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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 / 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

Novaya Gazeta

12.08.23

Magic numbers: Why looking at Russia’s military economy through the prism of GDP growth is pointless

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Konstantin Sonin discusses economic magical thinking and Russia's economy. 

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Harris News

12.05.23

2023 Pearson Global Forum Examines Disparities Between and Among Nations and Possible Paths Towards Peace and Stability

At the sixth annual Pearson Global Forum, audience members heard from journalists, academics, and activists as panels covered topics such as Afghanistan, Iran, Mexico, and more. 

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The Atlantic

11.17.23

Not a World War But a World at War

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast provides three theories for the growing prevalence of wars. 

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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