Social Sciences

What happens when markets collide with morality?

Economist Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for improving how markets work. In a new book, he explores morally fraught issues through the lens of market economics.

Alvin Roth
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Portrait of Judith Fan in the Stanford arcade

Judith Fan awarded Gleitman Prize

Rising gas prices, explained

Fingers on the track pad of a laptop in a dark room

Is that political post real—or a money-making scam?

Adam Bonica named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

A student holds a phone underneath a desk to sneak a look at it.

National study of school cellphone bans shows benefits are not immediate

Four H&S scholars named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows

Adrien Bilal in the Stanford arcade

Adrien Bilal receives 2026 Best Young Economist Prize

Sharika Thiranagama with cover of The Monster in Your Path

The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India by Sharika Thiranagama, Anthropology

Hazel Markus in the Stanford arcade

Hazel Rose Markus wins 2026 Sage-CASBS Award

David Abernethy speaks to Faculty Senate

Political scientist David Abernethy has died

What does it mean to be reasonable?

Claude Steele in his office

New book explores the tension that can exist between people of different identities—and how to overcome it

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Tomás Jimenéz speaks at the launch of the institute’s Flourishing Cities Initiative.

Initiative aims to help cities address migration

The front of the Glades County Detention Center

New report examines the failures of a Florida immigrant jail born of a federal–county partnership

Collage of Claude Steele and the cover of his book, Churn

Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It by Claude Steele, Psychology

Portrait of Brian Knutson

Brain responses to wildlife images may motivate engagement with conservation efforts