James A. Robinson
Institute Director of The Pearson Institute; Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor and University Professor; Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; Recipient of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Presentations
Paths Toward the Periphery
Presented by: James A. Robinson Presentation Date: December 08, 2024 2024 Prize Lectures in Economic Sciences Video
Keynote Lecture: Fear and Dreams: Understanding the Non-Institutional Sources of Leader Strategy
Presented by: James A. Robinson Presentation Date: November 15, 2024 Lacea Lames 2024 Video
First Mancur Olson Virtual Lecture: The Fundamental Disequilibrium in Latin America
Presented by: James A. Robinson Presentation Date: November 5, 2024 First Mancur Olson Virtual Lecture Video
Keynote Lecture
Presented by: James A. Robinson Presentation Date: November 13, 2024 Encuentro Amafore 2024 Video
2024 Nobel Prize News Conference Honoring UChicago Prof. James A. Robinson
Presented by: James Robinson, UChicago President Paul Alivisatos and Professor Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, dean of the Harris School of Public Policy Presentation Date: October 14, 2024 News Conference Video
Why Did the Arab Spring Fail?
Presented by: James Robinson Presentation Date: April 21, 2024 ERF 30 Annual Conference: Plenary 1 – Panoramic Political Economy Perspective of MENA Video
Wealth in People
Presented by: James Robinson Presentation Date: May 8, 2024 Stellenbosch University Video
Economic Development: The Past and the Future
Presented by: Juan Sebastián Galán & James Robinson Presentation Date: April 27, 2023 Economic History of Latin America Open Online Course by the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets Video
The Africa World System
Presentation Date: March 27, 2023 The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development, University of Manchester Video
Ceremonia del Premio Daniel Cosío Villegas 2022
Presentation Date: February 20, 2023 El Colegio de México y Fundación Colmex Video
Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities, a panel discussion
Presentation Date: February 1, 2023 The Oriental Institute, Getty, The Pearson Institute Video
Sudan and the Narrow Corridor
Presented by: James A. Robinson Presentation Date: January 15, 2023 Economic Research Forum, Coral Hotel, Khartoum Presentation Video
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa
Presentation Date: November 10, 2022 Location: Virtual, African Economic Series, World Bank Video
The Fundamental Disequilibrium in Latin America
Presentation Date: November 3-5, 2022 Location: LACEA LAMES Annual Meeting Lima 2022
The State and Korean Industrialization
Presentation Date: October 20, 2022 Location: 10th Anniversary Conference of K-Developdia
The Segmentary State
Presentation date: October 21, 2022 Location: 18th Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Conference Video
Challenges to Development in Latin America
Presentation Date: September 29, 2022 Location: XIV Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Video
Why Undertake Field Research?
Presentation Date: August 15-16, 2022 University of Nigeria PDF
Summer Master Class | Day 10
Presentation Date: June 24, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 9
Presentation Date: June 23, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 8
Presentation Date: June 22, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 7
Presentation Date: June 21, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 6
Presentation Date: June 20, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 5
Presentation Date: June 17, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 4
Presentation Date: June 16, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 3
Presentation Date: June 15, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 2
Presentation Date: June 14, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Summer Master Class | Day 1
Presentation Date: June 13, 2022 African Economic Research Consortium Video
Insights from the Work of Bob Powell, Applied to Why Colombia is Different from the US
Presentation Date: April 30, 2022 Robert Powell Memorial Conference, Berkeley PDF
NTNU Doctoral Awards Ceremony
Presentation Date: November 18, 2021 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Video
Why is Latin American Inequality So Extreme?
Presentation Date: September 29, 2021 LSE Video
The Concentration of Economic and Political Power in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presentation Date: September 27, 2021 UNDP Video
Re-thinking Latin American Development
Presentation Date: July 16, 2021 Universidad de los Andes Video
State Capacity, Natural Resources and Conflict in the DRC
Presentation Date: June 15, 2021 Bocconi University Laboratory for Effective Anti-Poverty Policies Video
Desarrollo económico: ¿Chile en su “pasillo estrecho”?
Presentation Date: May 6, 2021 Guillermo Larraín Constituyente Facebook Live Video
Who Delivers Justice? Evidence for Strengthening Dispute Resolution Systems
Presentation Date: May 3, 2021 J-PAL Video
Africa’s Latent Assets
Presentation Date: April 6, 2021 Harris School of Public Policy Video
(Un)Real ideals: Re-conceptualizing the State in Latin America
Presentation Date: April 2, 2021 University of Chicago Latin American Policy Forum Video
Polarized Democracies: Causes and Consequences
Presentation Date: April 9, 2021 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Video
Book Discussion | The Narrow Corridor: States, Society and the Fate of Liberty
Presentation Date: April 7, 2021 Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Video
The Case for Democracy: Economic Development
Presentation Date: March 22, 2021 Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Video
Queen’s Annual Politics Lecture
Presentation Date: March 11, 2021 Queen's University Belfast Video
Does Market Power Lead to Political Power?
Presentation Date: February 26, 2021 Stigler Center, Chicago Booth School of Business Video
Legal Rebellion: Constitutional Design in Weakly Institutionalized Societies
Presentation Date: February 23, 2021 Universidad del Norte Video
Transfer of Power: Insurrections, Inaugurations, and the Future of Democracy
Presentation Date: January 21, 2021 Harris School of Public Policy Video
How Nations Struggle for Liberty
Presentation Date: January 14, 2021 Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Video
Inequality in Colombia: Beyond the Reach of Numbers
Presentation Date: November 12, 2020 The Pearson Institute Video
¿Por qué en algunos países florece la libertad y en otros el autoritarismo?
Presentation Date: November 3, 2020 La Fundación Rafael del Pino Video
Comparative Constitutionalism
Presentation Date: October 21, 2020 Zvi Griliches Lectures at New Economic School (NES) Video
The Islamic Tradition
Presentation Date: October 20, 2020 Zvi Griliches Lectures at New Economic School (NES) Video
The Liberal-Democratic Constitutional Tradition and its problems
Presentation Date: October 19, 2020 Zvi Griliches Lectures at New Economic School (NES) Video
A Perspective on Colombia’s Development Problems
Presentation Date: October 15, 2020 ProPacífico 5 Year Anniversary Conference Keynote Lecture Video
Case Study: Haiti
Presentation Date: October 7, 2020 Pearson Global Forum 2020 Video
How Liberty Flourishes (Democracy in the 21st Century Thread)
Presentation Date: September 26, 2020 2020 National Book Festival, Library of Congress Video
The Political Economy of Latin America: New Visions
Presentation Date: June 22, 2020 Latin American Network in Economic HistOry and Political Economy, LANE HOPE Keynote Lecture Video
The Narrow Corridor – CULA
Presentation Date: May 22, 2020 Cambridge University Liberal Association Online Seminar Video
The economic effects of the English enclosures
Presentation Date: May 19, 2020 European Macro History Online Seminar Video
The Corridor of Liberty or the Road to Ruin?
Presentation Date: November 21, 2019 Location: Chicago Council on Global Affairs Video
The Narrow Corridor Flash Talk at The Pearson Global Forum
Presentation Date: October 19, 2019 Location: The Pearson Global Forum, Berlin, Germany Video
LACEA LAMES 2017
Presentation Date: November 9, 2017 Location: LACEA Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina Video
ENADE 2019
Presentation date: October 12, 2019 Location: Fundesa Guatemala Video
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty at JHU SAIS
Presentation Date: October 3, 2019 Location: Johns Hopkins University SAIS; Washington, DC Video
What Can We Do About Populism?
Presentation Date: May 5, 2019 Location: Trento Economics Festival Video; Podcast Presentation Files (PDF): What To Do About Populism
Some Observations about the end of the Civil War in Sierra Leone
Presentation Date: April 19, 2019 Location: The Darker Side of Peace Agreements Conference; The Pearson Institute, Chicago Presentation Files (PDF): Unintended Consequences
The Balance of Power: States, Societies and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty
Presentation Date: April 9, 2019 Location: Global Empowerment Meeting, Harvard Center for International Development Video
Balance of Power: State, Society and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty
Presentation Date: December 5, 2018 Location: NTU Economics Sun Chen Lecture; Taipei, Taiwan Presentation Files (PDF): Sun Chen Lecture Video
Don’t get mad, get even: Conflict and politics in the face of economic adversity
Presentation Date: November 10, 2018 Location: Carlos F. Díaz-Alejandro Lecture; Guayaquil, Ecuador Presentation Files (PDF): CDA Lecture
Why Nations Fail
Presentation Date: October 18, 2018 Location: Foro de la Salud; Cartagena, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): Cartagena ANDI 2018
Business and Fragility in Africa: Solution or Problem?
Presentation Date: October 8, 2018 Location: Business in Fragile States Conference; Wheeler Institute for Business and Development; London Business School Presentation Files (PDF): Business in Fragile States
Are All the Colombians Doing It?
Presentation Date: December 12, 2017 Location: Seminario Internacional de Ciencias Sociales y Estudios Politicos; Bogotá, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): Todos Los Colombianos
Policy For Development: Aims of Public Policy Lecture
Presentation Date: Monday, September 19, 2016 Location: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Presentation Files (PDF): Policy For Development: Aims of Public Policy Lecture
Political Capture and Inequality
Presentation Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Location: Oxfam, Washington DC. Presentation Files (PDF): Political Capture and Inequality
¿Es Colombia un país fracasado?
Presentation Date: Saturday, July 25, 2015 Location: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): ¿Es Colombia un país fracasado?
El Equilibrio Colombiano
Presentation Date: Thursday, July 2, 2015 Location: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá Presentation Files (PDF): El Equilibrio Colombiano
Cómo Promover Equidad en Colombia
XXVI Congreso de Asocajas Presentation Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 Location: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Constitutions and Economic Development
Presentation Date: Monday, September 22, 2014 Location: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Presentation Files (PDF): Constitutions and Economic Development
Usando el Proceso de Paz Para Cambiar Colombia: Oportunidades y Obstaculos
Presentation Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014 Location: Bogotá, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): Usando el Proceso de Paz Para Cambiar Colombia: Oportunidades y Obstaculos
The Structure of Underdevelopment in Colombia: A View from the Choco
Presentation Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Location: DRCLAS Harvard University Presentation Files (PDF): The Structure of Underdevelopment in Colombia: A View from the Choco
Deconstructing the Chilean Miracle
Talk given at Espacio Públcio and La Universidad de Chile. Presentation Date: Monday, August 5, 2013 Location: Espacio Público Presentation Files (PDF): Deconstructing the Chilean Miracle
Por qué fracasan los países y las regiones – El caso de Colombia y el Chocó
Presentation Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Location: Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): Por qué fracasan los países y las regiones - El caso de Colombia y el Chocó
Why Regions Fail: The Mexican Case
Presentation Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Location: Mexico City Presentation Files (PDF): Why Regions Fail: The Mexican Case
Por Qué Fracasan Las Regiones: El Caso Mexicano
Presentation Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Location: Mexico City Presentation Files (PDF): Por Qué Fracasan Las Regiones: El Caso Mexicano
Why is Africa Poor?
Maddison Lecture Presentation Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 Location: University of Groningen Presentation Files (PDF): Why is Africa Poor?
Por Qué Fracasan los Países?
Presentation Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Location: EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia Presentation Files (PDF): Por Qué Fracasan los Países?