James A. Robinson

James Robinson
James Robinson
	Robinson at 2024 Nobel Week
Born	James Alan Robinson; 1960 (age 65–66); Chelmsford, England, UK
Citizenship	United Kingdom; American
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, Berkeley; University of Southern California; University of Melbourne;

James Alan Robinson (born 1960) is a British-American economist and political scientist. He is a University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, where he led the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. Robinson 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. In 2024, Robinson, Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies on prosperity between nations.