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February 04, 2026
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Scholars Discuss the Promises and Challenges of Decentralized Governance
At a Hoover Institution conference, Stanford GSB professors explored the governance of American universities and decentralized autonomous organizations.
January 09, 2026
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Hoover and Stanford Scholars Welcome Stanford’s President, Senior University Leaders to Explore Decentralized Governance
Scholars including Stanford President Jonathan Levin gathered at Hoover on November 6, 2025, to explore the promises and challenges associated with decentralized governance structures.
January 05, 2026
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AI Is Transforming How Brands Connect With Their Audiences
GSB conference explores AI-driven opportunities for better personalization, as well as risks.
October 23, 2025
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Doug Burgum: Forget Energy Transition. Think Energy Addition.
The U.S. Interior Secretary highlights the rising need for affordable and reliable power.
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Thursday, February 08, 2024 – Friday, February 09, 2024
On Campus
We featured research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.
Thursday, February 22, 2024 – Friday, February 23, 2024
On Campus
This conference brought together scholars from across campus and elsewhere who have done work illuminating human thinking and action related to the environment and sustainability.
Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
On Campus
The Pacific Ocean connects us and binds us to a common future as we rise to meet the challenges of climate change and provide for communities across island and coastal nations in a sustainable way. During this conference we explored these connections and define pathways for working together to promote resilience and shape a sustainable future for all.
Monday, March 18, 2024 – Tuesday, March 19, 2024
On Campus
We explored how environmental justice scholarship is needed to create just, ethical, and resilient solutions for sustainability for the world’s most challenging social-environmental problems.
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
12:00am – 11:59pm
Online
Stanford’s first Business, Government, and Society Forum will take place on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Our theme for the day is Responsible Leadership in a Polarized World.
Thursday, April 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
On Campus
Sustainability Conference on Water as Sustenance
Thursday, May 09, 2024 – Friday, May 10, 2024
On Campus
This two-day conference convened scholars, researchers, and practitioners whose work focuses on the convergence of climate change, environmental disasters, and human mobility.
Friday, May 17, 2024
12:00am – 11:59pm
On Campus
This conference brought together leading academic scholars, sustainability-focused entrepreneurs [aka ecopreneurs] and business leaders working on and interested in scaling sustainability innovation to share their perspectives and experiences.
Monday, May 20, 2024 – Tuesday, May 21, 2024
On Campus
Current models of industrialization and consumption are degrading the environment and polluting the world, causing 9 million premature deaths per year. In this conference, we challenged the Stanford community and external partners to brainstorm solutions for three major sources of pollution while emphasizing their effects on human health: coal-fired industry, wildfires, and plastic. Jumping off from successful interdisciplinary work underway in each area, we put forward a solutions-oriented interdisciplinary research agenda to foster a healthier and more sustainable future.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
9:00am – 6:00pm
On Campus
The event was co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, focusing on Promoting Competition in Artificial Intelligence.
Tuesday, June 04, 2024 – Wednesday, June 05, 2024
On Campus
Solving the world’s greatest sustainability challenges depends on active engagement by civil society actors. Nonprofits, philanthropies, and advocacy groups play an important role in shaping the sustainable development agenda and contributing to innovative solutions to address problems like climate change.
Monday, July 08, 2024 – Tuesday, July 09, 2024
On Campus
The Stanford Sustainability Summit (S-Cubed), in its inaugural debut, is designed to increase interactions between sustainability innovators from all over the world and the Stanford community by bringing them together at the Stanford campus to share their experiences.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
8:30am – 5:30pm
On Campus
This event fostered conversations and joint exploration on harnessing the research potential of police body-worn cameras to improve interactions between officers and community members.
Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Friday, October 11, 2024
On Campus
This conference seeks to bring together leading academic scholars working at the cutting edge of scientific inquiry into the earth’s climate.
Thursday, November 07, 2024 – Friday, November 08, 2024
On Campus
We will feature research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.
Monday, December 09, 2024 – Tuesday, December 10, 2024
On Campus
This conference brings together scholars from across campus and elsewhere who have done work illuminating human thinking and action related to the environment and sustainability.
Thursday, February 06, 2025 – Friday, February 07, 2025
On Campus
This conference will showcase the research at the intersection of politics and the environment because progress on environmental sustainability requires understanding politics.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
12:00am – 11:59pm
Online
We invite you to join us via livestream for a conversation with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase and GSB Dean Peter DeMarzo.
Thursday, February 27, 2025 – Friday, February 28, 2025
On Campus
This conference will bring together renowned economists and finance experts to discuss the intersection of environmental and financial challenges.
Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Friday, March 14, 2025
On Campus
In partnership with Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, this conference is designed to strengthen the community of scholars at the intersection of civil society and sustainability, and advance scholarship and insights on the roles civil society serve in sustainability efforts.
Monday, March 17, 2025 – Tuesday, March 18, 2025
On Campus
Becoming a more sustainable planet will depend on recognizing the inherent value of culture to people, and the need to align cultural and natural resources.
Friday, March 21, 2025
8:30am – 7:00pm
On Campus
The Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions and Stanford Graduate School of Business are convening researchers to discuss the question: how can we make AI more trustworthy to people across the political spectrum in a polarized world?
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
8:30am – 6:00pm
On Campus
The Stanford Graduate School of Business is convening an interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, industry practitioners, and thought leaders to tackle the pressing challenges, solutions, and opportunities related to AI alignment.
Monday, April 07, 2025 – Tuesday, April 08, 2025
On Campus
Sensors - deployed using satellite, airborne, land/water-based systems - can transform the approach to addressing critical issues related to climate change and sustainability by providing the essential measurements needed, with the spatial and temporal sampling needed, to advance understanding and support the implementation of solutions at local to global scales.
