Wharton’s 20+ research centers and initiatives serve as a hub for exchange and study where faculty, students, and members of the business community address pressing global business challenges. Their work generates courses, academic programs, community outreach, working papers, published research, and partnerships among academics, industry, and government.
Analytics
AI for Business
Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Lead
Wharton Customer Analytics (WCA)
Raghu Iyengar, Faculty Director
Wharton People Analytics
Matthew Bidwell, Angela Duckworth, Adam Grant, Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Faculty Directors
Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative
Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Faculty Directors
Behavioral Economics
Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Angela Duckworth and Katherine Milkman, Co-Directors
Wharton Neuroscience Initiative
Michael Platt, Director
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center
Karl T. Ulrich, Faculty Lead
William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management
Nicolaj Siggelkow, Harbir Singh, and Christian Terwiesch, Co-Directors
Finance
Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
Bilge Yilmaz, Academic Director
Financial Institutions Center
Richard J. Herring, Director
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research
Christopher Geczy and Craig MacKinlay, Academic Directors
Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
Itamar Drechsler and Luke Taylor, Co-Directors
Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance
David Musto, Director
Insurance & Pension
Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
Olivia S. Mitchell, Director
Pension Research Council
Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director
Operations Management
Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
Morris A. Cohen and Marshall L. Fisher, Co-Directors
Risk Management, Climate, and the Environment
Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Howard Kunreuther and Robert Meyer, Co-Directors