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The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago (BFI), Princeton University, and Innovations for Poverty Action are pleased to announce the launch of a new series focusing on violence and crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The first seminar featured Harris Public Policy's Christopher Blattman, Universidad EAFIT's Santiago Tobón, Princeton University's Maria Micaela Sviatschi, and the Republic of Colombia's Jairo García, and was moderated by IPA Peru's Bárbara Sparrow.

The Pearson Institute's January Lunch and Learn will featured Scott Gates, political scientist, economist, and research professor at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). In the video above, he discusses the strategic dynamics of territorial control and resource allocation during civil war.

As Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala Harris assume office as President and Vice President of the United States in the shadow of riots at the US Capitol, many wonder what political violence and unprecedented distrust in institutions says about the health of democracy in the United States and around the world. Institute Director James A. Robinson joined Harris Professors William Howell of the Center for Effective Government and Anthony Fowler for an episode of Not Another Politics Podcast. The panelists analyzed the state of US democracy through a global, historical lens and what Americans mean when they say, “It can’t happen here.” Introduction given by Pearson Fellow Aishwarya Raje.

Institute Director James Robinson presents themes from his coauthored book The Narrow Corridor virtually at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.

Pearson Faculty Affiliate Leopoldo Fergusson presents research coauthored with Carlos A. Molina and Pearson Institute Director James A. Robinson at the DC Political Economy Seminar Series, organized by the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.