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The Center for Global Ethnography (CGE) hosted its first event on January 30, exploring questions associated with carrying out ethnographic research in an urban environment.  CGE convened 34 grad students and faculty members from…

The Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS)’s Secure Data Center hosts one of the nation’s 29 Federal Statistical Research Data Centers, providing access to restricted data for Stanford researchers and those from nearby…

SurveyFest, an event for undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in public opinion and survey research sponsored by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), was hosted at IRiSS on Saturday, January 25.…

IRiSS is pleased to announce the launch of its newest research lab - the Center for Global Ethnography (CGE). The Center is a collaboration between IRiSS and the Department of Anthropology. 

The mission of CGE is threefold: to convene…

The IRiSS Advisory Board was honored to host General Jim Mattis - the 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense - at the Institute for a discussion on the importance of social science research, grand strategy, and leadership.