Collapse

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

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.

View Article
View Article
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. 

View Article
View Article
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. 

View Article
View Article
James A. Robinson

World Politics Review

07.22.22

Biden’s Middle East Trip Was All About Iran

U.S. President Joe Biden’s “summer of diplomacy” continued last week, this time with stops in the Middle East, where he visited two long-term U.S. regional partners, Israel and Saudi Arabia. However, the purpose of the trip was all about Iran. 

Read Article

Desert News

07.18.22

A Fragile Freedom

How can we achieve liberty? James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu point to Wyoming’s story as an example, excerpted from their book, “The Narrow Corridor.” Liberty emerges as state and society strike a balance between protection and accountability.

Read Article

World Politics Review

07.08.22

The BRICS Summit Isn’t Just a ‘Talk Shop’ Anymore

While the G-7 and NATO summits may have garnered more attention, the BRICS summit was actually the most significant recent summit, argues Professor Paul Poast. 

Read Article
Collapse

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