Research Partnerships
Our cutting-edge research partnerships connect leading academics with partners in the for-profit, nonprofit, and public sectors in support of game-changing social sector research.
“We spent time researching and analyzing the number of households of chili consumers, as well as potential consumers, and we found that 60 percent of households in Kenya could be our customers. Before, I didn’t know this. I was running my business blind.”
— Rwandan entrepreneur Gabriel Mushimiyimana
Impact Finance Research Consortium
A collaboration among Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, this consortium is advancing academic research on impact investing. Faculty are to better understand impact investing.
Partner with Us
We’d love to explore opportunities to partner with your organization on social sector research. To get started, contact the Rustandy Center Research Team.
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Data Sources
The Rustandy Center supports research in the social sector by providing access to a variety of data sources and database support.
Data Sources
Research Papers
We support game-changing social impact research—and then share those findings with people who are tackling big problems.
Research PapersStories from Our Research Community
What is social impact research?
Social impact research combines data, rigorous analysis, and real-world experience to explore solutions to complex social and environmental issues.
What is social impact research?
New Report Looks at How Firms Measure Corporate Social Responsibility
Rustandy Center researchers collected CSR reports, identified common metrics for ESG investors, others.
New Report Looks at How Firms Measure Corporate Social Responsibility
Research to Practice: Booth Professor, Alumna Team up to Fight Malaria
Rustandy Center research partnership aims to develop supply chain, deliver health supplies in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Research to Practice: Booth Professor, Alumna Team up to Fight Malaria