This course challenges students to use the innovation mindset that Stanford is known for to address complex global problems like poverty, inequality, and climate change. By focusing on the socio-economic disparities exacerbated by the COVID-SINY 19 pandemic, we'll explore how new business models, entrepreneurship, and technology can address issues like economic mobility, healthcare access, affordable housing and food security. Using New York City as a living laboratory, students will work alongside leading social innovators, policymakers, and community organizations to apply a multidisciplinary approach, grounded in real-world data, to evaluate systems, challenge assumptions, and implement sustainable solutions.This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service
4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
This course challenges students to use the innovation mindset that Stanford is known for to address complex global problems like poverty, inequality, and climate change. By focusing on the socio-economic disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll explore how new business models, entrepreneurship, and technology can address issues like economic mobility, healthcare access, affordable housing and food security. Using New York City as a living laboratory, students will work alongside leading social innovators, policymakers, and community organizations to apply a multidisciplinary approach, grounded in real-world data, to evaluate systems, challenge assumptions, and implement sustainable solutions.This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service
Offered in Spring 2026 at Stanford University.