Leading Prosperity Science at the University of Utah
Prosperity:
The process by which people in a region improve their economic, social, and political well-being.
Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon
The Prosperity Paradox, 2019
We focus on integrating innovation and entrepreneurship with health enabling practices in pursuit of economic, social, and political well-being. Prosperity science is about discovering what makes this type of progress happen and ways to expand it.
The Center is a platform where faculty, staff, students, and partners advance and engage prosperity science to create capacity for improving life quality around the world by doing the following:
The Center aligns with the four organizing principles of the David Eccles School of Business:
entrepreneurial grit, continuous curiosity, empathetic global citizenship, and world impact.