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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

Reason

11.16.22

Enforcing the First Amendment on Campus Won't, by Itself, Address the Problem of Academic Freedom

Pearson Institute Faculty Affiliate Anup Malani argues that universities need to develop cultures of civil disagreement to really get free speech on campuses.

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Wired

11.01.22

When Your Neighbor Turns You In

Pearson Institute Faculty Affiliate Tom Ginsberg worries democracy is being eroded in some states in the U.S.

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New Books Network

10.05.22

After Authoritarianism: Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Monika Nalepa discusses how transitional justice – the act of reckoning with a former authoritarian regime after it has ceased to exist – has direct implications for democratic processes. Mechanisms of transitional justice have the power to influence who decides to go into politics, can shape politicians' behavior while in office, and can affect how politicians delegate policy decisions.

 

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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