Centers & Institutes Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) International Innovation Corps The Pearson Institute Urban Labs Center for Economic Policy The History of Chicago Economics Center for Effective Government Center for Health Policy Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP) Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab Center for Impact Sciences Center for Municipal Finance Center for Survey Methodology Candidate Name Order Project Center for the Economics of Human Development Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility Affiliated Centers The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago advances groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research on the origins and nature of contemporary inequalities.By bringing together an interdisciplinary community of scholars to exchange ideas, integrate approaches, and confront empirical challenges, the Stone Center generates the rigorous research necessary to guide effective policy solutions to ameliorate socioeconomic inequality, promote mobility, and improve economic well-being. News Stone Center Premieres "The Inequality Podcast" New podcast discusses the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service ProfessorSteven Durlauf Steven Durlauf’s research spans many topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. His most important substantive contributions involve the areas of poverty, inequality and economic growth.