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The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center conducts multidisciplinary research projects in which Stanford faculty members collaborate with American and Asian colleagues. The Center's research covers a broad range of topics centered on Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia.

Research

Asia Health Policy Program
The Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center promotes a comparative understanding of health and health policy in the Asia-...
China Program
The China Program facilitates multidisciplinary, social science-oriented research on contemporary china, with a dual emphasis on basic and policy-relevant...
Japan Program
  The Japan Program facilitates multidisciplinary, social science-oriented research on contemporary Japan, emphasizing both academic scholarship and policy-...
Korea Program
The Korea Program offers courses on Korea, hosts biweekly Korean luncheon seminars, sponsors workshops and conferences, conducts research projects, and has...
Southeast Asia Program
The Southeast Asia Program seeks to understand and explore the histories, cultures, political economies, and international relations of the ten countries and...
U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
The U.S.-Asia Security Initiative facilitates inter-disciplinary, policy-relevant research on security and international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region...

Completed Projects

Telecommunications Regulation in India
2008–13
The Silicon Valley Project
ongoing
Health Improvement under Mao and Its Implications for Contemporary Aging in China
2008-14
Late Democratization in Pacific Asia
2009
Worker Identities and the Origins of Capital in Vietnam
2008
China's Quest for Independent Innovation
2005–8
Leadership in China's High Tech Companies
2005–8
Information and Communication Technology in Rural India
2008–12