Research highlights
In a 2025 article in the Journal of Family Issues, Michael Rosenfeld analyzes how the pandemic reshaped dating and relationship formation in the United States. Drawing on nationally representative data from the How Couples Meet and Stay Together…
The Stanford Jail and Prison Education Program (SJPEP) is a graduate-student–run, interdisciplinary initiative that connects Stanford’s academic community with incarcerated individuals at Bay Area jails and prisons. It fosters “two-way learning”…
We all know the shorthand: some neighborhoods are “safe,” others “dangerous,” and a few “on the rise.” These reputations carry real consequences, shaping who moves in, what businesses invest, and how residents are treated. But until now, no one…
Who is being surveilled in our new age of surveillance? In a 2025 study published in Nature Cities, former Stanford PhD student Nima Dahir, Jackelyn Hwang, and colleagues analyze how surveillance cameras are distributed across neighborhoods in…
In a 2025 article in Management and Organization Review, Xueguang Zhou and Stanford PhD student Yuze Sui show that officials and bureaucrats in China resort to a bevy of pernicious tactics – including “target substitution” and “signal jamming” –…
This book investigates how four leading Asia-Pacific nations have managed various forms of human resources, or “talent,” in their rise to economic power. In particular, it presents a comparative analysis of the talent development strategies of…