Network

Research Initiatives

Bringing together UChicago Scholars around common themes to advance frontier research and global impact. Go beyond the research and view our Initiative Insights.

Big
Data
Initiative

Chicago
Experiments
Initiative

Health
Economics
Initiative

Industrial
Organization
Initiative

International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative

Macroeconomic
Research
Initiative

Political
Economics
Initiative

Price
Theory
Initiative

Public Economics Initiative

Ronzetti Initiative
for the Study of
Labor Markets

Socioeconomic Inequalities
Initiative

Regional Initiatives

BFI collaborates with global institutions and leaders in China, Latin America, and India to generate economic insights that address the pressing challenges these regions face.

Programs & Centers

BFI supports multi-disciplinary programs and centers that use the tools of economics to address some of the most significant issues of our time.

Projects

More work from BFI scholars and related endeavors.

UChicago Partners

The University of Chicago is also home to a variety of other labs, programs, centers, institutes, and other efforts engaged at the intersection of research and policy, including: