Dr. David Skarbek, Associate Professor of Political Science and Political Economy;  Director, Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Brown University

Topic: “Prisonomics – Why Prison Gangs Rose to Power”

Time:  12 Noon

Date:  September 22, 2023

David Skarbek is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at Brown University, and the inaugural director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. His research examines how extralegal governance institutions form, operate, and evolve. He has published extensively on the informal institutions that govern life in prisons in California and around the globe. His work has appeared in leading journals in political science, economics, and criminology, including in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, and Journal of Criminal Justice.