Research Centers for Interdisciplinary Study

Wharton’s distinguished faculty are the thought leaders that drive the School’s 20 research centers and initiatives. These interdisciplinary centers are an intellectual hub for Wharton and University of Pennsylvania faculty, students, and members of the business community, who come together to study and debate key business challenges. Their work generates courses, academic programs, community outreach, published research, and partnerships among academics, government, and industry. Wharton’s research centers and initiatives cover the following topics:

• Customer Analytics
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Management
• Ethics
• Family Business
• Finance
  • Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
  • Quantitative Financial Research
  • The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
  • Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance
• Global Initiatives
  • Penn Wharton China Center
  • Wharton-INSEAD Center for Global Research & Education
• Health Economics
  • Center for Health Management and Economics
  • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

• Human Resources
• Innovation Management
• Insurance and Pensions
  • Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
  • Pension Research Council
• Leadership
• Management
• Neuroscience
• Operations Management
• People Analytics
• Public Policy
  • Penn Wharton Budget Model
• Real Estate
• Retailing
• Risk Management
• Sports and Business
• Transportation