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A Shark Tank style incubator for inequality

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Our approach

We are an ASU-wide center that pairs interdisciplinary entrepreneurship with the enthusiasm of ASU students and thought leadership of ASU faculty and staff to fix our nation’s greatest inequalities.

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A community of doers, thinkers and storytellers

We are a community

Open to all ASU students, faculty, staff and alumni, as well as anyone else interested in our work.

that makes things

We create actual products from iPhone apps to an index that measures inequality.

We create actual products from iPhone apps to an index that measures inequality
A community of doers, thinkers and storytellers

to help people

Conquer social, political and economic inequality. Learn more about our transdisciplinary approach to problem-solving.

defeat injustice.

The U.S. is divided - and we believe fighting for a new future of equality can bring us together as a country.

The U.S. is divided - and we believe fighting for a new future of equality can bring us together as a country.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inequality is rising Here is how we turn the tide: Research We support ASU faculty conducting research to advance equity and inclusion for all communities, particularly research that can contribute to immediate, “real-world” applications for reducing structural inequality. Coming soon Projects Informed by cutting-edge research, we create tangible and useful products that communities can use to help reduce the effects of inequality. View projects

Research

We support ASU faculty conducting research to advance equity and inclusion for all communities, particularly research that can contribute to immediate, “real-world” applications for reducing structural inequality.

Coming soon
 

Projects

Informed by cutting-edge research, we create tangible and useful products that communities can use to help reduce the effects of inequality.

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