Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ
5:30 p.m. Eastern, in person and livestream

On December 7, 2022, the Social Science Research Council, in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study, will award the 2022 Albert O. Hirschman Prize to Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Professor Glaeser will give the Hirschman Prize Lecture, “The Connecting Machine: Cities in the Rich and Poor World,” during a ceremony in Wolfensohn Hall at IAS.

To register to attend the lecture either in person or via the livestream, please RSVP by November 30, 2022.

Awarded every two years, the Albert O. Hirschman Prize is the highest honor of the Social Science Research Council. It recognizes excellence in research, theory, and public communication, in the tradition of German-born American economist Albert Hirschman’s pioneering role in social science and public policy.