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The Pearson Institute hosted a discussion around the challenges facing the Israeli education system post October 7 and a pathway to move forward by creating shared resilience across cultures and a framing of empathy that includes Israel’s varied Jewish-Arab communities. Professor Yuli Tamir is a founding member of the Israeli peace movement "Peace Now" and served as the chairperson of the Israeli Association of Civil Rights.

The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts hosted a discussion featuring Dr. Daniel Brumberg, who discussed "Polarization in a Region of Turmoil: Tunisia's Broken Transition."

The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts hosted a discussion featuring Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, who discussed her recent book "Colonizing Kashmir, State-building Under Indian Occupation."

The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion hosted a panel discussion featuring experts and academics, including Pearson Associate Maliha Chishti, President of Telos Gregory Khalil, University of Chicago’s Associate Dean of the College for Academic Affairs Dina Rashed, and Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch Omar Shakir.

The Pearson Institute's January Speaker Series featured Professor Juan Sebastian Chamorro, who shared his personal testimony of his involvement in Nicaraguan politics since civic protests and governmental violence erupted in April 2018. After announcing his candidacy to the Presidency of Nicaragua, Chamorrow was arbitrarily detained by Daniel Ortega’s regime in June 2021 and spent almost two years in prison. The personal story is framed under the more general Nicaraguan history and is an illustration of a particular case of democratic backsliding.