Stanford Social Innovation Review

Recent neuroscience research confirms that people - and the brains they contain - view drug addicts as not quite human.

Many Iraq War veterans can’t shake the feeling of being constantly imperiled, and their therapists, in turn, may develop traumatic stress symptoms themselves. A new study tells how organizations can protect their frontline providers from psychic distress.

Which woman is more likely to attract unpleasant sexual attention: the office sweetheart or the ambitious upstart? A new study by social psychologist Jennifer Berdahl points to the upstart. From her findings, Berdahl concludes that “men aren’t harassing women to get into their pants, but to put them down....”

How the vocal few can skew perceptions of public opinion.

To persuade a whole group, start by changing the minds of a few moderates.

Charismatic people spread happiness and well-being.

Just do it –– later.

The violence, noise, and crowding of poor neighborhoods stress kids and parents, bringing out their bad sides and breeding psychopathology.

Emotional intelligence keys the emergence of group leaders.

Weird management ideas that work.

Feeling strong has little to do with mobilization in public housing.

Putting the science of influence to work in fundraising.

New research shows that binding contracts
may actually reduce trust.

When couples haggle over charity, total giving drops.

Gifts are not an incentive for donors to give, they’re an excuse.

How to deal with corrosive relationships at work.

Beating the heroic leadership trap.

Crafting messages that stick—What nonprofits
can learn from urban legends.

The importance of social identity in giving.

Do students learn better from
teachers of their own ethnicity?