Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
AbbreviationCASBS
Founded1954
PurposeResearch center
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Location
Director
Sarah Soule
Websitehttps://casbs.stanford.edu/

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology".[1][2]

It is one of the (currently ten) members of Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS). Its campus is 19,600 square feet (1,820 m2) with ample space for hosting groups of researchers. It has 54 studies, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a kitchen, and dining room with a private chef.[3]

Sarah Soule started as director of the center in September 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "History". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Debora Hammond (2003). The science of synthesis: exploring the social implications of general systems theory. University Press of Colorado, 2003. p.168.
  3. ^ "Facilities". CASBS. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Sciences, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral (February 1, 2023). "Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director". Social Science Space. Retrieved March 8, 2023.