Stanford University
For The Woods Institute To Develop New Partnerships That Promote Sustainable Development
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Amount$159,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/4/2012
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
At Stanford University, the past ten years have seen the creation of a number of programs, centers, and initiatives that address different pieces of the sustainable development challenge. Some, such as the Woods Institute for the Environment, have made important progress in building broad, interdisciplinary, cross-department communities of faculty and students who work on environment and sustainability challenges. Others have remained more narrowly focused. To date, Stanford has not successfully brought these efforts together for integrative, focused, action. This grant would support the hiring of a senior advisor who will explore ways that Stanford faculty and staff can deepen its collective impact. The advisor will engage the multiple stakeholders at Stanford in discussions that hopefully will lead to a shared vision and a coordinated, collaborative program of research and engagement with decision making around sustainability. The advisor will work with the dean of the School of Earth Sciences, the Woods Institute, the Graduate School of Business, and faculty throughout the university to help build a broad university research program around sustainable development.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
siepr.stanford.edu
Address
366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary research center for students, scholars, and practitioners to actively examine, debate, and critique the interaction between philanthropy and civil society and help inform public opinion, policies, and professional practices to advance the public good. The center provides research fellowships for students, funding for faculty research, and an array of courses and gatherings for different audiences. It is also home to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, one of the social sector’s preeminent magazines and online journals. This grant provides program support as part of the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
for support of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab
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for the Protecting and Reforming the U.S. Civil Service workshop
Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) bridges the worlds of scholarship and practice to understand and foster the conditions for effective representative governance; promote balanced and sustainable economic growth; and establish the rule of law. Its faculty, researchers, and students analyze the ways in which democracy and development are challenged by authoritarian resurgence, misinformation, and the perils of a changing climate. This grant supports the center’s workshop on Protecting and Reforming the U.S. Civil Service.
