Current research students
| Banusha Aruchunarasa | How can the integration of digitalization and sustainability in supply chains result in improvement of business performance? |
| Steven Brown | Bridging the gap between practical and critical: a network analysis approach to strategy as practice. |
| Silvana Croft | Heterogeneity in the transition from analog to digital within the British Film Industry. |
| Shaika Jannat | Cultivating sustainable consumer behaviours within the sharing economy: An empirical study of bike-sharing. |
| Rafeekh Kanakkan Thodi | Innovation diffusion through managerial networks. |
| Hanhua Li | The influence of internal social media use on the innovation performance of corporate employees. |
| Bertha Okpara | The role of collaboration and social networks In achievement of change management and project success in the pharmaceutical sector. |
| Balint Osman | An exploration what facilitates the uptake of new technologies and innovations in the development of drugs and new medicines in the pharmaceutical industry. |
| Md Kamruzzaman Shapon | The rising influence of AI in digital marketing |
| Mohamed Shedid | The interplay of online and offline networks in the development of high-tech clusters and technology incubators. |
| Minli Song | Mainstream consumers driving new energy cars: A qualitative analysis of acceptance and satisfaction. |
| Neda Tabatabaei | User innovation in online communities. |
| Kaiyue Yang | Blockchain applications in healthcare. |
| Luciana Weatherall | How do fintech SMEs use innovation to compete in the ethical finance market in the UK? |
Potential PhD Topics:
We are particularly interested in the following research areas:
- Supply Chain Management
- closed loop supply chain (Zhou)
- waste management (Zhou)
- supply chain strategy (Adebanjo, Z. Liu)
- sustainable supply chains (Adebanjo)
- operational research (Zhang)
- sustainable/green supply chain & logistics (Ali)
- circular economy/net zero/carbon neutral supply chain (Ali, Z. Liu)
- supply chain partnerships/collaboration (Ali, Z. Liu)
- lean Six Sigma in the supply chain (Ali)
- halal supply chain and logistics (Ali)
- Transport
- cycling, electric vehicles, SNM (Ieromonachou)
- sustainable transport (Bogaars)
- transport poverty (Bogaars)
- Business Ecosystems
- circular economy transition, business model, ecosystem (Chan, Coca Stefaniak, F.A. Arranz, Z. Liu)
- eco-, sustainable-, social-innovation & entrepreneurship (Chan, Coca Stefaniak, F.A. Arranz)
- industrial sustainability and manufacturing systems (Zhang)
- business strategy and ecosystems (Zhang)
- business ecosystems, entrepreneurial/innovation ecosystems (Chan, Hansen-Addy)
- legitimacy and entrepreneurial ecosystems/teams (Baig)
- STI (science and technology-based innovation), and DUI (innovation based on learning-by-doing, by-using, and by-interacting) innovation modes (Hansen-Addy)
- virtual production processes (Conaldi)
- regional economic clusters (Cronin, Conaldi, Gorgoni, Chan)
- digital creative, cultural and heritage sector (Chan, Coca Stefaniak, Cronin)
- Digital Economy
- digital platform ecosystem (Chan)
- digitalisation/Industry 4.0 in supply chain management (Ali)
- blockchain (Vasudevan)
- ethics of Artificial Intelligence (Von Schomberg)
- digitalisation/sustainability relationship (Guandalini)
- Innovation Management
- Innovation management (Chan. Hansen-Addy, Z. Liu)
- living labs (Coca Stefaniak)
- entrepreneurial orientation (Chan, Coca Stefaniak, Dioszegi)
- institutional entrepreneurship (Baig)
- responsible innovation (Von Schomberg)
- sustainability and change management (Guandalini)
- Innovation in sport (Von Schomberg)
- knowledge transfer via international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams (Hu, Mingchu)
- knowledge creation and sharing within multinational enterprise (Cronin, Hu, Walia)
- International Business
- international trade and investment (Gorgoni, Cronin, Bui)
- value creation and capture (Gorgoni, Cronin)
- business internationalisation (Cronin, Bui, Hu, Walia)
- Institutions, internationalisation and entry modes (Walia, Hansen-Addy, Hu)
- international business partnerships (Hu)
- business operations and innovation strategies in Africa (Hansen-Addy)
- Chinese MNEs (Bui, da Gama, Cronin)
- Latin America (da Gama)
- Corporate Networks
- corporate networks (Cronin, Popov, De Vita)
- director interlocks (Cronin, Popov, De Vita)
- business-government relations (Cronin, Popov, Bui)
- Inter-firm governance and relationships (Chan)
- Organisational Networks
- leadership and organisational behaviour in networks (Dioszegi)
- off/online human dynamics (Conaldi, Cronin)
- dynamics on/of networks (Conaldi, Cronin)
- discourse network analysis (da Gama)
- guanxi (Cronin)
- Public Relations
- public relations in the non-profit sector (Garston)
- the development of specialisations in public relations (Garston)
- corporate communication (Garston)
- public relations (Garston)
- Social Systems
- NGO supporter networks (Garston)
- social resource management (St Hillaire)
Scholarships
We periodically offer PhD scholarships. Each scholarship provides a stipend equivalent to the national minimum doctoral stipend (NMDS) set out by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), 拢18,622 for 2024/25 and a full waiver of tuition fees to home tuition level, currently 拢4,712. 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).
Alumni
Dr Ali Al Busadi - State Bank of Oman
Dr Anusha Anusha - 秋葵视频
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 Quang Dong - 秋葵视频
Dr Dawn Foster鈥�- Pivotal
Dr Xiaoyu Gu - Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Dr Yehui Hu
Dr Cornell Jackson - University of Leeds
Dr Nicolo Gozzi - YOOX Net-a-Porter Group
Dr Qiwen Hu - Western International School of Shanghai
Dr Le Thuy An Dang
Dr Lin Huang - Nottingham University, Ningbo
Dr Emmanuel Igwe
Dr Hoang Luong鈥�- Goldsmiths University
Dr Stefanos Michiotis鈥�- Tetras Consulting
Dr Tiep Nguyen - Westcon-Comstor
Dr Truong Nguyen - Brunel University
Bankole Olagibaye - Centrica
Dr Eleftheria Panagiotopoulou
Dr Fanny Paschek
Dr Anna Piazza - 秋葵视频
Dr Jingwen Qu
Dr Thitika Ratanachaikul
Dr Mohammed Sadek - University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo
Dr Sadiye Sadanoglu - 秋葵视频
Dr Yasaman Sarabi - Heriot-Watt University
Dr Julia Schoenbrunn鈥�- Koester & Partner
Dr Matthew Smith - Heriot Watt University
Dr Sergey Sosnovskikh鈥�- Salford University
Dr Srinidhi Vasudevan鈥�- 秋葵视频
Dr Feng Zhang - Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University
Dr Xu Zhao - Beijing Transport Institute
Dr Zsofia Zador - Northeastern University, London
Current PhD Scholarships
None