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SPARQ Seeks a Lab Manager

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

SPARQ is hiring a lab manager to work with staff, faculty affiliates, and practitioner-partners on social psychological research that creates new knowledge and solves social problems.

SPARQ 2017 Year in Review

Friday, December 22, 2017

It has been a busy year for SPARQ’s network of scientists, practitioners, staff, and students, with more and more organizations embracing our rigorous approach to augmenting their efforts.

Discuss Your Differences Without Indigestion This Holiday Season

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Worried about spending the holidays with people whose politics swerve far from your own? Use the CLARIFY method to deal with the cultural divides at home.

How Social Psychology Can Help UBI Proponents and Other Policy Advocates

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

At a meeting of Stanford social psychologists and advocates of universal basic income (UBI), conversations about the cultural challenges, presentation, and evaluation of this controversial policy yielded insights for people trying to make it a reality.

How to Persuade Conservatives to Tighten Gun Laws

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Social psychological research suggests three tactics for opening conservative minds to stricter controls on firearms.

Bias in the Financial Services Industry

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Stanford SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions and Illumen Capital are conducting original research to address the lack of gender and racial diversity in the financial services industry.

What Social Science Says About Mass Killings

Monday, October 2, 2017

Research on morality, guns, and income inequality may help explain the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Taking a Knee or Not, Here Are 6 Ways to Tackle Prejudice

Thursday, September 28, 2017

As kneeling NFL players inspire conversations about race, SPARQ offers six evidence-based techniques to reduce disparities.

Boost Economic Development with Cultural Insights

Monday, April 24, 2017
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Many economic development programs fall short because they don’t adequately account for cultural differences. SPARQ Graduate Affiliate Catherine Thomas is trying to improve economic development efforts by leveraging cultural psychology. Here are some cultural psychological insights for economic development...

Echo Chambers? There's an App for That

Friday, February 24, 2017
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To combat echo chambers and isolation, MIT graduate students Mohammad Ghassemi and Tuka Al Hanai founded Connect, a web app that brings students from different backgrounds together over lunch. The founders want to bring their platform to Stanford and partner with social scientists to evaluate its effectiveness...

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