Research
The College of Business and Economics produces world-class research across its diverse discipline areas. We collaborate with institutions and governments around the world to translate our research into tangible outcomes that help society and business.
View our latest CBE research publications. Research outputs for each of the four research schools can also be explored here.
Our focus is always on robust and relevant research that contributes to both theory and practice. Some of our current thematic areas of focus are listed below.
Economic field experiments are a way of answering important social questions in a world of messy and confounding variables. Our research steers policy around the world.
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Field experiment economics
Regulations for audit companies have huge flow-on effects for the market and firms around the world. Our research tests and informs those regulations.
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Impact of audit regulations
Decision-making in organisations is not always informed by up-to-date evidence. Our research fills these gaps with rigorous and practical studies.
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Evidence-based management
Social services such as healthcare and education can often sit behind high financial walls. Our research explores ways of improving access to those services.
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Income Contingent Loans
Health outcomes
Centres and Labs
The College is home to many specialised Centres and Labs that dive deep into research questions and offer bespoke research and learning opportunities.
Read more about our current pursuits.
Partner with us
We are committed to working in partnership with business, government and not-for-profit organisations, to achieve real-world impacts. Our goal is to create a competitive advantage for our partner organisations.
Read more on our partnerships page.
Research news
No news is unbiased but knowing this makes a difference
Understanding where a news outlet stands politically could help us build a clearer, less biased view of the world, research shows.
Is working from home better than being at the office?
Managers should take a tailored approach to getting more out of employees – whether their staff are working from home while running a load of washing or returning to the office and bonding over the water cooler.
The impact of gender on social exchanges in the workplace
Dr Karryna Madison receives award for her investigation into how gender influences leader-follower exchanges.
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