Assistant Professor About Austin Wright Austin L. Wright is an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. He is a faculty affiliate of The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, and non-resident fellow of the Liechtenstein Institute. His research leverages microlevel data to study the political economy of conflict and crime in Afghanistan, Colombia, Indonesia, and Iraq. His work is supported by the National Science Foundation, Niehaus Center for Global Governance, The Asia Foundation, and World Bank. He received his BA in Government and Sociology and BS in Communication Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin and his MA and PhD in Politics from Princeton University. For academic year 2021-2022, Wright is on leave and also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Management and faculty affiliate of the The Georg Walter Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy. Follow Austin Wright social-twittertwitter Contact Information Room 2005 austinlw@uchicago.edu Curriculum Vitae Personal Website twitter copy twitter Recent News Harris Public Policy Selects 2022-2023 Common Read Fri., June 24, 2022 Alumni Profile: Varsha Sivaram, MPP’19 Thu., June 23, 2022 More news Upcoming Events Civic Leadership Academy Virtual Information Session Wed., June 29, 2022 | 12:00 PM Virtual Event Chicago, IL 60637 United States UChicago Harris Coffee Chat in Chicago, IL Fri., July 01, 2022 | 2:00 PM Plein Air Cafe 5751 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events