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New Harris, CEG Initiative to Study Digital Threats to Democracy

Democracy faces increasingly worrisome threats in today’s digital and online world: The Internet and social media amplify the spread of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and extremist political rhetoric, intensifying political polarization and bias.

Pearson Event: Congo Calling, Documentary Screening

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Q&A: Professor Konstantin Sonin on Russia's War and Suppression of Speech

The day after Prof. Konstantin Sonin finished a public lecture in Moscow, Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Christopher Berry

Christopher Berry

Christopher R. Berry is the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the College. He is the academic director of the Center for Municipal Finance. He studies metropolitan governance and the politics of public finance.
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My Favorite Class So Far: Strategic Behavior and Regulation of Firms

Bradley McCandless, MPP Class of 2022, writes about the Competitive Strategy Game, an interactive experience that puts economic theory into practice and made Strategic Behavior and Regulation of Firms with Professor Katherine Baird his favorite class.

Admissions Overview of Harris Programs

Admissions Overview of Harris Programs

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Alumni Profile: Asma Afzal, MPP’21

“To go from dreading math to earning a Data Analytics certificate has definitely been a wonderful journey.”
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Student Profile: Xintong Wu, Peking University-University of Chicago International Policy Action Lab (IPAL) 2021

“I think IPAL successfully provided me with the perspective of public policy.”
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Getting to Know the Keller Center

Lindsay Hiser, MPP Class of 2023, shares her experience getting to know the state-of-the-art Keller Center that Harris calls home.

Ask Admissions: International Policy Action Lab

Making Parliament Responsive to Poverty: A Citizen-led Approach