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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

World Politics Review

02.24.23

At One Year and Counting, the War in Ukraine Is Set to Last

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine has reached its first anniversary. Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast discusses three reasons the war will likely last for years to come. Read more in his latest column for World Politics Review.

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The Guardian

02.20.23

El Salvador crackdown breaks the gangs – at huge cost to human rights

El Salvador has continued its crackdown on gangs, but Pearson Faculty Affiliate Ben Lessing says the long-term consequences are still unclear.  

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El Heraldo de México

02.20.23

James A. Robinson: "Se necesitan instituciones que permitan la inversión y la innovación"

The Colegio de México awarded the Daniel Cosío Villegas Award in Social Sciences 2022 to James A. Robinson on Monday, February 20.

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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