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“Throughout my journey of studying economics and working in and alongside the public sector, I have seen the necessity of effective leadership and evidence-based policies to drive sustainable change.”

While researching the reasons why people fight and what can be done to prevent it, Professor Chris Blattman met a violence prevention outreach worker in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood who’d come up with a novel idea.

“IPAL turned out to be an incredibly important turning point in my educational and professional outlook. It’s where I found my passion for data analytics.”

Mark Bergen, MPP’12, a technology reporter for Bloomberg, has covered Google since 2015. His debut book, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination (Viking, 2022), is a character-driven account of the platform.

Control of Congress was still hanging in the balance Nov. 9 as the University of Chicago gathered panelists to debate polarization, policy, and election trends at a hot-off-the-presses post-midterms event.

The conference takes place from November 17 to November 19.