EVENT RECAP: Development in Crisis: Can Blockchain Save What's Left of the Aid System? with Paul Wong, Stellar Development Fund Part of the @CGMPitt series on the future of development assistance. Watch full video, here: https://youtu.be/Qg2ETGTyrfI

MONDAY: Deji Olaore, Former Senior Advisor (USAID) & SPIA Alum “Adapting to the Changing Landscape of Development Assistance,” 📅 November 10 ⏰ 4:00 PM ET 📌 Alcoa Room (Law 229) Register here: https://forms.monday.com/forms/9b02a5e0ace5b8b58c07470c492665cc?r=use1 …

NEXT MONDAY: Deji Olaore, Former Senior Advisor, Anti-Corruption/Public Accountability (USAID) “Adapting to the Changing Landscape of DA,” 📅 November 10 ⏰ 4:00 PM ET 📌 Alcoa Room (Law 229) Register here: https://forms.monday.com/forms/9b02a5e0ace5b8b58c07470c492665cc?r=use1 …

TODAY: Paul Wong Stellar Development Fund & Maxwell DeGregorio, Milken Institute of Finance “Development in Crisis: Can Blockchain Save What’s Left of the Aid System?" 📅 October 31 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ye-qRiwwSF2M7U9JO-zUog

FRIDAY: Paul Wong, Stellar Development Fund & Maxwell DeGregorio, Milken Institute of Finance “Development in Crisis: Can Blockchain Save What’s Left of the Aid System?" 📅 October 31 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ye-qRiwwSF2M7U9JO-zUog

FRIDAY: Paul Wong, Stellar Development Fund & Maxwell DeGregorio, Milken Institute of Finance “Development in Crisis: Can Blockchain Save What’s Left of the Aid System?" 📅 October 31 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ye-qRiwwSF2M7U9JO-zUog

We are pleased to announce our new non-resident scholars. These collaborators have been an integral part of the work at the Center for Governance and Markets, and we look forward to continuing our partnership to advance the ideas and mission of the Center.

Today - 12pm ET: How do local institutions manage conflict? Exploring this w/Oleksandra Keudel from KSE_ua based on extensive field research across Ukraine for Kyiv Connection DCRES_Harvard Part of our project: Governing Deep Differences.

EVENT RECAP: National Development: Let's Get the Prince Back into Hamlet by Lant Pritchett. Part of the @CGMPitt series on the future of development assistance. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5sinpUD88

EVENT RECAP: National Development: Let's Get the Prince Back into Hamlet by Lant Pritchett. Part of the @CGMPitt series on the future of development assistance. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5sinpUD88

MONDAY: Nadav Eyal, Colombia University “Future of the Middle East” 📅 October 20 ⏰ 4:30 PM ET 📌 Alcoa Room (Law 229) Register here: https://wkf.ms/470QVjb

TODAY: Lant Pritchett, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics “National Development: Let's get the Prince back into Hamlet” 📅 October 14 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 📌 Barco G12 Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nww7pu

The Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC) appointed several CGM faculty to leadership positions for the 2025-26 term: - Martin Weiss, Board of Directors - Marcela Gomez, Board of Directors - Ilia Murtazashvili, Program Committee

MONDAY: Kobby Barda, Lecturer, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) "Swing State(s) of Mind” 📅 October 13 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 📌 Posvar 3800 Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nPh0Id

TUESDAY: Lant Pritchett, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics “National Development: Let's get the Prince back into Hamlet” 📅 October 14 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 📌 Barco G12 Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nww7pu

EVENT RECAP: National Digital Currency Strategy with Thristan Thoma, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Milken Institute. Part of the @CGMPitt series on the future of development assistance. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVDeGAv_Gw&t=4235s

NEXT TUESDAY: Lant Pritchett, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics “National Development: Let's get the Prince back into Hamlet” 📅 October 14 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 📌 Location TBD Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nww7pu

Paul Brigner, Head of Policy and Strategic Advocacy, Electric Coin Co. (EEC) & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance presented “Future of FinTech” on September 19th. 🔁 RECAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqVFB_swuIU&t=2538s

Tim Wood, Ilia Murtazashvili & Mike Madison argue governing generative AI needs a balance: Read here 👉 https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/media/v2/D4E1FAQGvCDl8j8-JYw/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/B4EZmWBoHfKQAY-/0/1759158635324?e=1759968000&v=beta&t=-fCuI_g8g6MUGSmrsyP8ihxaFb0nT77e55izu_yed6A

NEXT MONDAY: Kobby Barda, Lecturer, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) "Swing State(s) of Mind” 📅 October 13 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 📌 Posvar 3800 Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nPh0Id

TOMORROW: Afghanistan Law and Political Science Association Annual Conference 📅 October 3-4 📌 University of Pittsburgh ℹ️ More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/alpa-conference 📑 Program: https://www.alp-a.com/alpa-conference-afghanistan Register here: https://wkf.ms/3K8YYlf

FRIDAY: Advancing the Middle East Peace Plan: What’s Next? Jacob Heilbrunn Samer Sinijlawi Ronit Levind Jen Murtazashvili 📅 October 3 ⏰ 11 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GYLTqyavRueoP-XPxIGzVA#/registration

NOW: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance “National Digital Currency Strategy” 📅 September 26 ⏰ 11:30 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

