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flag Nobel economists Duflo and Banerjee to join University of Zurich in 2026, citing funding and academic freedom concerns.

flag Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, co-winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their poverty-reduction research, will join the University of Zurich in July 2026, leaving MIT. flag They will hold endowed professorships funded by a CHF 26 million Lemann Foundation donation and launch the Lemann Centre for Development, Education, and Public Policy. flag Their move, while not officially explained, follows concerns over U.S. research funding cuts and academic freedom. flag They will continue their work on poverty, health, and education policy, maintaining part-time ties to MIT.

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