Research Centers & Initiatives
Our faculty-led research centers and initiatives span many disciplines and subject areas, including developing innovative healthcare solutions using artificial intelligence, taking a deeper dive into emerging market trends around in-demand topics like corporate purpose, strategy, and data-driven solutions, and contributing to large-scale initiatives like the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Centers
Center for Business and Public Policy
The Center promotes rigorous research about how market forces and public policy shape one another and communicates these findings in the classroom and through public engagement activities. Faculty research analyzes programs and policies to advance discussion around regulatory framework, the tax system, and government spending.
Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society
The Center leads the discussion about society’s expectations for professional responsibility at both the individual and organizational level. It promotes the development of responsible professional behavior in today’s students, enabling them to become effective leaders in competitive, challenging business environments.
University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics
The Center develops leading-edge business analytics curriculum and resources to provide students with the data knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to become the most highly-trained business leaders of tomorrow. Faculty and fellows within the Center generate course material, case studies, and more business schools around the country can incorporate into their existing curriculum.
Vernon K. Zimmerman Center for International Education and Research in Accounting
The Center serves students, faculty, and professionals through leadership and educational support in international accountancy and business research. It provides innovative learning experiences in all aspects of scholarship, including the creation, integration, and dissemination of accounting knowledge in the international domain.
Initiatives
The Initiative for Qualitative Research in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INQUIRE)
INQUIRE supports research that draws upon interviews, observations, and archival data to understand the complex social processes underlying the creation, development and growth of novel ideas, innovative business models, and new organizations. INQUIRE provides a hub for the qualitative research community within Gies and a point of connection with qualitative researchers across campus and beyond.
The Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative (ISOI)
The ISOI mission is to develop the next generation of thought leadership in the design and management of organizations and their strategic agendas. It brings together a world-class group of interdisciplinary scholars who aim to guide the research and practice of purposeful approaches to strategic management and organizations for the 2020s.
Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research
The Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research (ORMIR) was established to design research on critical issues facing the industry and engage students seeking careers in risk management and insurance. Because insurance crosses many disciplines, ORMIR connects students across campus and partners with professionals to engage in students’ career exploration.