Skip to main content
Photo by LiPo Ching/Stanford University

Foundational research creates the new knowledge necessary to 
advance society and find solutions that benefit all humankind.

Learn more.

The social sciences in H&S offer an exciting environment for you to bring together technical and human-centered approaches; work side by side with world-class faculty mentors; and engage with some of the biggest challenges facing society today.

Explore the social science guide

In the moment

Image for: In the moment

First-year student Serena Young conducts sociological observations in Stanford’s White Plaza to see how the plaza and pavilion are used by community members. Her observations and interviews, and those of other volunteers, will go toward a larger assessment of Stanford’s public spaces.

Photo by Harrison Truong for Stanford University.

Explore all moments