Birmingham Business School is renowned for its research. With over 130 lecturing and research staff, many internationally recognised authorities in their fields, our research contributes to academic debates worldwide. We undertake projects funded by the Research Councils, major trusts, professional institutions, government departments and the EU.
We offer four levels of research programmes:
Research degrees (MPhil / PhD / DBA / MSc)
Latest Research Projects
'Revealing Hidden Sales Trends and Management Practice from Supermarket Loyalty Card Technologies'
Principle Investigator: Dr Mark Palmer, Birmingham Business School
Collaborators: Dr Geoff Simmons, University of Ulster | Professor Andrew Fearne, University of Kent.
'Leadership of Place'
Our work has highlighted the importance of leaders understanding their local context and developing interventions and responses that are applicable to local need and circumstance.
Lead investigator: Lisa Trickett
‘The Dynamics of Open Innovation’
Funded by ESRC (£139,115 – January 2011-March 2012)
Principal Investigator: Professor Jim Love (Birmingham Business School)
Researcher: Dr Priit Vahter (based at Birmingham Business School)
‘The Role of Social Networking Sites in Promoting Alcohol: The Impact on Young People’
Funding Body: The Alcohol Education and Research Council
Principal Investigator: Dr Nina Michaelidou
Research Departments
The School is home to four departments, each designed to deliver authoritative research and specialist teaching:
Research Centres