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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
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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

El Mercurio

03.03.23

James Robinson: “No creo que haya ninguna comparación entre el proceso en Chile y todos estos otros llamados gobiernos de izquierda”

Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson, in an interview with El Mercurio, discussed the constitutional process in Chile and what comes next. 

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World Politics Review

03.03.23

Doomsday or Not, the Level of Nuclear Risk Just Got Higher

While the risk of nuclear war remains low, recent events worldwide have started to raise the risk. Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast provides an explanation for the rising threat in his latest column for World Politics Review. 

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ProMarket

02.24.23

What Has the World Learned from a Year of War in Ukraine?

ProMarket sat down with Pearson Professor Chris Blattman to discuss the War in Ukraine, what we have learned, and the importance of ideology and reputation. 

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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