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The 'Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences' (CASBS) is an American interdisciplinary research body in Stanford, California. The center is dedicated to advancing knowledge about human behavior through research, hereby focusing on the social sciences and humanities. Like the Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study, the Center is often assumed to be part of its nearby university but is actually an independent private institution. The Center is funded by the Ford Foundation, and was founded after World War II. It is a member of the group Some Institutes for Advanced Study.
Since its inception in 1954, the Center has offered a residential fellowship program for leading scholars in a variety of academic disciplines (including social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary fields, and professional schools) from a wide range of colleges and universities. Cohorts of as many as 48 Fellows form a collegial, intellectually diverse community, which fosters an open exchange of ideas, theories and methods. The results are unexpected collaborations and exciting new work.
The Center also organizes group-based Special Projects, and runs Summer Institutes which foster innovative interdisciplinary work and build intellectual networks for young scholars. Its director in 2007 is Claude Steele and was preceded by Doug McAdam.
After two world wars, the Holocaust, and a prolonged depression, people
at mid 20th Century longed for a better understanding of human behavior. Having seen the advances coming from the work of physicists
during the war, they reasoned that scientific methods applied to human behavior might find solutions. [1]. For these reasons in the Ford Foundation set up a program to advance human welfare.
Four initiatives were launched in policy, analysis, area studies, and democratic institutions. A fifth program aimed to develop basic knowledge of human behavior through the behavioral sciences a term coined by the
foundation itself. Within a few years, Program V had produced the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). [2].
Ralph W. Tyler (1902-1994) [3] was named founding director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 1954 and held that position through 1966. The center was originally envisioned as a five-year project, but eventually became an ongoing independent institution that would eventually claim to have supported over 2,000 leading scientists and scholars. As a member of the governing board, Tyler is credited with playing a critical role in determining the character of the center as a new type of educational institution.
The Institute has been home a lot of renowned thinkers, including Alexander Astin, Leora Auslander, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph W. Gerard, Adriaan de Groot, Leopold H. Haimson, John Haugeland, Miles Hewstone, Elihu Katz,Elijah Millgram, Anatol Rapoport, Julie Reuben, Richard Sennett, Steven Shapin, Neil Smelser.
1. CASBS - Annual report 2006, p.1.
2. CASBS - Annual report 2005, p.48.
3. Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558, Ralph Tyler, one of century's foremost educators, dies at 91
★ Some Institutes for Advanced Study
★ Mark Turner (cognitive scientist)
★ Center for Advanced Study website
| Contents |
| Overview |
| History |
| Faculty |
| References |
| See also |
| External links |
Overview
Since its inception in 1954, the Center has offered a residential fellowship program for leading scholars in a variety of academic disciplines (including social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary fields, and professional schools) from a wide range of colleges and universities. Cohorts of as many as 48 Fellows form a collegial, intellectually diverse community, which fosters an open exchange of ideas, theories and methods. The results are unexpected collaborations and exciting new work.
The Center also organizes group-based Special Projects, and runs Summer Institutes which foster innovative interdisciplinary work and build intellectual networks for young scholars. Its director in 2007 is Claude Steele and was preceded by Doug McAdam.
History
After two world wars, the Holocaust, and a prolonged depression, people
at mid 20th Century longed for a better understanding of human behavior. Having seen the advances coming from the work of physicists
during the war, they reasoned that scientific methods applied to human behavior might find solutions. [1]. For these reasons in the Ford Foundation set up a program to advance human welfare.
Four initiatives were launched in policy, analysis, area studies, and democratic institutions. A fifth program aimed to develop basic knowledge of human behavior through the behavioral sciences a term coined by the
foundation itself. Within a few years, Program V had produced the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). [2].
Ralph W. Tyler (1902-1994) [3] was named founding director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 1954 and held that position through 1966. The center was originally envisioned as a five-year project, but eventually became an ongoing independent institution that would eventually claim to have supported over 2,000 leading scientists and scholars. As a member of the governing board, Tyler is credited with playing a critical role in determining the character of the center as a new type of educational institution.
Faculty
The Institute has been home a lot of renowned thinkers, including Alexander Astin, Leora Auslander, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph W. Gerard, Adriaan de Groot, Leopold H. Haimson, John Haugeland, Miles Hewstone, Elihu Katz,Elijah Millgram, Anatol Rapoport, Julie Reuben, Richard Sennett, Steven Shapin, Neil Smelser.
References
1. CASBS - Annual report 2006, p.1.
2. CASBS - Annual report 2005, p.48.
3. Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558, Ralph Tyler, one of century's foremost educators, dies at 91
See also
★ Some Institutes for Advanced Study
★ Mark Turner (cognitive scientist)
External links
★ Center for Advanced Study website
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