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Events

Past Events

Each year The Pearson Institute hosts a variety of lectures, workshops and seminars. Unless noted otherwise, all events are held on the University of Chicago campus.

11.21.19

Lunch and Learn Series: Hunger and Conflict in the 21st Century

Today, over 800 million people around the world suffer from chronic food insecurity, many in need of lifesaving food assistance. The main driver of hunger today is man-made conflict, evident in humanitarian emergencies like Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and others. This talk will provide a snapshot of hunger today, outline how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is addressing food insecurity in some of the toughest environments on the planet, and examine the ways that conflict drives hunger and new evidence on the ways food insecurity can be a driver of instability. Please join The Pearson Institute for the November edition of our Lunch and Learn series featuring Chase Sova, Senior Director of Public Policy and Research at World Food Program USA and Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Food Security Project.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

12:45-1:45 PM

Keller Center Sky Suite

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11.11.19

Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Sergio Jaramillo

Please join The Pearson Institute for an edition of our Distinguished Speaker Series as we welcome former Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo Caro for a conversation with Institute Director and University Professor James Robinson. In Colombia, a peace agreement was signed between the government and the FARC in 2016. But what are practical strategies for rebuilding legitimate authority from scratch? How long does it take, and what are the trade-offs? Mr. Jaramillo and Professor Robinson will reflect on these questions in the case of Colombia and beyond, as they discuss how to change a society.

Monday, November 11, 2019

12:30-1:30 PM

Keller Center Sky Suite

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11.06.19

Oil, Security and Geopolitical Risk: Lessons from the Saudi Oil Attacks

The Pearson Institute will cosponsor an event held by the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago (EPIC) on energy geopolitics and their economic implications featuring Robert McNally, the president of The Rapidan Group and a former senior director for international energy at the National Security Council; Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution; and Harris Public Policy Professor Ryan Kellogg, an EPIC affiliated scholar who studies the economics of oil markets. The event will be moderated by EPIC Visiting Fellow in Journalism and The Atlantic reporter Robinson Meyer.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

5:30 - 7:00 PM

Saieh Hall for Economics Room 146

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James Robinson in Ukraine

Institute Director James Robinson presents themes from his internationally bestselling book, Why Nations Fail, at an event in Ukraine.