Post by University of Zurich

✨ The Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee - two pioneers in the field of development economics - will join UZH.    Using external funds provided by the Lemann Foundation, the two researchers will establish a new center for development economics, education and public policy.    Both economists are currently employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and will join the UZH Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics in July 2026.    In 2019, the couple was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, along with economist Michael Kremer, for their “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”   👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dnX4jHDa #UZH #NobelPrize #DevelopmentEconomics UZH Department of Economics