The University of Chicago: Graduate Studies

Credential Program Faculty Spotlight: Sample Class with Benjamin Krause

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM until 8:00 PMCentral Standard Time UTC -06:00

Enhance your portfolio and strengthen your skills with our Credential Programs taught by leading faculty at the University of Chicago. Whether you are preparing for graduate school or seeking professional advancement, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Credential Programs prepare you with tangible skills you can use immediately.

In this special session, “Introduction to Crafting Policy-Relevant Research”, you will hear from Harris Credential Programs faculty and experience our distinctive, practice-oriented learning approach. The session is open to all interested participants.

Speaker: Benjamin Krause
Benjamin Krause, Executive Director at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, is an economist, social sector leader, international development professional, and humanitarian emergency responder. For more than two decades, he has been identifying and implementing impactful programming with marginalized communities and local governments across more than 30 low- and middle-income countries as well as in the US. Ben has a record of launching, rapidly building, and strategically leading highly collaborative, diverse, and dynamic organizations. He focuses on designing and writing causally-identified, policy-relevant research and then crafting and implementing evidence-based policy.

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