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Analytics, AI & Data Science
Analytics at Wharton
Eric T. Bradlow, Vice Dean
- AI & Analytics for Business
Kartik Hosanagar, Raghu Iyengar, Prasanna Tambe, Faculty Co-Directors - Computational Social Science Lab at Penn
Duncan Watts, Director - Wharton Neuroscience Initiative
Michael Platt, Director - Wharton People Analytics
Matthew Bidwell, Angela Duckworth, Adam Grant, Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Faculty Directors - Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative
Cade Massey and Adi Wyner, Faculty Leads
Behavioral Economics
Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Angela Duckworth and Katherine Milkman, Co-Directors
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship
Lori Rosenkopf
Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management
Nicolaj Siggelkow, Harbir Singh, and Christian Terwiesch, Co-Directors
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative
Witold (Vit) Henisz, Vice Dean and Faculty Director
- Climate Center
Arthur van Benthem and Sarah Light, Co-Directors - Impact Investing Research Lab
Katherine Klein, Director - Political Risk & Identity Lab
Witold (Vit) Henisz and Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez, Co-Directors - Zicklin Center for Governance & Business Ethics
William S. Laufer and Mary Hunter (Mae) McDonnell, Co-Directors
Finance
Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
Bilge Yilmaz, Academic 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
Public Policy
Penn Wharton Budget Model
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director
Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR)
Peter Conti-Brown and Itay Goldstein, Co-Directors