Research areas, groups and societies
Keele Business School
Our research informs policy, and working alongside our partners we push at the limits of knowledge and understanding to pursue an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to thinking and business solutions.
Our expertise
School Research Director – Dr Kathryn Simpson
PGR Director – Dr Rosa Fernandez Martin
We nurture a culture of engagement, inclusion and cohesion that allows a progressive view of the world to flourish and research careers to thrive. We draw on Keele University’s tradition of interdisciplinary research rooted in the social sciences and humanities, addressing broad societal interests related to work, organisations and markets within a strong tradition of creative methodologies.
We are structured into four core cross-disciplinary groups to support and drive interdisciplinary collaboration:
- Responsible Business & Good Growth
- Sustainability
- Digital Innovation
- Knowledge Exchange, Enterprise & Employability
Our research groups are linked with specialist research institutes across Keele University; namely the Institute for Global Health & Wellbeing, Institute for Sustainable Futures, Institute for Social Inclusion, and Digital Society Institute.
Beyond core business, economics and management studies social inclusion and sustainability are core themes of our research, closely aligned to the UN Sustainable Development goals and mission of the new, interdisciplinary University research institutes: Keele Institute for Social Inclusion, Keele Institute for Sustainable Futures, Keele Institute for Global Health and Digital Society Institute. Researchers in the School address those key global and social challenges by engaging with robust and rigorous research that boundary spans our clusters, and undertake doctoral supervision mirroring these principal themes.
Our research has substantial reach, impact and significance for real world organisations. Our faculty engage with a range of local and global organisations that include: local, regional and national government; NHS; HMRC; regional, national and international Chambers of Commerce; and companies such as AstraZeneca; Holland & Barrett; Lego.
Research is funded by a range of bodies that include Innovate UK; British Council; Department for Business and Trade; Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council; Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs; British Academy; Nuffield Foundation; Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.
We publish scholarship in internationally leading academic journals in business and management and related disciplines including:
Academic journals
- International Journal of Operations and Production Management
- Socio-Economic Review
- Regional Studies
- Journal of Banking & Finance
- Technovation
- Journal of Business Research
- Information Systems Frontiers: a journal of research and innovation
- European Journal of Marketing
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change
- Journal of Environmental Management
- World Development
- Journal of Rural Studies
- IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
Keele Business School Research
Our business research portfolio has depth, impact, and is sustainability-focused, harnessing a collegial vitality that enhances the learning environment through close engagement with industry regionally, nationally and internationally.
