This project will involve studying organizational and economic approaches to mitigating violent conflict and political polarization, both historically and in contemporary settings. This includes studying nonviolent civil disobedience, financial approaches and the role of economics.
As part of a large scale randomized control trial in collaboration with a state government in India, study on the role of emotional perceptiveness that can make teams more productive in generating more effective innovation.
Support research agenda investigating socio-economic challenges of the MENA region: field experiments to address water scarcity in Egypt and Jordan, and reduce religious tension in Lebanon; comparative economic history.
60 million people live in the Arab Gulf region, about half of whom are expatriate workers. How can we understand forms of economic inequality in countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia?
Offered by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
The SIEPR Undergraduate Research Fellows (UGRF) program offers faculty-mentored research opportunities for Stanford undergraduates during the academic year.