Austin L. Wright

Departmental website:
https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/austin-wright

Austin L. Wright researches and leverages microlevel data to study the political economy of conflict and crime in Afghanistan, Colombia, Indonesia, and Iraq.

Austin L. Wright

  • Title: Assistant Professor of Public Policy
  • Education: BA, BS, both from University of Texas at Austin; MA, PhD, both from Princeton University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2016
  • austinlw@uchicago.edu
  • @austinlwright

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Expertise

Middle East, Institutional Corruption, Global conflicts

Wright Stories

Trump yard sign behind Biden yard sign

Capitol unrest linked with Trump-voting ‘islands,’ proximity to Proud Boys chapters

Group of people protesting facemasks at a rally in Helena, Montana

Who does (or doesn’t) wear a mask? Partisanship explains COVID-19 responses

U.S. Capitol Building

Who is at fault for COVID-19 crisis? Most Americans blame U.S. government, survey says

Earth at night

Harris Public Policy announces first-of-its-kind initiative to inform cyber policy

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Fieldwork takes UChicago researchers across the globe