Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) — Scholars including Stanford President Jonathan Levin gathered at Hoover on November 6, 2025, to explore the promises and challenges associated with decentralized governance structures, with blockchain technology and modern US universities used as examples.
The gathering brought together Hoover and Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford GSB) scholars in the fields of economics, political science, and technology policy to discuss how US universities could adjust in the wake of recent public criticism, and how new technologies, such as blockchain, could broaden and encourage participation in the governance of complex organizations in business and other sectors.
Also attending were Susan McCaw, chair of Hoover’s Board of Overseers, vice-chair John Kleinheinz, and vice-chair Robert Grady.
