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AI, Analytics, and Data Science
AI & Analytics at Wharton
Eric T. Bradlow, Vice Dean
Raghu Iyengar, Faculty Director of Innovation, Experiential Learning and Research Initiatives
- Wharton Accountable AI Lab
Kevin Werbach, Rory van Loo, Faculty Directors - Wharton AI in Finance Lab
Winston Dou, Faculty Director - Wharton Causal Data Science Lab
Dylan Small, Faculty Director - Wharton Human-AI Research
Robert Meyer, Kartik Hosanagar, Stefano Puntoni, and Prasanna Tambe, Faculty Directors - Computational Social Science Lab at Penn
Duncan Watts, Faculty Director - Wharton Generative AI Labs
Ethan Mollick, Faculty Director - Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab
Hamsa Bastani and Marissa King, Faculty Directors - Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative
Cade Massey and Adi Wyner, Faculty Directors
Behavioral Economics
Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Angela Duckworth and Katherine Milkman, Faculty Directors
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Venture Lab
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, Faculty Directors
- Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation (PVMI)
John Paul MacDuffie, Faculty Director - Embodied AI and Robotics for Business Initiative
Lynn Wu, Faculty Director
Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative
Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative
Witold (Vit) Henisz, Vice Dean and Faculty Director
- Climate Center
Arthur van Benthem and Sarah Light, Faculty Directors - Impact Investing Research Lab
Tyler Wry, Faculty Director - Opportunity Lab
Damon J. Phillips, Faculty Director - Political Risk & Identity Lab
Witold (Vit) Henisz, Faculty Director - Zicklin Center for Governance & Business Ethics
William S. Laufer and Mary Hunter (Mae) McDonnell, Faculty Directors
Finance
Finance at Wharton
Joao F. Gomes, Senior Vice Dean
- Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
Burcu Esmer and Bilge Yilmaz, Faculty Directors - Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research
Christopher Geczy and Craig MacKinlay, Faculty Directors - Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
Itamar Drechsler and Luke Taylor, Faculty Directors - Wharton Future of Finance Initiative
Itay Goldstein and Patrick Harker, Faculty Directors
Health Care Management
Health Care Excellence and Leadership Strategy (HEALS)
Guy David, Marissa King, Ingrid Nembhard, Faculty Directors
Health Economics
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
David Grande, Interim Executive Director
Insurance & Pension
Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
Olivia S. Mitchell, Faculty Director
Pension Research Council
Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director
Leadership
- Center for Leadership and Change Management
Michael Useem, Faculty Director - Wharton People Analytics and the Center for Human Resources
Mathew Bidwell and Peter Cappelli, Faculty Directors - Wharton Neuroscience Initiative
Michael Platt, Faculty Director - Workforce Futures Lab
Corinne Low, Faculty Director
Operations Management
Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
Gérard Cachon, Marshall Fisher, Santiago Gallino, Noah Gans, and Christian Terweish, Faculty Directors