Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:30am on 12 Oct 2025,Sunday India Global
Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to join the University of Zurich next year. The distinguished duo will establish a new center for development economics at the Swiss university. This significant move occurs amid escalating tensions between US universities and the White House over restrictions tied to federal research funding. The departure of two such prominent academics from MIT represents a notable loss for American academia and highlights growing concerns about research environment constraints in the United States. Their relocation to Switzerland signals potential shifts in global academic leadership as European institutions attract top-tier talent from traditional American research powerhouses. (PC: X)
