Courses

How will artificial intelligence change the way you live, work and learn?   What skill sets will you need in the...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz

This project-based course aims to bring together students from computer science and the social sciences to work with external partner...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz, Toussaint Nothias, and DCSL Postdoctoral Fellows

The Digital Civil Society Seminar is the Lab’s flagship course for Stanford students. The class is taught and designed by...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz, Toussaint Nothias, and DCSL Postdoctoral Fellows

The Digital Civil Society Speaker Series highlights evolving perspectives at the intersection of the social sector, digital technology, and contemporary...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz and Divya Siddarth

Digital Security and Civil Society: Course Overview from Stanford PACS on Vimeo. This class will instruct students in the political...

Co-taught by Woody Powell, Rob Reich, Robb Willer

Year-long workshop for doctoral students and advanced undergraduates writing senior theses on the nature of civil society or philanthropy. Focus...

Taught by Bill Meehan

This course seeks to provide a survey of the strategic, governance, and management issues facing a wide range of nonprofit...

Taught by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Appropriate for any student driven to effect positive social change from either the for-profit or nonprofit sector, Strategic Philanthropy will...

Taught by Bruce Sievers

What is the basis of private action for the public good? How are charitable dollars distributed and what role do...

Taught by  Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein

Teaching team: Rob Reich, Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, Professor of Philosophy and of Education, Stanford Mehran Sahami,...

Taught by  Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein

Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change is a new undergraduate course whose aim is to explore the ethical and social...

Taught by Nate Persily

This course will cover contemporary challenges to democracy presented by the Internet.  Topics will include disinformation, polarization, hate speech, media...

Taught by Paul Brest and Mark Wolfson

The course will be structured around the perspective of a foundation or a high net worth individual who has decided...

Taught by Paul Brest

GSB graduates will play important roles in solving many of today’s and tomorrow’s major societal problems—such as improving educational and...

Taught by Bill Meehan

Giving away money well-i.e., achieving genuine planned impact in a measurable way–turns out to be as hard or harder than...

This ongoing, free course introduces the strategic framework that underlies any social program–whether concerned with health, education, drug abuse, or...

Taught by Nathaniel Persily and Luciana Herman

California recently passed SB 759, the “Every Vote Counts Act,” to codify requirements allowing voters a chance to fix their...

Taught by Paul Brest, Nathaniel Persily, Dan Ho, and Rob Reich

In recent years, social media platforms have faced public scrutiny for their practices in managing controversial content. New technologies are...

Taught by Robb Willer, Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior

Where do individuals’ political attitudes and behaviors come from, and how can they be changed? In this class we will...

Taught by Robb Willer, Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior

Advanced research workshop with a focus on new theory and research, recent publications, and current research by faculty and graduate...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich

Digital tools have changed the way we volunteer, give money, and organize for social good. This class offered through the Stanford...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich

We participate in our communities in many ways – as neighbors, volunteers, voters, donors, members of local organizations (PTAs, churches,...