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A photograph of Erin Kelley
Erin Kelley is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy who also serves as a consultant with the Development Impact Evaluation Department of the World Bank.
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A new graduate program to train the next generation of leaders to craft climate and energy policy solutions that balance the need to manage climate risks and to secure inexpensive and reliable energy to foster economic growth.
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She is among 26 university faculty who have been appointed to named or distinguished service professorships, effective July 1, 2025.
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The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy has named Rohen Shah, PhD’25, as one of twenty recipients of its highly competitive 2024–2025 research grants.
Durlauf
Durlauf spoke about threats to higher education, the state of freedom of expression on campus, the status of DEI initiatives nationwide, the merits of the policies aimed at addressing historical injustices in the United States, and more.
A headshot of Katherine Baicker.
Baicker is a leading scholar in the economic analysis of health care policy. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of public and private health insurance, including the effects of health system reforms on the distribution and quality of care.