Science, Technology & Governance
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford related to science, technology and governance, including AI, surveillance and security; public-private partnerships and innovation with government; and the impacts of emerging and expanding technologies on democracies
Upcoming Events
Research
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Starling Lab for Data Integrity
Innovating with the latest cryptographic methods and decentralized web protocols to meet the technical and ethical challenges of establishing trust in our most sensitive digital records. -
Stanford Legal Design Lab
The Stanford Legal Design Lab conducts research, designs interventions, and develops technologies and policies to promote equal access to justice. -
Regulation, Evaluation and Governance Lab
RegLab partners with government agencies to design and evaluate programs, policies, and technologies that modernize government. -
Golub Captial Social Impact Lab
Government Services: Technology can be leveraged to transform the public sector, improving government service delivery while increasing fairness, transparency, and accountability. -
Technology Policy Accelerator
Seeks to understand the drivers and dynamics of technological innovation in the 21st century, assess opportunities and risks that breakthrough technologies are creating, and develop governance approaches that maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks. -
Tech Track 2
TT2 seeks to break down barriers between the government, industry, and academia, and inspire partnerships that reinforce US advantages critical to protecting liberal Democratic values, fostering prosperity, and preserving peace worldwide. -
China’s Global Sharp Power
The China’s Global Sharp Power Project delivers data-driven analysis and actionable solutions that equip decisionmakers to strike more resilient, balanced, and vigilant relationships with the People’s Republic of China. -
Global Digital Policy Incubator
The mission of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center is to inspire policy and governance innovations that reinforce Democratic values, universal human rights, and the rule of law in the digital realm. -
Program on Platform Regulation
The Program on Platform Regulation focuses on current or emerging law governing Internet platforms, with an emphasis on laws’ consequences for the rights and interests of Internet users and the public. -
Program on Governance and Emerging Technologies
The Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies aims to build a path for future research and policymaking in order to explore the impacts of emerging technologies on democratic governance, rule of law, and socioeconomic inequality. -
Stanford Center for Internet and Society
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) focuses on the intersection of law, policy, and technology. -
Cyber Policy Center
Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy focused on digital technologies impacting democracy, security, and geopolitics globally.
Engagement Opportunities
People in the Stanford Community
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Forest Baskett Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering -
Cryptography Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Associate Professor of Communication, by courtesy, of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI -
Director of Policy and Society -
Acad Research & Pgrm Officer, and Lecturer -
Professor of Law -
Melvin and Joan Lane Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment & Professor of Earth System Science, of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute and at the Precourt Institute -
Associate Professor of Education -
Social Science Research Scholar -
Research Scholar -
Kimberly Glenn Professor and Professor of Political Science -
Freeman-Thornton Chair for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Hearst Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
William Benjamin Scott & Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Stanford Institute for HAI and Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science -
David and Susan Heckerman Professor and Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center) -
Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health -
Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Professor of Law and of Health Policy -
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
Associate Director, Undergraduate Program in Data Science and Social Systems
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James B. McClatchy Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science
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McGregor-Girand Professor of Social Ethics of Science and Technology, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for HAI, Professor, by courtesy, of Education, of Philosophy and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute -
Research Scientist
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Associate Professor of Health Policy, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
Lecturer
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Affiliate
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Clinical Assistant Professor -
Hoover Institution Research Fellow
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Executive Director, RegLab
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M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law -
Lecturer
Past Events
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Past Event Campus Events
Digital literacy in the AI era: A young person's guide to the internet with Sam Wineburg
Stanford Graduate School of EducationOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Student-led Events
Geopolitics and Deterrence in Cyberspace: Opportunities and Limits of Offensive Cyber Capabilities
Stanford Women in PoliticsOpen to: Stanford students-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Rock Center Lunch & Learn: Cyber & Privacy
Rock Center for Corporate GovernanceOpen to: Stanford students-*This event has already occurred.