Business School Research

At Brunel Business School, we empower diverse changemakers to design and scale technology-driven, inclusive innovations that deliver tangible, sustainable economic and social impact. Through impactful research rooted in London’s commercial and community networks, we transform businesses and communities globally.

At Brunel Business School, we empower diverse changemakers to design and scale technology-driven, inclusive innovations that deliver tangible, sustainable economic and social impact. Through impactful research rooted in London’s commercial and community networks, we transform businesses and communities globally.

Join us and be part of that change.

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Research opportunities for students

Research students are welcomed to Brunel as valued members of our thriving, research-intensive community. Browse PhD opportunities below and find out about the funding available for students.

Doctoral research information

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Research in the Business School

Find people, projects, groups and publications in the Business School and read more about related research to this area.

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Executive Education

Through our range of partnership programmes and strategic collaborations, we connect high-impact academic research with high-growth businesses.

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Independent assessment of our research quality (REF 2021)

View REF 2021 details for Business and Management Studies (UoA 17)

AI Adoption and Governance

REF 2021

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REF 2021

Research Centres

AI Social and Digital Innovation

Social, economic and strategic effects of AI and associated technologies. Impact of AI and related technologies on societies, organisations and individuals.

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Our focus is on how individuals, businesses and societies can tap into creative and entrepreneurial flair to develop innovative solutions, in order to not only create economic value, but also solve social and environmental problems.

Global Lives

Research conducted in the Centre addresses the challenges facing society, helping to change the lives of people around the world by bringing economic, social and cultural benefits.

Law, Economics and Finance

The Centre for Law, Economics and Finance aims to advance the wider societal impact of our research by engaging with policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholder.

News and events

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Global Innovation Fellowship: Youth Sustainable Agripreneurship in Yemen

Strengthening the rights of the waste pickers as entrepreneurs

woman shocked at the content on the laptop

Understanding cyberbullying behaviours through computational models

Primary school children’s responses to food waste at school

Sustainable and healthy school food environments in Brazil

Developing a process model of corporate hubris

Agribusiness SMEs and post-Brexit trade

black woman entrepreneur reading documents

Entrepreneurship scholarship amongst nascent entrepreneurs

Understanding how industries cultivate virtuous auras

older man consulting young business woman

Competency gaps in academic business consulting

Playful approaches in adulthood

Towards a green and sustainable ecosystem for the EU Port of the Future

A healthy ageing framework from a consumer-centric approach

Resilient education management for online learning in Kenya

SMEs digital footprints and their ethical implications

Meeting net zero in digital research infrastructure

Understanding food waste reduction barriers

Knowledge exchange on healthcare big data analytics

Experiences of white working class men in elementary occupations

The work of academic managers in HE

Entrepreneurship, resilience and rural community branding

People of diverse genders and ethnicities gathered in a office meeting room, and have a discussion.

B Corporations and Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

Increasing accessibility through mobile vaccination

Improving uptake of hepatitis testing in South East Asians

Resource-smart food production and consumption

Wellbeing care maps

Green data centres

Sri Lankan flag depicted in watercolour.

The role of ICT in supporting Sri Lanka's indigenous communities

Three young people using smartphones and sitting on steps near a sports court.

Youth digital addiction: implications for future workforce

Entrepreneurship through intergenerational crowdfunding

Business brains helping Uganda dairy farmers milk it

Promoting Wales to international tourists

Promoting social connections using happy-to-chat badges

Doing good, growing strong: Catalysing economic and social impact in Jordan

ProGYS+: GYS Pilot Testing and Integration to Engage Stakeholders

ProGYS: Promoting the reach and impact of the Green Yard Scheduler

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Developing Resilience Digital Module (RDM)

An institutional history of internal communication in the UK

Developing a mandatory sustainability reporting model for Indian companies

Centralised digital tax system to reduce tax fraud in EU

Environmental tax reform towards Net Zero Carbon

Textual properties of merger and acquisition press releases

Farm with a large cargo truck on the road

Global agricultural supply chains and trade mechanisms

Leveraging millets enterprises for women's economic empowerment

A close up of two businessmen using a calculator.

Reporting disclosure continuum

Hands typing on a laptop with futuristic cybersecurity and technology holograms overlaying the image.

Towards a responsible AI and inclusive workforce in a digital economy

IT professional using an EEG headset to communicate.

Algorithm Reliability Framework: Policies for misinformation and fake news

AI professionals using artificial intelligence.

AI Handbook: Exploring applications, challenges, and future trends

A close-up of a hand holding a glowing AI symbol with filmmaking icons around

AI Adoption and Governance

Post-Covid lifestyle and mental wellbeing

COVID-19 healthcare interventions for Black and South Asian communities

Tackling food waste challenge using supply chain control towers

The politics of hydrogen in the UK

Giving voice to migrant ride-share drivers in London

Developing a new platform for African Indigenous Knowledge

grenfell tower building behind pretty balcony

Grenfell, COVID-19 and digital technology

Regulation of cryptocurrencies: US, UK and the EU

AI-driven technologies in women’s healthcare

Understanding Covid experiences of migrants living in the UK

Communities and representation on bank notes

Covid-19, Brexit and the Adult Social Care Sector in England

AI-assisted tax assessment

Bayesian segmented regression and application

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Courses

Management PhD

PhD without residence - Ahlia

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Fully-funded studentships

Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account.

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