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Society

FSI researchers work to understand continuity and change in societies as they confront their problems and opportunities. This includes the implications of migration and human trafficking. What happens to a society when young girls exit the sex trade? How do groups moving between locations impact societies, economies, self-identity and citizenship? What are the ethnic challenges faced by an increasingly diverse European Union? From a policy perspective, scholars also work to investigate the consequences of security-related measures for society and its values.

The Europe Center reflects much of FSI’s agenda of investigating societies, serving as a forum for experts to research the cultures, religions and people of Europe. The Center sponsors several seminars and lectures, as well as visiting scholars.

Societal research also addresses issues of demography and aging, such as the social and economic challenges of providing health care for an aging population. How do older adults make decisions, and what societal tools need to be in place to ensure the resulting decisions are well-informed? FSI regularly brings in international scholars to look at these issues. They discuss how adults care for their older parents in rural China as well as the economic aspects of aging populations in China and India.

PDI Seminar Series – Changing Media Landscape

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Room 280A, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford
Yochai Benkler Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies & Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Seminars

PDI Seminar Series – Political Advertising

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Room 280A, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Erika Franklin Fowler Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
Seminars

PDI Seminar Series – Hate Speech

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Room 280A, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Alexandra Siegel Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford’s Immigration Policy Lab
Kevin Munger Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
Joshua Tucker Professor of Politics, New York University
Seminars

PDI Seminar Series – Algorithms and Bias

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Room 280A, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Pablo Barbera London School of Economics
Danaë Metaxa Stanford University
Seminars

PDI Seminar Series – Polarization & Echo Chambers

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Please RSVP for the first 5 sessions above. Future sessions will be announced at a later date.

Room 280, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Shanto Iyengar Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Matthew Gentzkow Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Seminars
CDDRL Special Events

PDI Seminar Series – Disinformation, Misinformation, and Online Propaganda

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Please RSVP for the first 5 sessions above. Future sessions will be announced at a later date.

Room 280, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Andy Guess Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University
Jeff Hancock Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University
Jennifer Pan Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University
Seminars
CDDRL Special Events

PDI Seminar Series – Safety, Security, and Election Integrity

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Please RSVP for the first 5 sessions above. Future sessions will be announced at a later date.

Room 280, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Alex Stamos Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s Freeman-Spogli Institute, William J. Perry Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution
Samuel Woolley Director of Digital Intelligence Lab, Institute for the Future
Seminars

PDI Seminar Series – An Introduction to Regulation of Platforms and Platform Regulation of Speech

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Note: This seminar series is open only to Stanford faculty and scholars.

The Project on Democracy and the Internet’s Fall Seminar Series on Free Speech, Democracy, and the Internet is hosted by Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford, and Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, every Tuesday, from September 25 to November 27 (excluding holidays).

The goal of this seminar series is to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing as we address the impact of the internet on democracy and build this new field of study. Guest speakers from academia and the technology sector will cover topics including disinformation, polarization, hate speech, political advertising, media transformation, election integrity, and legal regulation of internet platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

Please RSVP for the first 5 sessions above. Future sessions will be announced at a later date.

Room 280, Crown Law Building, Stanford Law School

Daphne Keller Director of Intermediary Liability, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford University
Timothy Garton Ash Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Seminars
CDDRL Special Events
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