Insights Stories, news & research updates News / September 01 2026 Bigger Tent, Sharper Focus: SIL Launches New Investment Strategy Matthew Gentzkow Michael Eddy News / August 28 2026 Stanford Impact Labs Welcomes Eighth Cohort of Faculty Fellows Sarah Hopwood Article / July 23 2026 How AI Is Helping States Cut Through Decades of Red Tape Shana Lynch New Investments Back Eight Research Teams Tackling Pressing Challenges News / Kate Green Tripp What Works to Help Vulnerable Infants Survive and Thrive? Article / Wudan Yan Open Question Can E-learning Help Regulators Better Adapt to a Changing Energy Landscape? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question A Solution Big Enough: Stanford’s Data-Driven Fight Against Modern Slavery in Brazil Feature / Kate Green Tripp Accelerating the Possible Interview / Lukas Althoff , Alex Carr Today's World Needs Social Scientists Article / Matthew Gentzkow Stanford Impact Labs Welcomes Emerging Scholars News / Alex Carr What National Evidence Reveals About Strict School Phone Bans Article / Sara Zaske How Can We Protect People and Communities from the Worst Effects of Climate Change? Feature / Wudan Yan Open Question Responsible AI to Accelerate Research Funding Blog / Michael Eddy , Andrés Felipe Rodríguez , Julia Spencer Building Trustworthy AI to Support Migration Decisions Article / Fiona J. McEvoy , Kate Green Tripp Meet the 2025–2026 Stanford Impact Labs Investment Advisory Council News / Kate Green Tripp Why So Many Unemployed Workers Leave Benefits on the Table Article / Brendan Moore Can Digital Literacy Interventions Build AI Know-how? Feature / Emma Foehringer Merchant Open Question How a Stanford Lab is Helping Brazil Detect and Prosecute Modern Slavery Article / Beth Duff-Brown Advancing Research That Improves Lives and Renewing Trust Through Impact Interview / Matthew Gentzkow , Kate Green Tripp Simple Text Reminders Can Reduce Unnecessary Incarceration Article / Jade McClain Can We Do Better Than Involuntary Hospitalization? Feature / Emma Foehringer Merchant Open Question Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Research Teams Advancing Health, Labor, Democracy, and Technology Solutions News / Kate Green Tripp Stanford Impact Labs Welcomes Eleven Scholars into Faculty Fellowship News / Sarah Hopwood What Would It Take to Reduce Air Pollution from Brick Manufacturing across South Asia? Transcript / Stephen Luby , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take Stanford Impact Labs Welcomes 15 New Postdoctoral Fellows News / Alex Carr Unlocking Research Potential Blog / Sarah Hopwood Global Solutions-focused Summit on Expanding Access to Kidney Transplantation held at Stanford News / Kate Green Tripp , Marina Kaneko Stanford's Gabriel Weintraub Finds Huge Potential for GenAI to Enhance Job Quality Article / Seb Murray Reflections on Supporting Local Government Staff Blog / Hana Passen Four Research Teams Awarded Funding for Early-Stage Solution Development News / Kate Green Tripp A Summer of Social Impact Begins Blog / Alex Carr Measuring the Effects of Tariffs Article / Krysten Crawford Cleaner Air and Better Bricks in Bangladesh Article / Rob Jordan Matthew Gentzkow Named Director of Stanford Impact Labs News / Melissa De Witte A Deep Dive into the Impact of Generative AI on Work in Chile Commentary / Gabriel Weintraub How Does Seasonal Migration Impact Agricultural Workers, Families, and Employers? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question Investment Advisory Council Provides Strategic Insights to Guide Three Investment Cycles News / Kate Green Tripp SIL Brings Faculty and Practitioners Together to Cultivate Solutions for Impact at Scale Blog / Marina Kaneko , Jenny Kauffman Can Educating Citizens about Democratic Backsliding Increase Engagement with Democracy? Article / Kate Green Tripp Supporting Nonprofits to Strengthen Evidence-based Programs Blog / Sarah Hopwood Envisioning Holistic, Long-term Wildfire Recovery Blog / Katie Simmons , Hana Passen How Will the Evaluation of Algorithms Lead to More Equitable Health Outcomes? Feature / Fiona J. McEvoy Open Question Increasing the Number of Women in Politics in India Doesn’t Guarantee Their Voices Will be Heard Article / Nivedita Narain , Soledad Artiz Prillaman What Would It Take to Create a More Equitable and Fair Indigent Criminal Defense System in the U.S.? Transcript / John J. Donohue , Eric A. Baldwin , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Data-Driven Efforts to Improve International Economic Policy News / Kate Green Tripp SIL Welcomes 2024 Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows Blog / Alex Carr Stanford Impact Labs Grows Portfolio of Investments in Solutions-Focused Social Science Research News / Kate Green Tripp Building Alliances to Serve Newcomer Immigrant Children and Families Blog / Zaeda Blotner SIL Welcomes 2024 Cohort of Faculty to Design Fellowship News / Alex Carr , Sarah Hopwood How Can New AI Tools Improve Integration and Resettlement Outcomes for Migrants Globally? Feature / Fiona J. McEvoy Open Question A Year of Leaning into Learning Blog / Sarah Hopwood Sustaining Social Science Impact at Scale Blog / Marina Kaneko , Jenny Kauffman Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Five Early-Stage Solutions-Focused Projects News / Kate Green Tripp Reducing Burden, Increasing Impact: How We're Adapting to Support the Teams We Invest in Blog / Michael Eddy How Can Solutions-Focused Researchers Scale Their Work Beyond the University? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question Rob Reich and Gabriel Weintraub Take Leave from Stanford to Advise Governments Grappling with AI Blog / Sarah Hopwood What Would It Take to Make Tap Water Trustworthy? Transcript / Kate Green Tripp , Khalid K. Osman , Greg Pierce What Would It Take Can a New Reading Assessment Tool Help Improve Literacy Rates? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question Stanford's Rob Reich to Serve as Senior Advisor to the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) In the news / Kate Green Tripp Stanford Impact Labs’ Jeremy Weinstein Named Dean of Harvard Kennedy School News / Kate Green Tripp How Can Universities Prepare Tomorrow’s Leaders to Use Data for Social Good? Feature / Reema Saleh Open Question Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Global Collaboration to Increase Access to Kidney Transplants News / Kate Green Tripp Stanford Impact Labs Establishes Investment Advisory Council Blog / Kate Green Tripp How Does Applied Economics Maximize Kidney Transplants? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question Rishee Jain and Subini Annamma Focus on Sustainability and Justice as Stanford's 2024-25 Scholars in Service Blog / Alex Carr Attending to a Modern Emergency with Age-old Resources Blog / Ariel Mayse What Would It Take to Provide All People With Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition? Transcript / Lisa Goldman Rosas , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take Seven Staff Members from Local Governments Across California Take Part in Brand-new Stanford Fellowship News / Hana Passen Can Economic Research Enable Central Banks to “See Through” Tax Havens? Feature Open Question What Becomes Possible When Machine Learning and Community Outreach Work in Tandem? Feature / Emily Willingham Open Question Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Partnerships to Modernize Government News / Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take to Keep People Housed in the Bay Area? Transcript / Kate Green Tripp , Vivian Wan What Would It Take Delivering Research Tools Inside Local Government Blog / Kate Green Tripp Can Technology Play a Role in Reducing Pretrial Incarceration? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question SIL Welcomes New Scholar Cohorts for the 2023-24 Academic Year Memo / Sarah Hopwood How We Make and Support Investments Blog / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam Can Redesigning Lottery-Based School Choice Promote Diversity of Enrollment Across a City? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question Using Evidence for Change Blog / Sarah Hopwood Solutions-Oriented Research is a Badly-needed Shift in Culture Blog / Reema Saleh SIL Welcomes Summer 2023 PhD Fellows Blog / Alex Carr Stanford Impact Labs Expands Portfolio With Investments in Early-Stage Partnerships News / Kate Green Tripp New Resources and Strategies for Local Governments and Nonprofits News / Sarah Hopwood , Hana Passen What Can Be Done to Improve Access to Safe Telehealth Medication Abortion? Feature / Kate Green Tripp , Emily Willingham Open Question Putting Art, Science, and Collaborative Partnerships to Work for People and Planet Blog / Kate Green Tripp , Desiree LaBeaud Is the SIL Design Fellowship Right for You? Memo / Sarah Hopwood Mapping