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]
History
The center was founded in 1954 by the
Ford Foundation.[5] The American educator
Ralph W. Tyler served as the center's first director from 1954 to 1966.[6] Political scientist
Margaret Levi was the director of the center from 2014 until 2022.[7]
The CASBS buildings were designed by
William Wurster, a local architect.[3]
Earlier, fellow selection was a closed process; new fellows were nominated by former fellows. However, since 2007, the center opened up the fellow selection process to applications. In 2008, it became an official part of
Stanford University and reports to the
Vice-Provost and Dean of Research.[8][9]
Fellows
Each class of fellows numbers about 40 people. In the first 40 years of its existence it supported about 2,000 scientists and scholars.[10]
Notable fellows
The institute has been home to notable scholars, including:
^"History". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Archived from
the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
^Debora Hammond (2003). The science of synthesis: exploring the social implications of general systems theory. University Press of Colorado, 2003. p.168.
^"The Early Years and Mission". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Archived from
the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
^Alasdair A. MacDonald, A. H. Huussen (2004). Scholarly environments: centres of learning and institutional contexts, 1560-1960. Peeters Publishers, p.173
^Edmund Janes James,
Roland Post Falkner,
Henry Rogers Seager (1964). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Volumes 351-356. p.195