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Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan

Harris Public Policy students visited Zaatari refugee camp as part of the 2018 Pearson International Conflict Seminar to Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees leading NGO programming within the camp.

Ramin Kohanteb/The Pearson Institute

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VoxDev / 01.09.23

The importance of trust in health systems during crises: Evidence from Sierra Leone

Pearson Professor Oeindrila Dube and colleagues show that improving the performance of health workers and building trust in health facilities is a critical policy priority.

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Healthcare worker taking temperature
Herald and News / 12.07.22

Big U.S. tech firms, companies faulted for silence on China’s COVID-19 lockdowns, protests

Pearson Institute Associate and Human Rights Watch China Director Sophie Richardson comments on the weak reactions from the White House and big tech companies on authoritarian crackdowns in China.

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protests in China
National Bureau of Economic Research / 11.22.22

Measuring Religion from Behavior: Climate Shocks and Religious Adherence in Afghanistan

Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies Oeindrila Dube's working paper with Joshua Bloomenstock and Michael Callen for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Measuring Religion From Behavior: Climate Shocks And Religious Adherence In Afghanistan, shows how religious adherence increases with economic adversity due to crop failure from climate change. 

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Cracked earth from drought

U Chicago

01.13.23

Professor Roger Myerson Releases New Paper on International State Building

The most significant oversight in building foundations of democracy has been putting thoughtful consideration into the relationship between local and national politics, as evidenced by American state-building exercises in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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SocArXiv

01.12.23

Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago

Chris Blattman and coauthors released new research on the efficacy of the READI Chicago program, which engages at-risk men with paid economic opportunities, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Utilizing a randomized control trial, the data shows that participants were 64% less likely than their peers to be arrested for shooting or a homicide.

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Reason

11.16.22

Enforcing the First Amendment on Campus Won't, by Itself, Address the Problem of Academic Freedom

Pearson Institute Faculty Affiliate Anup Malani argues that universities need to develop cultures of civil disagreement to really get free speech on campuses.

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Western Wall

Harris Public Policy students visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem as part of the 2019 Pearson International Conflict Seminar to Israel and the West Bank.

Ramin Kohanteb / The Pearson Institute