Money With Data In the news / Antonio Coppola How Might We Bridge America’s Political Divides? Feature / Kate Green Tripp , Emily Willingham Open Question Learning What It Takes to Effectively Assist At-Risk Communities Facing Climate Hazards Blog / Elliott White Jr. 30 Million Kids in American Schools Deserve Better Nutrition In the news / Andrea Pedroza-Tobias A Post-Roe World Demands New Ways of Preserving Reproductive Autonomy Commentary / Paul D. Blumenthal Stanford Impact Labs and the White House Co-Host Evidence Forum on What the World Needs Now from Universities News / Kate Green Tripp You Know It's Fake News; It Still Affects What You Believe Commentary / Max Hui Bai , Sarah Jane Staats SIL and Haas Announce New Cohort of Scholars in Service News / Alex Carr New Executive Director Misan Rewane Aims to Revolutionize Social Problem-Solving Blog / Kate Green Tripp Harnessing Data Science to Drive Change: New Undergrad Major to Launch Future Leaders Blog / Mallory Nobles If We Had $4 Million, We’d Invest in These New Impact Labs (and Just Did) Blog / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam We Have Three Funding Opportunities — Which Is Right for You? Memo / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam $4M Awarded to 8 Impact Labs to Combat Social Ills (Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences News) In the news New Frontiers in Science R&D Are Shaping Our Next $10M of Investments News / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam Introducing Nine New Design Fellows Blog / Sarah Hopwood Three New Postdocs to Work on Voter Confidence, Political Inequality, and Public Health Blog / Alex Carr Outside Experts Give Design Fellows Advice to Move Research Ideas to Action Blog / Sarah Jane Staats VIDEO: Partnership Supports Oakland Students After Juvenile Detention Blog Community Projects Address COVID-19 Impacts (Stanford Report) In the news Five Lessons from a Scientist Problem Solver Feature / Sarah Jane Staats A New Effort to Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change (PBS NewsHour) In the news James Fearon Joins Scholars in Service, Will Work at Defense Department Blog Seven Tips for Academics Working with Partners to Turn Social Science into Social Change Commentary / Shelley Correll Seven Tips for Academics Working with Partners to Turn Social Science into Social Change Commentary / Shelley Correll Stanford Impact Labs Invests $3 Million in New Impact Labs Driving Social Change Blog / Leah Hazard Data-Driven Solutions to Protect the Environment Blog Cleaner Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh Blog Share this page
News / September 01 2026 Bigger Tent, Sharper Focus: SIL Launches New Investment Strategy Matthew Gentzkow Michael Eddy
Can E-learning Help Regulators Better Adapt to a Changing Energy Landscape? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question
A Solution Big Enough: Stanford’s Data-Driven Fight Against Modern Slavery in Brazil Feature / Kate Green Tripp
How Can We Protect People and Communities from the Worst Effects of Climate Change? Feature / Wudan Yan Open Question
Responsible AI to Accelerate Research Funding Blog / Michael Eddy , Andrés Felipe Rodríguez , Julia Spencer
Can Digital Literacy Interventions Build AI Know-how? Feature / Emma Foehringer Merchant Open Question
Advancing Research That Improves Lives and Renewing Trust Through Impact Interview / Matthew Gentzkow , Kate Green Tripp
Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Research Teams Advancing Health, Labor, Democracy, and Technology Solutions News / Kate Green Tripp
What Would It Take to Reduce Air Pollution from Brick Manufacturing across South Asia? Transcript / Stephen Luby , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take
Global Solutions-focused Summit on Expanding Access to Kidney Transplantation held at Stanford News / Kate Green Tripp , Marina Kaneko
Stanford's Gabriel Weintraub Finds Huge Potential for GenAI to Enhance Job Quality Article / Seb Murray
How Does Seasonal Migration Impact Agricultural Workers, Families, and Employers? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question
Investment Advisory Council Provides Strategic Insights to Guide Three Investment Cycles News / Kate Green Tripp
SIL Brings Faculty and Practitioners Together to Cultivate Solutions for Impact at Scale Blog / Marina Kaneko , Jenny Kauffman
