Research

Research is at the heart of our success, and has the power to transform lives.

Research Culture

Lancaster University Management School is a collegial, multidisciplinary and innovative management research institution. We aspire to be world-leading in all our research activities by developing, recruiting and retaining world-leading researchers. We embed research into every aspect of our activities and through this, achieve significant impact for all our stakeholders.

LUMS has built a 20-year reputation for research of exceptional quality as attested to by our performance in the RAE/REF since 1996. The School’s long-term commitment to developing research of the highest quality has encouraged a research culture with four distinctive features:

Deeply embedded: all core activities are research-led
Theoretically informed: LUMS is widely recognised for theoretical innovations
Distinctly multi/interdisciplinary
Collegial in a significant and tangible way

Resourcing academic career development

LUMS has developed organisational processes to ensure that academic staff have the time, resources, organisational support and collegial environment necessary to undertake research of excellent quality such as significant dedicated research time, targeted resources and incentives, and excellent research support both locally and centrally.

Research within LUMS is led by our Associate Dean for Research, Professor Konstantinos Zografos, and our dedicated team of research colleagues.

Research Power

The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) results in 2014 demonstrated that Lancaster University Management School is the most research intensive business school in the UK. We have built a 20-year reputation for research excellence through our performance in this measure since 1996.

1st

Lancaster University Management School was ranked 1st in the UK for 'research power'.

80% of LUMS research was rated internationally excellent or world-leading.

We were rated joint 1st for research environment, demonstrating the vitality and sustainability of our research.

Shaping the next generation of researchers

Fundamental to our research culture at LUMS is an active and embedded PhD programme, which has been recognised by the FT as one of the best in Europe. Excellence in supervision, training and support of research students is at the centre of our focus. Research students are located in our academic departments and are an integral part of the research environment in LUMS.

Research Centres

We have ten core Research Centres focusing on delivering impact in key areas, and the Work Foundation which aims to shape the future of work.

Research Initiatives

Our research initiatives extend across multiple departments and subject areas within LUMS, delivering innovative approaches to research.

Completed Research

Our completed research areas underpin our strong reputation for research excellence, and have played a vital role in our REF performance to date.

Research Showcase

Find out more about how our groundbreaking research is making its mark on business, industry and the wider community.

News

New hospital technology disrupts staff routines, forces improvisation to ensure patient safety

Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.

A team of young colleagues working on a graphic design project

Creative industries sector faces talent and diversity challenges to ensure future success

New research from the Work Foundation has identified nine pressing skills and diversity challenges facing the creative industries.

UK health services can be model for the world in creating compassionate workplaces for doctors

A new General Medical Council (GMC) report, co-authored by a Lancaster University professor, finds the UK’s health services could be world leaders in creating workplaces which support doctors’ wellbeing and patient safety if existing good practice were applied more widely.

Two business people shaking hands over a new deal

Business collaboration in new product development yields innovativion and performance

Businesses looking for a cutting edge in new products when facing technological turbulence benefit from greater innovation when working with other firms in the same value chain.

Cattle wander amid the debris in front of the destroyed mosque in Palu, Indonesia, after a tsunami

New research project to tackle emergency natural disaster response problems

A new research project aims to tackle problems and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness and response in countries badly affected by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.

How to make travel smoother and less stressful

Dr Burak Boyaci speaks to the Guardian about potential methods to improve travel efficiency.

More News

"What's exciting about Lancaster is that it encourages interdisciplinary and cross-field research. This enables us to sometimes take more innovative approaches and do something a little different to the mainstream."

Dr Katy Mason, Department of Marketing

Research Events

Discover our events, seminars and conferences taking place throughout the year.

15th Jan

Managing Emerging Technology Supply Chains: the next competitive capability - Jonathan D Linton (University of Sheffield)

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

19th Feb