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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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The Chicago Maroon / 10.28.24

Seventh Annual Pearson Global Forum Looks to Past Conflicts to Envision Future of Gaza, Sudan

“Negotiation and Agreement” was the theme of this year’s forum, which addressed who should be in the room for peace talks and why the language of negotiation matters.

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Panel at the Pearson Global Forum
New York Times / 10.14.24

Three Receive Nobel in Economics for Research on Global Inequality

Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. 

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Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson at Nobel press conference.
U Chicago News / 10.14.24

James A. Robinson shares 2024 Nobel Prize for research on global inequality

Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson shares the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his groundbreaking research on the root causes of global conflict and inequality, including what affects’ countries economic prosperity. 

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James A. Robinson

World Politics Review

04.07.23

Biden’s Summit for Democracy Isn’t Really About Democracies

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast questions the real purpose and usefulness of the recent Summit for Democracy.

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The Indian Express

04.05.23

Express View on poverty estimation in India: Mind the data gaps

Editorial on lack of reliable data from Indian government references Affiliate Faculty Anup Malani's research that found income poverty in India rose from 7.6 per cent in November 2019 to 50.5 per cent in April 2020.

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World Politics Review

03.31.23

Xi’s Moscow Visit Was More Than a Symbolic Victory for Putin

In this article, Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast contends the meeting between these leaders continued an ongoing process of building a relationship.

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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