Can Educating Citizens about Democratic Backsliding Increase Engagement with Democracy? Article / Kate Green Tripp
How Will the Evaluation of Algorithms Lead to More Equitable Health Outcomes? Feature / Fiona J. McEvoy Open Question
Increasing the Number of Women in Politics in India Doesn’t Guarantee Their Voices Will be Heard Article / Nivedita Narain , Soledad Artiz Prillaman
What Would It Take to Create a More Equitable and Fair Indigent Criminal Defense System in the U.S.? Transcript / John J. Donohue , Eric A. Baldwin , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take
Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Data-Driven Efforts to Improve International Economic Policy News / Kate Green Tripp
Stanford Impact Labs Grows Portfolio of Investments in Solutions-Focused Social Science Research News / Kate Green Tripp
How Can New AI Tools Improve Integration and Resettlement Outcomes for Migrants Globally? Feature / Fiona J. McEvoy Open Question
Reducing Burden, Increasing Impact: How We're Adapting to Support the Teams We Invest in Blog / Michael Eddy
How Can Solutions-Focused Researchers Scale Their Work Beyond the University? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question
Rob Reich and Gabriel Weintraub Take Leave from Stanford to Advise Governments Grappling with AI Blog / Sarah Hopwood
What Would It Take to Make Tap Water Trustworthy? Transcript / Kate Green Tripp , Khalid K. Osman , Greg Pierce What Would It Take
Stanford's Rob Reich to Serve as Senior Advisor to the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) In the news / Kate Green Tripp
How Can Universities Prepare Tomorrow’s Leaders to Use Data for Social Good? Feature / Reema Saleh Open Question
Stanford Impact Labs Invests in Global Collaboration to Increase Access to Kidney Transplants News / Kate Green Tripp
Rishee Jain and Subini Annamma Focus on Sustainability and Justice as Stanford's 2024-25 Scholars in Service Blog / Alex Carr
What Would It Take to Provide All People With Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition? Transcript / Lisa Goldman Rosas , Kate Green Tripp What Would It Take
Seven Staff Members from Local Governments Across California Take Part in Brand-new Stanford Fellowship News / Hana Passen
What Becomes Possible When Machine Learning and Community Outreach Work in Tandem? Feature / Emily Willingham Open Question
What Would It Take to Keep People Housed in the Bay Area? Transcript / Kate Green Tripp , Vivian Wan What Would It Take
Can Redesigning Lottery-Based School Choice Promote Diversity of Enrollment Across a City? Feature / Jenn Brown Open Question
Stanford Impact Labs Expands Portfolio With Investments in Early-Stage Partnerships News / Kate Green Tripp
What Can Be Done to Improve Access to Safe Telehealth Medication Abortion? Feature / Kate Green Tripp , Emily Willingham Open Question
Putting Art, Science, and Collaborative Partnerships to Work for People and Planet Blog / Kate Green Tripp , Desiree LaBeaud
How Might We Bridge America’s Political Divides? Feature / Kate Green Tripp , Emily Willingham Open Question
Learning What It Takes to Effectively Assist At-Risk Communities Facing Climate Hazards Blog / Elliott White Jr.
A Post-Roe World Demands New Ways of Preserving Reproductive Autonomy Commentary / Paul D. Blumenthal
Stanford Impact Labs and the White House Co-Host Evidence Forum on What the World Needs Now from Universities News / Kate Green Tripp
You Know It's Fake News; It Still Affects What You Believe Commentary / Max Hui Bai , Sarah Jane Staats
New Executive Director Misan Rewane Aims to Revolutionize Social Problem-Solving Blog / Kate Green Tripp
Harnessing Data Science to Drive Change: New Undergrad Major to Launch Future Leaders Blog / Mallory Nobles
If We Had $4 Million, We’d Invest in These New Impact Labs (and Just Did) Blog / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam
$4M Awarded to 8 Impact Labs to Combat Social Ills (Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences News) In the news
New Frontiers in Science R&D Are Shaping Our Next $10M of Investments News / Michael Eddy , Pallavi Trikutam
Three New Postdocs to Work on Voter Confidence, Political Inequality, and Public Health Blog / Alex Carr
Seven Tips for Academics Working with Partners to Turn Social Science into Social Change Commentary / Shelley Correll
Seven Tips for Academics Working with Partners to Turn Social Science into Social Change Commentary / Shelley Correll
