Join the Network - Researchers

The Economic Self-Reliance Center encourages academicians, students, researchers, and alumni to become "Research Fellows." Research Fellows help the Center, facilitating growing knowledge and understanding of how to best create and maintain economic self-reliance. Subscribe

Fellow Engagement

The ESR Center agrees to: Give the Fellow preference in obtaining research funds from the Center Post the ESR Center Fellows' working papers on the Center's website Give individuals formal recognition as an "ESR Center Fellow" as well as recognition at annual ESR Conference

Fellows agree to: Be involved in on-going research that is related to the ESR Center's mission Be willing to participate in the yearly ESR Conference Be willing to participate in the Center's "Research Day"

Student Fellow Engagement

The ESR Center agrees to: Give recognition by the Center that they are a "Student ESR Center Fellow" Offer opportunities for involvement in Center conferences and projects

Fellows agree to: Be involved in activities designed to help further the ESR Center's mission Be committed to the aims of the Center Participate in annual conference

As the ESR Center works with these fellows together they facilitate economic self-reliance by furthering research relating to the ESR model and the ESR Center's research agenda. The research agenda is the ESR Center’s method for establishing best practices through continual feedback and improvement that will facilitate the economic self-reliance for millions of families around the world.

Research Agenda

• Create an Economic Self-Reliance Model
  Our goal is to create an economic self-reliance model to provide our partners with a model that can help each organization most effectively accomplish its mission.
  
• Enhance the Effectiveness of Practitioner Organizations
  Because the ESR Center is housed in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, we have both experience with and access to practitioners.
  
• Promote Interventions with Best ESR Impacts
  We have experience with numerous forms of interventions including microenterprise, microfranchising, education, and best business practices. We seek to promote those interventions that will provide the greatest impact on the greatest number.
  
• Measure Success At Family Level
  There is ample anecdotal evidence that shows the effectiveness of various forms of interventions. We are researching measurement tools for these outcomes that will allow us to constantly improve our economic self-reliance model (through this feedback loop) and will continually allow us to increase the impact we can have on economically vulnerable families.
  

Contact Information:

Research Director Richard McClendon richard_mcclendon@byu.edu 801.422.3246