Nobel Laureates Duflo and Banerjee Move to University of Zurich to Establish Development Economics Center

Oct 12, 2025 10:11 am CST

Nobel Economics Prize winners Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT to join the University of Zurich in July 2023, where they will establish the Lemann Center for Development, Education and Public Policy. The move comes amid concerns about research funding cuts and academic freedom challenges in the United States, though they will maintain part-time positions at MIT.