
Stanford Impact Labs
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The official account of @stanford's Impact Labs, an initiative of @StanfordHumSci We invest in teams working to solve the world’s biggest social problems.
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In April, Secretary Gina Raimondo announced that Stanford University's @robreich will serve as senior advisor to the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) w/in National Institute of Standards and Technology. We spoke w/ Rob about his contributions as a philosopher & the pressing questions that surround AI safety. impact.stanford.edu/article/stanfo…

Greg Pierce, co-director of UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, was featured in Stanford Impact Labs's What Would It Take series. He discussed ensuring trustworthy tap water in underserved communities w/ Khalid Osman. Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=87lXao… @ucla @uclaluskin

Congratulations to our colleague Jeremy Weinstein of Stanford Impact Labs, who will be the next dean of Harvard Kennedy School! hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

Our director Matteo Maggiori hosted European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane for a guest lecture at Stanford Graduate School of Business on the economic situation in the Euro Area. Bloomberg write up here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Big news: Leading philosopher & ethicist, Robert Reich, using his sabbatical to join the executive leadership team of the new US @AISafetyInst impact.stanford.edu/article/stanfo…


What fantastic election results from ASA Sociology 🙌🏾Congratulations to Shelley Correll of Stanford Sociology Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab & @victorerikray of University of Iowa! We know from deep experience, as do many across Stanford University, that Shelley is an engaged, inclusive leader & pioneering social scientist!



Our investment strategy springs from our founding agenda: to enable teams of Stanford University researchers to work with the public, social & private sectors to tackle social problems using human creativity, rigorous evidence & innovative technology. Learn more ⤵️ impact.stanford.edu/investments/in…

SLS and the Superior Court of LA announced that a team of researchers from the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and the Legal Design Lab are launching a new project, “Fortifying Families Through Digital Access to Justice,” with a grant from Stanford Impact Labs. Read more here: stanford.io/3YWahCF


“GeoMatch is able to take in vast quantities of data and uncover patterns that would be impossible for the human mind to detect,” — #GeoMatch director Michael Hotard in Stanford Impact Labs's recent piece on the #AI tool’s role in #refugee resettlement & integration: impact.stanford.edu/article/how-ca…


🚨 Strengthening Americans’ Democratic Attitudes🚨 For the last 4 years, we crowdsourced and tested ideas for ⬇️ antidemocratic attitudes & partisan animosity. A 🧵 on all papers, published/IP Science Magazine (🆕tinyurl.com/sdcsci🆕), PNASNews (2x), Nature Human Behaviour (2x).


FCCTaskforce at Stanford Impact Labs!!! Read more about our project here: impact.stanford.edu/optimizing-del… Malathi Balasundaram MD Henry Lee Racism IS A PREVENTABLE HARM IN HEALTHCARE


Thank you Stanford Impact Labs for getting us all in one room. It was a great kickstart meeting and can't wait to share our progress with your team. Lovely to meet ❤️Morgan Kowalski ,Racism IS A PREVENTABLE HARM IN HEALTHCARE , Henry Lee, FCCTaskforce NICU Parent Network, #FCC, #socialproblem

📢Stanford Impact Labs is excited to make a long-term investment in Global Capital Allocation Project based on a track record of research that has helped to build more prosperous & resilient economies. Read more 👇 impact.stanford.edu/article/stanfo…

📢 We are pleased to announce Stanford Impact Labs has awarded IPL a 5-year, $2.5 million investment! This support will allow us to continue driving policy change and improved outcomes for migrants and communities through evidence-based solutions. Read more: impact.stanford.edu/article/invest…


Though more women hold political office in India, it's still male family members that hold political sway. Soledad Artiz Prillaman's research collaborations explore how to achieve genuine empowerment and representation. Read the Stanford Impact Labs story! bit.ly/3ZQSoVT

