CASBS fellows are drawn from a variety of fields, including "the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology". In recent decades, the Center has also hosted legal scholars, humanists, public policy practitioners, philosophers, medical researchers and practitioners, and technology experts among others. CASBS fellows over the years include 30 Nobel laureates, 52 MacArthur fellows, and one U.S. Supreme Court justice.

It is one of the members of Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS), a consortium of institutions throughout the world dedicated to advanced interdisciplinary research. The Center's hilltop campus of ten buildings provides 19600 sq ft of space, offering ample room for hosting teams of researchers, meeting

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