Prof. James A. Robinson, the renowned economist and political scientist who recently became the University of Chicago’s latest Nobel Prize winner, will deliver the 2025 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture.
A UChicago tradition since 1972, the Ryerson Lecture features prominent UChicago faculty members who have made “research contributions of lasting significance.” This year’s event, which will begin at 5 p.m. April 23 in the Rubenstein Forum’s Friedman Hall, is free and open to the public; it also will be webcast on UChicago digital channels. RSVP at the event website.
“I am really honored and humbled to present this year’s Ryerson Lecture,” said Robinson, the Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science. “When I look at the scholars who have presented in the past, the topics they have discussed, and the light they have thrown on some of the most important social and scientific questions of our times, it reminds me of how exciting it is to teach at the University of Chicago.”