Academic Directors
Itay Goldstein
Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor of Finance at the Wharton School
Patrick T. Harker
Rowan Distinguished Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at Wharton
Mission
The Wharton Future of Finance Initiative studies the financial system and its support of the real economy, with particular attention to two forces that shape it: the stability that sustains it and the innovation that transforms it. The Initiative examines how financial systems generate both resilience and new forms of systemic risk, focusing on areas including:
- Markets, Liquidity, and Financial Infrastructure
- Financial Stability and Systemic Risk
- Financial Innovation and Technology
- The Future of Money and Central Banking
Through research, convenings, co-curricular student programming, and engagement with policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, and the broader financial community, the Initiative connects emerging scholarship to the practical challenges shaping the future of the global financial system.