University of Bath School of Management

Research

We are a firmly established leading international centre for management research. This is reflected in our rating in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) which places us 5th in the UK, equal to Oxford and LSE. We have been consistently ranked in the top ten in Europe for research in the Financial Times MBA Rankings, and most recently rated 7th in Europe and 4th in the UK for research. The School’s international reputation is supported by leading academics who inform policy at the highest levels of business and society. Our research meets the double challenge of proven scholarly quality while achieving an impact on policy and practice.

Research Culture

Our research is structured around six issue-based Subject Groups, which span functional disciplines. These groupings contain cross-functional Research Centres, which focus and formalise our major research initiatives. Teaching is organised within functional or disciplinary subject groups.

Subject Groups	Research Centre	Director
Accounting and Finance	(CIMA) Centre of Excellence at the University of Bath School of Management	Dr Philip Cooper
	Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)	Professor Ania Zalewska
Business, Society and Business Economics	Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS)	Professor Stephen Pavelin
Information, Decision and Operations		Professor Mike Lewis
Marketing	Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)	Professor Avi Shankar
Organisation Studies	Work and Employment Research Centre (WERC)	Professor Juani Swart
Strategic and International Management		Professor Michael Mayer

Research Groups and Networks	Director
Collaborative for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS)	Professor Christine Harland
International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM)	Professor Jeroen Huisman
CRI (Centre for the study of Regulated Industries 1990-2010)	Peter Vass
Interactions Lab	Dr Adam Joinson
Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG)	Professor Andrew Graves
Research Network for International Business and Emerging Economies (RNIBEE)	Professor Klaus Meyer

Our research culture is both interdisciplinary and international. The practice of interdisciplinary research within flexible clusters of staff is a defining strength of the School.This is complemented by an active policy of internationalisation which encourages joint research with leading academic institutions in Europe the US and Asia.

For further information on any of our Research Centres or Subject Groups, please contact the centre directly. Alternatively for information concerning research conducted in the School of Management please visit the School of Management’s Research Office