Our department recently welcomed Dr. Jeannie Annan, Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, AI, and People & Culture at the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organization working in over 30 of the world's most conflict-affected countries. She is co-founder of the Airbel Impact Lab — the IRC's research and innovation team that designs and tests high impact, scalable solutions for people affected by conflict and disaster. Dr. Annan presented the 2026 Department of Economics Tangri Lecture. Her talk was titled “Innovating and Researching in Humanitarian Crises: What Has Worked, What Hasn't, and What's Really Needed Now to Drive Impact at Scale.” She emphasized the importance of designing interventions that work within local contexts to improve well-being. While...
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