James A. Robinson

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James A. Robinson
Robinson in 2018
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Citizenship	United Kingdom American[1][2][verification needed]
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2024)
Academic background
Education	London School of Economics (BSc) University of Warwick (MA) Yale University (PhD)
Thesis	The dynamic enforcement of implicit labor contracts under asymmetric information (1993)
Doctoral advisor	Truman Bewley
Academic work
Discipline	Economics
Sub-discipline	Economic theory Labor relations
Institutions	University of Chicago Harvard University University of California at Berkeley University of Southern California University of Melbourne

James Alan Robinson (born 1960) is a British-American economist and political scientist. He is the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and a University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.^[3][4] At Harris, he also directs The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.^[5] Robinson previously taught at Harvard University from 2004 to 2015.

With Daron Acemoglu, he is the co-author of several books, including The Narrow Corridor, Why Nations Fail, and Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.^[6] In 2024, Robinson, Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies on prosperity between nations.^[7]