Trust
As a public university, we hold the trust of our students, colleagues, peers and partners. We earn that trust by being straightforward, telling the truth, and being transparent in our methods.
Teamwork
We know that real-world problems don’t fit neatly into academic silos. That’s why we connect researchers across campus, and we look to learn from external partners through two-way problem-solving.
Win-Win
We build partnerships with the goal of benefitting everyone involved. Both external friends and campus colleagues bring personal, professional, and organizational goals. By understanding these goals and interests, we develop shared initiatives with mutual benefit.
The Nelson Enterprise is a business engagement program designed to build authentic relationships between the UW and external partners. Through connection and dialogue, we help connect business needs and expertise with the research and educational missions of the university. Housed in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, we serve as a nexus for connections on energy, air, water, land, and climate risk – with our students and faculty in nearly every college on campus.
By connecting with the Nelson Institute Enterprise, you can hire world-class faculty and researcher expertise and engage with a campus community across disciplines. Your company can tap into the cutting-edge discovery across energy and environmental systems, from forecasting global energy demand to customizing climate model data for infrastructure planning.
We have structured a flexible system to build relationships and launch projects. Whether you are interested in hiring analysts akin to a consulting company, or sharing your expertise with UW-Madison classes, we have lots of ways to meet your goals, interests, and priorities. Our goal is to connect your needs with UW-Madison’s knowledge creation engine.
The values of truth, teamwork, and mutual benefit play out in everything we do. This is business engagement, the Badger Way.
We would love to work with you.