Business and Management research centres

There are currently four research centres and groups associated with the School of Business and Management: the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR); the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED); the Centre for Research in Management and Organisational History (CMOH); and the Centre for Ethics and Politics (CfEP).

Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR)

The CGR aims to be a leading academic hub for research on globalisation. Research, dissemination and user engagement activities are structured around three research programmes, linked by the common theme of the analysis of globalisation:

  • Economic Systems and Development
  • Knowledge, Organisation and Social Networks
  • Multinationals

It is a multidisciplinary project with its fellows and associates being drawn from the fields of economics, history, law, management, politics and sociology.

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Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED)

CRED is at the leading edge of equality and diversity research nationally and internationally. Our research is focused on employment relations policies and practices, global diversity management, labour force and sectoral studies, migration, professional and low paid work, career studies, marketing and organisational aspects of equality and diversity and draws on the intersecting nature of inequalities including gender, ethnicity, religion, age and class.

The Centre has received in excess of £750,000 in grants from European and UK bodies and has built strong alliances with international universities and institutions.

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Centre for Research in Management and Organisational History (CMOH)

The Centre for Research in Management and Organisational History (CMOH) was established in the summer of 2010.  Its members are engaged in research in diverse historical subjects ranging chronologically from McCartney’s research into corporate financial reporting in the eighteenth century to Maielli’s work on the introduction of robots at Fiat.  Research also goes beyond the confines of what has been traditionally understood by 'Business History', with for example Rowlinson’s analysis of the (mis)use by corporations of their own history as part of their public relations, and O'Shaughnessy’s study of the marketing methods of the Nazis.  

Centre for Ethics and Politics (CfEP)

The Centre for Ethics and Politics fosters post-disciplinary research, teaching, and public engagement regarding the ethical and political dimensions of global business discourses, practices, and architectures. It provides an open institutional framework for scholars and postgraduate students in the School of Business and Management working together with scholars in other disciplines to collaborate on investigations, projects, and pedagogy addressing the ethical and political dimensions of new forms of work and emerging workplaces, as well as the ethics and politics of global tendencies in business and the environment, logistics and energy, finance and property, and regulation and governance.

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