As a hub of innovation, the Institute holds a unique advantage as an action-oriented group in a theory-oriented environment. It draws members and practices from both the professional and academic sectors to propose and test well-researched and contextualized solutions to problems faced by impoverished communities. The Institute strives to promote dignity-based disruption, tackling systems at the community level and encourages solutions that build local resilience to improve quality of life.
The Hunt Institute seeks to intersect innovative research with practical applications to counter the effects of local and global poverty.
Our Founders
Learn more about the founders of the Hunt Institute: Hunter & Stephanie Hunt, Dr. Bobby B. Lyle, and William and Gay Solomon.
Our Team
Each year the Hunt Institute Team changes and evolves as students graduate and new students arrive at SMU. Read more about the current Hunt Institute Team.
Our Experts
The Hunt Institute group of experts includes Lyle and SMU faculty, and engineering industry leaders.
The James Pratt Collection
The Pratt Collection is a reference library that includes over 900 book and other resources that can be found nowhere else.