Stanford, CA (June 6, 2023) Sage and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences(CASBS) at Stanford University are pleased to announce Elizabeth Anderson and Alondra Nelsonas winners of the 2023 Sage-CASBS Award.
Established in 2013, the Sage-CASBS Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances our understanding of pressing social issues. It underscores the role of the social and behavioral sciences in enriching and enhancing public discourse and good governance. Past winners of the award include Daniel Kahneman, psychologist and Nobel laureate in economic sciences; Pedro Noguera, sociologist and education rights activist; Kenneth Prewitt, political scientist and former U.S. Census Bureau director; William Julius Wilson, sociologist and celebrated scholar of poverty, inequality, and race; Carol Dweck, social psychologist and foundational figure in the development of mindset science; and Jennifer Richeson, psychologist and authority on the cognitive, affective, and behavioral dynamics of intergroup interactions.
Both Anderson and Nelson will receive the full cash prize that accompanies the award.
“Elizabeth Anderson and Alondra Nelson exemplify everything Sage and CASBS envision for thisaward – excellence in social and behavioral science scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries and advances ideas and discussions not only within the academy, but also in the public sphere,” said Blaise Simqu, CEO of Sage, and Walter “Woody” Powell, the Sara MillerMcCune Interim Director of CASBS, in a joint statement. “We are proud to recognize them for their extraordinary efforts to generate new understandings of how we as a society treat one another, and then translate those understandings into practice for the common good.”
Please join us in congratulating Professor Anderson!
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