for #philanthropy and #CivilSociety, including an overview of the current landscape, lessons from Digital Civil Society Lab, reflections on 16 years of #Blueprints, and more! pacscenter.stanford.edu/publication/ph…

"It should come as no surprise that the focus of this year’s buzzwords is power—who has it, who doesn’t, and how to get more of it." Drawing on #Blueprint25, Lucy Bernholz shares her 2025 Buzzword Watch for philanthropy & civil society, via The Chronicle of Philanthropy. philanthropy.com/article/philan…

Opinion: The focus of philanthropy's 2025 buzzwords is power — who has it and how to get more of it. The field must contend with the influence some entities have over the day-to-day lives of the people it serves. At the same time, the nonprofit world isn’t immune to seeking power

Must read: Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2025 - The Annual Industry Forecast pacscenter.stanford.edu/publication/ph… - Lucy Bernholz, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS)

Join us & Cyber Policy Center on Thursday, February 6 for our next TCP Speaker Series talk! Gabriella "Biella" Coleman, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, will discuss the rise of new hacktivist tactics. RSVP to join us: bit.ly/3Wn6TOQ

We invite you to a free live webinar hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and DAFgiving360. Explore the motivations, attitudes, and giving preferences of younger donors in depth. bit.ly/YoungerDonors

Bernie is well aligned with the social science literature in this take. There's good reason "non-violent discipline" is core to activist training. Some of the relevant research ITT 👇

Great thread from Robb Willer highlighting how our lab's work (and other research in the social sciences) supports Bernie Sanders call for non-violent resistance

Congratulations to lab alumn Max Bai on the release of his academic party game, Publish or Perish! Very excited to have received our copies in the mail – thanks, Max! You can check out Max's game here 👇 publishorperish.games

Saturday's No Kings protests were massive, inclusive, and nonviolent. It was an honor to team up with Omar Wasow | @[email protected] to analyze how nonviolent resistance can wins hearts, minds, and elections.

Read our The New York Times op-ed to see some of the history and research behind this strategy → nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opi…

When we design systems with young people—not for them—we unlock solutions that last. WA’s progress to #EndYouthHomelessness shows what’s possible when philanthropy invests in true #YouthEmpowerment. More in my Stanford PACS blog.🔗 stanford.io/4mymgyw #InternationalYouthDay

Reactions to political violence *really* matter. Two forces reliably shape support for it: (1) what people hear from their party leaders, and, (2) what they think the other side believes. We must guard our norms by condemning political violence, full stop.

It is great, and not at all surprising, to see Governor Cox stepping up in this moment to try to turn the temperature down and focus ppl on grieving the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk. For years, Governor Cox has promoted civility and grace across party lines. Our research finds

Many wise insights from Governor Cox & Ezra Klein. Governor Cox rightly notes his 2020 video w Chris Peterson was among most impactful in Strengthening Democracy Challenge, a striking example of cross-party engagement Grateful for their commitment. Hear it: 👇 youtu.be/WJB87niNCk0