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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

InSight Crime

09.01.23

Security Force Corruption Scandal Rocks Brazil’s Biggest Amazon State

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Benjamin Lessing comments on the recent corruption scandal in Brazil. 

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World Politics Review

08.18.23

Biden’s Tech Restrictions on China Aren’t Just About Economics

Why is the U.S. imposing trade restrictions on China? Pearson Faculty Affiliate Paul Poast provides three possible explanations. 

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Project Syndicate

08.18.23

Sympathy for the Oligarch

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Konstantin Sonin discusses sanctions against two Russian business people who embraced capitalism after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 

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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