Research themes in the School of Business

Our Research, Knowledge Exchange, and Impact (RKEI) ambitions are grounded in existing interdisciplinary collaborations across the School and University. We are closely aligned with the University’s commitment to transforming lives, locally, and globally, as reflected in Dundee’s ranking in the world top 20 for delivering the UN’s SDGs (THE Impact Rankings 2019) and the University’s interdisciplinary themes.

Cross-disciplinary themes

Health, wellbeing, and education

Focusing on interests in healthcare management, well-being and education, and in working with practitioners and policy makers.

Entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity

Focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation in start-ups, scale-ups and large-scale organisations.

Markets and governance

Focusing on the pursuit of knowledge and impact on how firms operate in markets, their governance arrangements, and effectiveness.

Vision and strategic objectives

We seek to build on these three themes to create a vibrant RKEI community aligned with the University’s RKEI vision and strategic objectives, which is reflected in a combination of existing activities, new actions, and future commitments.

By building on these themes, we need to be inclusive, and this requires a consultation to understand what ‘themes’ would be a better fit for our colleagues. For example, Markets and Governance may need to be revised and further themes broadened and/or added to reflect the expertise, critical mass, and alignment with the University Strategy. One of the ‘new’ themes which could be considered is ‘social responsibility’. However, we must ensure we do not create too many themes which may lead to dilution.