Mattersdorff-Steinhardt Lecture
The Mattersdorff-Steinhardt lecture is given every year by a distinguished scholar chosen by the economics department faculty.
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Guest Lecturer for 2023:
Chris Blattman is an economist and political scientist who studies global conflict, crime, and poverty.
Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy and The Pearson Institute. He also coleads the university’s Development Economics Center and the International Policy and Development program at the Harris School.
The questions he is most passionate about: Why are some people and societies violent, oppressive, and poor? And what can we do about it? He works in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the United States.
Most of Blattman’s current research is with armed groups, gangs, organized crime, and the people who join violent organizations. This work involves a blend of qualitative interviews, large-scale surveys, statistical analysis, and field experiments. He also wants to bring big ideas and research to a general audience, which is why he wrote Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace.
Date: February 21, 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Templeton Campus Center
Recent Mattersdorff-Steinhardt Lecturers
2019 Dr. David Autor
2017 Dr. David Neumark
2016 Dr. Gregory Clark
2013 Dr. Randall Wray
2012 Dean Baker
2010 William Black
2009 Linda Bilmes
2008 Giovanni Peri
2007 Kenneth Pomeranz
2006 Samuel Bowles
2005 Ilene Grabel
2004 Nancy Folbre
2003 Trudy Cameron
2002 Richard Lipsey
2001 James K. Galbraith