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Why is it so Tough for Some To Exorcise the Ghosts of Their Romantic Pasts?

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
SPARQ Graduate Fellow Lauren Howe has been in the news for her research showing that our mindsets affect the way we deal with romantic rejection. Check out her article for The Conversation here...

Curbing Cravings: Can Kitchen Chaos Influence Cookie Consumption?

Tuesday, March 1, 2016
SPARQ Graduate Fellow Kari Leibowitz wrote for The Conversation about how our mindsets and environments shape our eating habits...

How To Save the World With Your Research

Monday, February 8, 2016
Want to use SPARQ's new Partner Outreach Toolkit to develop your own academic-practitioner partnerships? You can download it here...

SPARQ Director Joins Race and Criminal Justice Roundtable

Thursday, January 14, 2016
SPARQ Faculty Director Jennifer Eberhardt discussed her research on racial bias in policing at a Stanford roundtable conversation moderated by Katie Couric...

Become a SPARQ Research Assistant

Monday, December 14, 2015
Thank you for your interest in SPARQ. As a research assistant with SPARQ, you will gain valuable research experience while exploring how to use psychological science for social change...

Fact Sheet on Preventing Homegrown Radicalization

Friday, December 11, 2015
In response to the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, SPARQ Research Scientist Sarah Lyons-Padilla and University of Maryland Professor of Psychology Michele Gelfand co-authored a fact sheet for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues on strategies for preventing homegrown radicalization...

SPARQ Hosts White House To Discuss Police Tech

Saturday, December 10, 2016
SPARQ hosted the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at Stanford University to discuss how to leverage police body-worn camera data...

Come to SPARQ's Session at SPSP!

Thursday, December 8, 2016
Congratulations on unlocking the mysteries of the human mind! Now what? In this panel and workshop session sponsored by Stanford SPARQ, attendees will learn not only how to get more psychological science into the real world, but also how to get more real world into psychological science...

A Warmer Embrace of Muslims Could Stop Homegrown Terrorism

Friday, December 4, 2015
Anti-immigration march in Riesa, Germany, September 9 2015. Fabrizio Bensch/REUTERS
SPARQ Research Scientist Sarah Lyons-Padilla set out to study why some Muslims in the United States are drawn to radical movements. Her findings, published in The Conversation and reprinted in The Washington Post and Quartz, reveal why homeland security policies that exclude Muslims are counterproductive...

Article by SPARQ Affiliate Jamil Zaki in the "New Yorker"

Friday, September 25, 2015
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOANNA NOTTEBROCK / LAIF / REDUX
Do the police need to adopt a "warrior mentality" in order to be effective? Or might developing social understanding skills help officers better connect with their communities? SPARQ Affiliate Jamil Zaki profiled Sue Rahr, the executive director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, about her non-traditional, empathy-focused training program...

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