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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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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
Harris News / 11.06.24

The 2024 Pearson Global Forum Spotlighted Negotiation and Agreement Around the Globe

The seventh annual forum dove into conflicts past and present, unpacking the steps policymakers can take toward lasting peace.

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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.

World Politics Review

01.10.25

As Living Memory of World War II Fades, Its Lessons Are Being Forgotten

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast's first World Politics Review column of 2025. 

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Somaliland Reporter

01.07.25

Nobel Winner Prof. Robinson Describes Somaliland as a Compelling Example of Successful Indigenous State-building

The Somaliland Reporter discusses Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson's Nobel lecture, "Paths Towards the Periphery."

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Newsweek

01.05.25

Russia's Disastrous Winter War on Finland Could Give Clues on Ukraine Endgame

Read Pearson Faculty Affiliate Konstantin Sonin's comments on the "Finlandization of Ukraine."

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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