FSI Centers and Programs

Scholars at the Institute's research centers conduct research and teaching on such issues as nuclear proliferation, chemical and bioterrorism, democracy and the rule of law, conflict prevention and peacekeeping, international health policy and infectious diseases, and the political economy and regional dynamics of Asia. This work is conducted in collaboration with Stanford's world-class schools of business, earth sciences, education, engineering, humanities and sciences, law and medicine.

FSI Research Centers

Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (CHP/PCOR)
The Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research conduct innovative, multidisciplinary research on health policy and healthcare delivery in the United States and abroad.

» Center on Advancing Decision Making in Aging (CADMA)

» Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA)

» Children in Crisis

» Health Care Payment Reform

» International Activities at CHP/PCOR

» Patient Safety Research Group

» Stanford University/University of California, San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center

» Support for Quality Indicators

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
The Center for International Security and Cooperation produces cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on problems of security and international cooperation; trains the next generation of specialists on national and international security; and engages policymakers to help build a safer world.

» Cybersecurity Threats and the Future of the Internet

» Governance, Organizations, and Security

» Health and the Environment

» Migration and Transnational Flows

» Nuclear Security and Risk

» Terrorism, Insurgency, and Homeland Security

Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is committed to both academic and practical research that can illuminate the causes of governance failures, and understand how democracy, development and the rule of law can be promoted.

» Governance Project

» Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD)

» Program on Democracy

» Program on Evaluating International Influences on Democratic Development

» Program on Experiments in Governance in Developing Countries (EGAP)

» Program on Global Justice (PGJ)

» Program on Human Rights

» Program on Law and Economy in India

» Program on Liberation Technology

» Program on Oil Wealth Management in Developing States

» Program on Poverty and Governance

» Program on Regime Type and Economic Development

» Program on Social Entrepreneurship

» Program on State Building and the Rule of Law

» Research Platform: Governance and Criminal Violence

» Research Platform: Governance and Education

» Research Platform: Governance and Health

» Research Platform: Governance and Public Goods

Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE)
FSE aims to generate innovative solutions to the persistent problems of global hunger and environmental damage from agricultural practices worldwide through a focused research portfolio and an interdisciplinary team of scholars.

The Europe Center
The Europe Center is dedicated to innovative thinking about Europe in the new millennium. European Union expansion deepens the challenges of democratic governance, economic growth, security, and cultural integration.

» Austrian & Central European Program

» Debating History, Democracy, Development, and Education in Conflicted Societies

» Iberian Studies Program

» Program on Sweden, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Region

» Transatlantic Technology Law Forum

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC)
Shorenstein APARC produces and publishes outstanding interdisciplinary Asia-Pacific-focused research; educates students, scholars, and corporate and governmental affiliates; and guides Asian nations on key policy issues related to societal transition, development, U.S.-Asia relations, and regional cooperation.

» Asia Health Policy Program

» Divided Memories and Reconciliation

» Japan Studies Program

» Korean Studies Program (KSP)

» South Asia Initiative

» Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF)

» Stanford China Program

» Stanford Kyoto Trans-Asian Dialogue

Research Programs within FSI

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD)
The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development sponsors world-class research on the political, legal, and economic aspects of the world's energy system and is catalyzing the creation of a funded, worldwide network of researchers working on these issues.

» Climate Change Policy

» Global Coal Markets

» Low Income Energy Services

» National Oil Companies

» Natural Gas Markets

» Political Economy of Electricity Reform

» Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid

Rural Education Action Program (REAP)
The Rural Education Action Program (REAP) conducts real world, experiment-based research to provide policy makers with clear scientific results that can help shape successful policies to improve the effectiveness of K-12+ rural education programs for young students in China.

» Best Buy Toolkit for Health

» Boarding for 10 Million

» Contracting for Dreams in Ningshan County, Shaanxi

» Documenting China's Digital Divide

» Egg Programs and Nutritional Deficiencies in Gansu: Worth the Effort?

» Giving Rural Children in China a Head Start: Providing Families Pre-school Vouchers to Improve the Educational Readiness of Pre-school Age Children in Rural China

» Healthy Head Start: Targeting Pregnant Women to Improve Child Health

» Heart to Heart, Hand to Hand: Training Pre-school Teachers to Improve the Educational Readiness of Pre-school Age Children in Rural China

» Intestinal Roundworm Eradication: What works?

» Is One Egg Enough?

» Meeting the Unmet Needs of China's Neediest: Junior High Financial Aid in Shilou County

» Nourishing the Future: Targeting Infants and Their Caregivers to Reduce Anemia

» Nourishing the Future: Targeting Infants and Their Caregivers to Reduce Undernutrition in Rural China

» Overcoming China's Anemia Puzzle in Poor Rural Elementary Schools: School Lunches, Nutrition Supplementation, Education or Deworming?

» Paying for Performance II: The cost effectiveness of strategies to combat anemia in China

» Paying for Performance in the Battle Against Anemia in China

» Scholarships with Strings Attached: Promoting Community Service

» Seeing is Learning-Evaluating the Impact of Eye Care Delivery on Eyeglass Utilization and School Performance in Shaanxi and Gansu's Rural Communities

» Teachers, Parents and Students Teaming up to Learn about Overcoming Anemia

» Teachers, Parents and Students Teaming up to Learn about Overcoming Anemia - Ningxia

» Worm Count 2010: Deworming and Educational Performance

Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)
This program is an interdisciplinary center for the study of international and intergroup conflict and negotiation.

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