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

AI to help find causes of and reduce labour market gender and ethnic bias

A new £1m project, led by Lancaster University, will tackle the problem of gender and ethnic bias in recruitment and human resource management.

Small statues of Our Lady sold in a souvenir shop in Lourdes

Kitsch religious souvenirs can rekindle pilgrimage experience

‘Tacky' and ‘kitsch’ religious souvenirs brought back from pilgrimage sites offer pilgrims and their friends and family who cannot make the journey a deeper religious connection.

Participants in an Elie 2.0 workshop develop ideas

New programme aims to help socially excluded groups become entrepreneurs

A new Europe-wide project, led from Lancaster University, aims to improve the chances of socially excluded groups and communities to establish and develop businesses.

Women-only business groups marginalise and fail to empower members

New research from Lancaster University Management School shows women-only business networks fail to boost female entrepreneurship and instead serve to marginalise further the very people they seek to help.

Professor Gail Whiteman with sons Max and Brix

Lancaster University Professor sets environmental example with Swiss train trip

A Lancaster University professor is following the example of youth climate activist Greta Thunberg when she travels to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland by train.

Advertising continues to assume mothers only use knowledge for domestic caring

Magazine adverts continue to tell mothers to put caring for their families front and centre – and encourage them to devote all their knowledge to protecting and caring for them rather than for their own benefit or professional advancement.

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.

26th Feb

Economics Seminar Series : Edouard Challe (Ecole Polytechnic) - CANCELLED

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 3:30pm to 4:45pm

28th Feb

Forecasting and Inventory Planning – what goes wrong and how to cure the problems?

Friday 28 February 2020, 1:00pm to 4:30pm

4th Mar

Legal and ethical aspects of artificial intelligence in the financial sector - Alison Lui (Liverpool John Moores University)

Wednesday 4 March 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm