The Centre for Business Network Analysis is able to supervise a wide range of PhD topics involving applications of social network analysis.
Potential PhD Topics:
We are particularly interested in the following research areas:
- virtual production processes (Conaldi, R. De Vita)
- knowledge creation and sharing within multinational enterprise (Cronin, Chen, Walia)
- business ecosystems, entrepreneurial/innovation ecosystems (Lin, Sohns)
- regional economic clusters (Cronin, Conaldi, De Vita, Ghinoi, Gorgoni, Langosch, Sohns)
- international trade and investment (Gorgoni, Cronin, Sohns, Bui)
- value creation and capture (Gorgoni, Cronin)
- business internationalisation (Cronin, Chen, Bui, Langosch, Walia)
- Institutions, internationalisation and entry modes (Walia)
- international business partnerships (Langosch)
- corporate networks (Cronin, Popov, R. De Vita)
- director interlocks (Cronin, Popov, R. De Vita)
- business-government relations (Cronin, Popov, Bui)
- leadership and organisational behaviour in networks (Pallotti)
- multilevel networks (Pallotti, Ghinoi)
- Relational event models from video data (Palotti)
- off/online human dynamics (Conaldi, Sohns)
- dynamics on/of networks (Conaldi, Cronin)
- discourse network analysis (Ghinoi)
- healthcare systems (Pallotti)
- NGO supporter networks (Garston)
- social resource management (St Hillaire)
- cross-cultural management (Langosch)
- blockchain (Vasudevan, Sohns)
Scholarships
We periodically offer PhD scholarships. Each scholarship provides a stipend equivalent to the national minimum doctoral stipend (NMDS) set out by Research Councils UK (RCUK), 拢15,285 for 2020/21 and a full waiver of tuition fees to home/EU tuition level. Scholarships are available for three years from the date scholars first register as an MPhil/PhD student with the university. Candidates must demonstrate that they have achieved a minimum classification of 2:1 (Upper Second) in their first degree in a relevant discipline (UK or UK equivalent).
Current research students
Ali Al Busaidi - Socialisation During Organisational On-boarding.
Silvana Croft - Heterogeneity in the Transition from Analog to Digital within the British Film Industry.
Nicolo Gozzi - Modelling Behavioural Changes Induced by Infectious Disease via Physical Activity Trackers.
Yehui Hu - Evolution of Guanxi within Chinese Large-scale Exhibition Service Market.
Bertha Okpara - The Role of Collaboration and Social Networks In Achievement of Change Management and Project Success in the Pharmaceutical Sector.
Birant Osman - Innovation Networks in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Mohamed Shedid - The Interplay of Online and Offline Networks in the Development of High-tech Clusters and Technology Incubators.
Christy Smith - Networks of Oligopoly: An Exploration of how Social Structure and Individual Perception
Impact Collaboration in the UK Construction Industry
Feng Zhang - Chinese Corporate Overseas Direct Investment in the UK.
Zsofia Zador - The international organisation of production in manufacturing: A multilevel network analysis
Current research students
Alumni
Dr Aya Awad - University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo
Dr Christos Bassayannis - SAP, Shanghai
Ann Braithwaite - Managing Director, TurquoiseNZ
Dr鈥疶erry Brett鈥�- IBM
Dr Emmanuel Igwe
Dr Dawn Foster鈥�- Pivotal
Dr Cornell Jackson - University of Leeds
Dr Hoang Luong鈥�- Goldsmiths University
Dr Stefanos Michiotis鈥�- Tetras Consulting
Bankole Olagibaye - Centrica
Dr Anna Piazza - University College London
Dr Mohammed Sadek - University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo
Dr Yasaman Sarabi - Herriot Watt University
Dr Julia Schoenbrunn鈥�- Koester & Partner
Dr Matthew Smith - Napier Edinburgh University
Dr Sergey Sosnovskikh鈥�- De Montfort University
Dr Srinidhi Vasudevan鈥�- 秋葵视频