TODAY: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance “National Digital Currency Strategy” 📅 September 26 ⏰ 11:30 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

TMRW: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance “National Digital Currency Strategy” 📅 September 26 ⏰ 11:30 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

“Afghanistan Law and Political Science Association Annual Conference” 📅 October 3-4 📌 University of Pittsburgh Register: https://wkf.ms/3K8YYlf More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/alfa-conference

DUE NEXT MON: Customary Authority & Informal Institutions 📅 Submit by September 29: https://forms.monday.com/forms/fd759a385df71b89b871423d77dbfcba?r=use1 📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/customary-authority-and-informal-institutions-qualitative-methods-symposium-and-grant-submission

DUE NEXT MON: CGM invites paper submissions for a two-day workshop on reimagining international development assistance through bottom-up approaches. 📅 Submit by September 29: [email protected] 📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/rethinking-aid-ground-bottom-approaches-development-assistance

FRIDAY: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance “National Digital Currency Strategy” 📅 September 26 ⏰ 11:30 AM ET 📌 Zoom Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

CGM at the University of Pittsburgh invites paper submissions for a two-day workshop on reimagining international development assistance. 📅 Submit by September 29: [email protected] 📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/rethinking-aid-ground-bottom-approaches-development-assistance

📅 Submit by September 29: https://forms.monday.com/forms/fd759a385df71b89b871423d77dbfcba?r=use1 📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/customary-authority-and-informal-institutions-qualitative-methods-symposium-and-grant-submission

“It is crucial to have general education about our roles as humans in an increasingly digitized world. It is literacy for citizenship so we can make informed decisions.“ CGM Faculty Affiliate @anetv.bsky.social was profiled in an article on how researchers at Pitt are examining AI.

You can't properly study relations between workers and employers without studying that between employers and consumers. In "Coercion against Coordination," Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden discuss W.H. Hutt's views on labor economics. Learn more in the full article 👇

In their new article, "Coercion against Coordination," CGM Co-Director Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden discuss economist W.H. Hutt's arguments for why labor unions' strike threats benefit privileged insiders. Learn more in the full article. Link below 👇

CGM Research Associate Ali Palida and Ilia Murtazashvili have an article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization: "Is Kafka inevitable? Political institutions and the structure of communications protocols." Link below👇

CGM Co-Director Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden have a new article in The Review of Austrian Economics: "Coercion against Coordination: W.H. Hutt on Collective Bargaining and the Strike-Threat System" The article revisits Hutt’s argument that strike threats benefit privileged insiders. Link 👇

CGM Senior Research Scholar Mohamad Machine-Chian spoke with Atlas Network about his story of life under authoritarian rule, the challenges and hopes of Iran’s liberty movement, and how the next generation is shaping the nation's future. You won't want to miss this one. Link below 👇

Discover how modus vivendi—a live and let live approach—can address governance challenges in diverse societies around the world! 🌍 From migration tensions to polygamy debates in sub-Saharan Africa, and community-driven defense in Ukraine. 🧵🧵🧵 #PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #PoliticalPhilosophy

"American foreign policy has operated on an incoherent fiction, establishing government-funded NGOs to criticize regimes we simultaneously court as strategic allies." New op-ed from CGM Founding Director @jmurtazashvili.bsky.social in The National Interest. nationalinterest.org/feature/how-...

How can universities foster true dialogue? In an insightful conversation with CGM's @jmurtazashvili.bsky.social‬, ‪@tomginsburg.bsky.social, faculty director of The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, explores free speech’s role in academia. Hear his perspective on our YouTube. Link 👇

"The disconnect between Iran’s leaders’ ambitions and the authentic needs of its people is not an anomaly... but rather the latest manifestation of a tragic pattern." New op-ed from CGM Senior Research Scholar Mohamad Machine-Chian in @theunpopulist.net. www.theunpopulist.net/p/irans-isla...

NEW THIS WEEK AT CGM 🧵 1️⃣ CGM ON THE RADIO: Iranian exile and CGM Senior Research Scholar Mohamed Machine-Chian spoke on the ongoing war between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. Watch the full discussion: x.com/CGMPitt/stat...

Community input makes for better policy decisions. The expert and donor class can't make effective policy while isolated from the people. ‪@bijurao.bsky.social‬, an economist at the World Bank, advocates for inclusive dialogue in a thought-provoking lecture on our YouTube channel. Link below 👇

How can we foster coexistence amidst growing global diversity? 🌍 In Governing Differences from @ElgarPublishing, editors Paul Dragos Aligică and @jmurtazashvili explore how modus vivendi—a live-and-let-live attitude—can be the solution. Download your free copy! Link below 👇

How can shared values foster peace in a divided society? 🕊️ In his insightful lecture, Dr. Uriel Simonsohn—a historian at the University of Haifa and leader at the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies—explores how religious leaders can bridge deep divides. Watch it at the link below 👇

Discover how modus vivendi—a live and let live approach—can address governance challenges in diverse societies around the world! 🌍 From migration tensions to polygamy debates in sub-Saharan Africa, and community-driven defense in Ukraine. 🧵🧵🧵 #PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #PoliticalPhilosophy

I'm excited to announce the release of our new, open access book, Governing Differences, co-edited with Paul Dragos Aligica.