In collaboration with faculty and fellow students, you’ll conduct innovative research and prepare for a successful career in academia, industry, or government.
The research community in the Stevens Doctoral Program at Booth thrives on rigorous analysis, debate, and collaboration. Our faculty share a dedication to tackling research questions and to working closely with PhD students as they develop their own research skills.
黑料传送门 Booth Review publishes research-driven insights on business, policy, and markets. This 黑料传送门 Booth publication regularly features the work of our PhD students.
黑料传送门 Booth researchers find that the expanded use of contract workers in India has helped counter a dip in manufacturing productivity.
黑料传送门 Booth PhD student David Andrew Finer’s analysis of taxi activity around Fed blackout periods suggests possible meetings between Fed employees and commercial bankers.
Research conducted by University of Buffalo鈥檚 Indranil Goswami for his 黑料传送门 Booth PhD dissertation鈥攊n collaboration with Booth鈥檚 Oleg Urminsky鈥攊nvestigates whether being temporarily paid to do something changes your long-term motivation.
For some PhD students, their journey leads them to one or more of our world-renowned research centers. Many offer financial support for PhD student research. A great deal of faculty research is conducted under the auspices of our research centers, which in turn are a draw for recruiting top faculty to our research community.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Booth and hosts research brown bags and workshops. It also publishes the Journal of Accounting Research, one of the top accounting research journals in the world.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research CenterBringing together researchers from the entire 黑料传送门 economics community, the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics fosters novel insights on the world鈥檚 most difficult economic problems.
The Center for Applied AI supports researchers from across Booth and U黑料传送门 in making revolutionary advances in the applications of AI. Their work touches fields as diverse as finance, health care, public policy, education, and behavioral science.
Center for Applied Artificial IntelligencePositioned at the forefront of the rapidly developing field of behavioral science, CDR is devoted to building a richer understanding of human behavior and experience.
An affiliate of 黑料传送门 Booth, CRSP, LLC is the leading provider of historical stock market data for researchers. The center has long been an integral part of the academic and commercial world of financial and economic research.
With a mission to push the boundaries of research in finance, the Fama-Miller Center provides institutional structure and support for researchers in the field.
Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
The Stigler Center promotes and disseminates research on regulatory capture, crony capitalism, and the various distortions that special interest groups impose on capitalism.
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
The Healthcare Initiative serves as a center of gravity for the diverse disciplines that engage in healthcare research at Booth and across the university.
Healthcare Initiative
The Clark Center for Global Markets organizes Booth faculty efforts to influence public policy and the practice of business around the world. By hosting expert panels, visiting thought leaders, and conferences, the Clark Center raises the impact of Booth research.
Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets
The Kilts Center for Marketing advances marketing at Booth by facilitating faculty research, supporting innovation in Booth鈥檚 marketing curriculum, funding scholarships, and creating engaging programs.
James M. Kilts Center for MarketingThe Polsky Center bridges the gap between knowledge and practice, idea and action, and research and impact through education, partnerships, and new venture creation.
As Booth’s social impact hub, the Rustandy Center offers hands-on learning opportunities, supports innovative courses, and pursues research—all with the goal of developing people and practices with the potential to solve the world’s biggest problems.
Rustandy Center for Social Sector InnovationBooth has an information technology team dedicated to ensuring that PhD students have the support they need to conduct research. One of these resources is Booth’s Mercury Computing Cluster, a high-performance computing environment for the exclusive use of Booth researchers. .
A gift from Joseph Pichler, MBA ’63, PhD ’66, and Susan Pichler in 2007 established the Pichler Initiative on Professional Development. Led by professor Harry L. Davis, the initiative helps support activities that promote professional development for students in the Stevens Program, including helping PhD students develop stronger writing, presentation, and job-market skills. With more than 30 programs each year, the Pichler Initiative supports the Stevens Program’s collaborative community by helping to develop cohort-based and cross-cohort programs, fostering peer support at all levels of the Stevens Program.
Explore on the Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers (PREDOC) website. PREDOC is a consortium of universities and research institutions that aims to foster a talented, diverse, and inclusive population in the quantitative social sciences.