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Civil Society and Sustainability Conference
Civil society actors are central to achieving sustainable development. Nonprofits and activists, for example, influence public policy, corporate practices, and individual behaviors at local, national, and international levels. They are also frontline workers in efforts towards solving environmental problems and are often at the forefront of issues of environmental justice. Further, philanthropy — by individuals and large organizations, alike —...
New Position: Events & Partnerships, Manager, Stanford PACS
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 23 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no...
New Position: Community Manager, Digital Civil Society Lab
The Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS seeks a creative and resourceful professional to provide consulting support to an ongoing collaborative initiative, The Upgrade Initiative. The Community Manager is a part-time consulting role that will report to the lab’s Research Director and provide lead facilitation and coordination of the Initiative. The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate...
What’s Worrying the Global Elite in Davos
Bloomberg news discusses research by Shawn Pope and Patricia Bromley showing an evolution both in the gender composition a focus on the public good at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Digital Civil Society Lab Announces 2023-24 Cohort of Practitioner Fellows
Five social sector leaders to develop research and tools to benefit global civil society The Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) and the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) are pleased to announce our new joint cohort of Practitioner Fellows for 2023-24 under the DCSL Practitioner Fellowship and the DCSL/CCSRE Technology & Racial Equity Practitioner Fellowship. This highly...
Fall 2022 Small Grants Recipients
Enna Chen (she/they) is a first-year PhD student at the Stanford Life-Span Development Laboratory in the Department of Psychology. She is advised by Professor Laura L. Carstensen. Broadly speaking, Enna’s research interests include aging, prosocial behavior, emotion, and intergenerational relationships. With the generous support from Stanford PACS, Enna is excited to explore strategies based on research about motivation and aging that encourage...
Stanford Researchers Seeking to Interview Donors Who Shift Power in their Philanthropy
Philanthropy has long been considered a force for social change. But today a growing number of voices, not for the first time in history, question whether philanthropy is suited to creating the more equal and inclusive society that it envisions. They insist that donors should shift both their wealth and their decision-making power to the communities that donors intend to...
Blueprint 2023 on Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society Spotlights Challenges and Opportunities in a World Where the “Future Is Now Present”
Stanford PACS Senior Research Scholar Lucy Bernholz’s annual industry forecast surfaces the most pressing challenges, questions, trends, and calls to action for philanthropy and civil society in 2023. The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) is pleased to announce the release of Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2023, the annual industry forecast from leading scholar and author Lucy Bernholz. Now...
New Position: Director, Partnerships & Community, Stanford PACS
Stanford PACS is looking for an experienced, strategic and entrepreneurial individual to serve as its Director, Partnerships & Community. This role will play a central role in stewarding the center’s diverse community of philanthropists and social change leaders through special convenings and learning opportunities. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in philanthropy and/or related fields. They...
DCSL Bids Farewell to Outgoing Postdoctoral Fellows
The Digital Civil Society Lab would like to extend a warm farewell to our outgoing postdoctoral fellows: Samantha Bradshaw, David Hausman, Soojong Kim, and Ashley Lee. Samantha Bradshaw Being a postdoc at PACS and the DCSL was very fulfilling. I made lifelong friends, had opportunities to work on exciting interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, and learned so much from the broader...