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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

News
& Media

VoxDev / 04.30.25

What Mobile Data Can Tell Us about Religion in Conflict Zones

Pearson Professor Oeindrila Dube and co-authors discuss their research measuring religious adherence with cell phone data in Afghanistan. 

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Kabul, Afghanistan
Harris News / 02.17.25

Research on Campaign to Eliminate Chagas Disease

Assistant Professor Eduardo Montero explores the results of a Chagas disease campaign in Brazil in new working paper. 

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Eduardo Montero Headshot
UChicago News / 12.05.24

Nobel Laureate Finds his ‘Calling’ in Studying the World

UChicago Professor James A. Robinson’s decades of research have shaped our understanding of economic inequality. 

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Professor Robinson in his home

World Politics Review

04.11.25

The Norm Against Territorial Conquest Is in Its Death Throes

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast's weekly column for World Politics Review discussed the norm against territorial conquest.

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The Insider

04.11.25

The Great Barrier Tariff: How Trump's tariffs hit the global economy — and the U.S. itself

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Konstantin Sonin was quoted for The Insider. 

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New York Times

04.06.25

Trump’s Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal

The New York Times uses research from Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson and quotes his fellow laureate Simon Johnson. 

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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