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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

Wall Street Journal

01.20.23

Shining a Light (Literally) on How Much Dictators Manipulate Their Economic Stats

Using satellite imagery, Pearson Faculty Affiliate Luis Martinez studies nighttime light as a proxy for economic growth. His findings were featured in the Wall Street Journal by Josh Zumbrun in “The Numbers." (Paywall). 

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The Economist

01.17.23

A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain around 1750? Scholars are not sure, but research, including from Pearson Institute Director James A Robinson, is helping shed light on the answer. The Economist compiled multiple research studies helping expand our knowledge. (Paywall). 

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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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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