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SPARQ sends a periodic newsletter featuring our latest research as well as other updates. Check out our Fall 2022 newsletter. If you'd like to receive occasional email updates from SPARQ, click here to subscribe.
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Job Opening - Research Scientist
We’re hiring! SPARQ is looking to bring on board 1-2 Research Scientists to join our team.
September 18, 2019
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Racial Disparities in Investing Are More Than a Pipeline Problem
SPARQ and impact investment firm Illumen Capital partnered to explore the factors that drive racial disparities in investing.
August 12, 2019
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Jennifer Eberhardt Interviewed for the Aspen Ideas Festival, San Francisco Chronicle, and More
SPARQ co-director Jennifer Eberhardt is on the road, making appearances at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Here are some of her recent features.
July 15, 2019
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More Biased Media Highlights and U.K. Tour
The Biased book tour continues around the U.S. and also crosses the Atlantic. Check out some of Jennifer Eberhardt's latest talks at the RSA, JCC San Francisco, and more.
April 29, 2019
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Join Us for SPARQ’s Biased Book Launch Event on 5/6!
Join us in celebrating the publication of Biased! The event will feature a reading by Dr. Eberhardt and a Q&A with Oakland Police Department Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong.
April 29, 2019
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Jennifer Eberhardt Interviewed on The Daily Show, NPR, and More
The Biased book tour is in full swing as SPARQ Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt travels across the country sharing her work. Here are some highlights from last week.
April 04, 2019
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Biased Book Tour Begins!
Jennifer Eberhardt kicks off her book tour for Biased this week. Here is a wrap up of early media highlights including features in the LA Times, CBS This Morning, and Forbes.
March 25, 2019
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Keeping Nextdoor Neighborly
SPARQ Faculty Affiliates joined a team from Nextdoor for a Research Clinic to discuss strategies for keeping conversations on the platform neighborly.
December 04, 2018
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SPARQtools Expands With Toolkits for Stressing Less and Eating Better
Edgy Veggies & Rethinking Stress, which aim to promote healthier eating and improve people's management of stress, are two new toolkits from SPARQtools that focus on health issues.
October 03, 2018
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Making Universities More Inclusive is Hard. These 13 Resources Make It Easier.
SPARQ's diversity and inclusion collection of toolkits is just one resource among many that aim to help higher education institutions and other organizations become more inclusive.
August 23, 2018
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Stanford SPARQ Expands SPARQtools With Toolkit for Measuring Mobility From Poverty
With the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty and the Urban Institute, Stanford SPARQ has created a toolkit to help program managers, evaluators, and practitioners.
June 27, 2018
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Stanford SPARQ Launches SPARQtools Science-powered Recipes for Tackling Disparities
The online toolkits from Stanford SPARQ distill scientific research into step-by-step instructions and materials for driving psychological, behavioral, and societal change.
May 10, 2018
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Ten Organizations Using Psychology to Change the World
SPARQ released 10 toolkits that use psychology to help people take on the world's problems. The organization isn't alone when it comes to turning science into solutions.
May 08, 2018
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When Presenting Stats About Racial Disparities, Account for Context
In a new paper, SPARQ director Jennifer Eberhardt and research scientist Rebecca Hetey warn that sharing facts about inequality may make it worse unless you include context.
May 07, 2018
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Intern With SPARQ This Summer
As a SPARQ summer intern, you will gain valuable research experience while exploring how to use psychological science for social change.
May 02, 2018
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Getting Americans Out of Poverty Requires More Than Money
In collaboration with the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty and the Urban Institute, SPARQ assembles a set of measures to holistically assess people’s passage out of poverty.
April 20, 2018
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In the News: Scholars Show Racism's Role in the Poverty Trap
New Stanford research in The New York Times makes it harder than ever for the U.S. to avoid confronting the role of racism in economic inequality, particularly for Black men.
March 23, 2018
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Helping People With Criminal Convictions Get Jobs: Research Clinic With the Center for Employment Opportunities
In the past 10 years, the Center for Employment Opportunities has placed more than 25,000 formerly incarcerated people into full-time jobs around the country.
March 23, 2018
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SPARQ Seeks a Lab Manager
SPARQ is hiring a lab manager to work with staff, faculty affiliates, and practitioner-partners on social psychological research that creates knowledge and solves social problems.
March 06, 2018
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SPARQ Health Director Crum Discusses Mindsets at the World Economic Forum (Video)
SPARQ's director of health, Alia Crum, explained the origins of mindsets and their effect on people's physical health in her talk.
February 28, 2018