Research With Purpose. Ideas With Impact.
EMS Flagship Projects bring together academic enquiry, management practice and emerging challenges to explore questions that matter to organisations, professionals and society.
Research Designed Around Real-World Challenges.
Flagship Projects provide a framework for exploring significant management questions through research, analysis and interdisciplinary enquiry.
They connect academic perspectives with practical challenges facing organisations, managers and wider society, while encouraging research that is relevant to changing economic and technological environments.
The portfolio can evolve as new research questions, doctoral projects, collaborations and European management challenges emerge.
Exploring the Questions Shaping Modern Management
EMS research initiatives can focus on major areas of management, technology, finance, sustainability and organisational development.
Future of Management & AI
Exploring how artificial intelligence, automation and data-driven technologies are transforming management and organisational decision-making.
European Business Competitiveness
Examining innovation, productivity, business strategy and organisational capabilities within changing European markets.
Sustainable Business & ESG
Investigating responsible management, sustainable growth, environmental transformation and ESG challenges facing organisations.
Future of Work & Leadership
Researching changing workplace models, leadership, talent, skills and organisational adaptation.
Project & Engineering Management
Connecting management research with complex projects, engineering environments, innovation and technology-intensive organisations.
Finance, Risk & Resilience
Exploring financial decision-making, investment, risk management and organisational resilience in uncertain economic environments.
A Research Portfolio Built to Evolve
The EMS research portfolio can develop across doctoral research, applied projects, interdisciplinary themes and collaborative initiatives.
From Research Question to Research Impact
A structured research lifecycle can help transform important questions into knowledge, outputs and opportunities for practical application.
Identify
Define an important management or organisational challenge.
Investigate
Collect evidence and analyse the research question.
Collaborate
Connect researchers, professionals and relevant perspectives.
Develop
Generate new findings, models, insights or practical approaches.
Share
Communicate findings through appropriate research outputs and knowledge exchange.
Impact
Translate research knowledge into academic, professional or societal value.
Research Responding to Europe's Emerging Challenges
Contemporary management research is increasingly connected to technological transformation, sustainability, competitiveness, changing work models and the relationship between organisations, technology and society.
AI & Intelligent Organisations
Exploring artificial intelligence, automation, data-driven management and responsible technology adoption.
Green Transformation
Examining sustainable management, resource efficiency, resilience and responsible growth.
European Competitiveness
Researching innovation, productivity and the changing competitive position of European organisations.
Future of Work
Investigating new work models, leadership, professional skills and organisational adaptation.
Responsible Innovation
Exploring how innovation can contribute to responsible, inclusive and resilient organisations.
Business Resilience
Examining how organisations respond to uncertainty, disruption and changing economic environments.
Connecting Flagship Themes With Doctoral Enquiry
Flagship research themes can provide a framework for doctoral researchers to investigate contemporary management questions through specialised research and applied enquiry.
Doctoral research can contribute new perspectives to areas such as project management, engineering management, finance, strategy, leadership and digital transformation.
From Research Questions to Knowledge
Research can generate a range of academic and professional outputs depending on the nature, methodology and objectives of each initiative.
Research Papers
Academic research addressing significant management questions.
Research Reports
Evidence-based analysis of emerging organisational and management challenges.
Case Studies
Practical examination of organisations, decisions, challenges and management situations.
Conferences & Seminars
Opportunities to communicate research findings and encourage knowledge exchange.
Building Research Partnerships
Meaningful research can connect academic enquiry with professionals, organisations and wider research communities.
Academic Institutions
Opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaborative academic research.
Industry & Business
Connecting research questions with real-world organisational challenges.
Researchers
Encouraging interdisciplinary perspectives and research networks.
Professional Organisations
Connecting academic knowledge with professional practice and emerging needs.
Turning Important Questions Into Research
Explore EMS research themes, doctoral enquiry and opportunities for knowledge exchange around contemporary management challenges.
Explore Research Centre →What Are Our Researchers Exploring?
A visual overview of the management disciplines represented across doctoral and applied research. Research interests may evolve as new projects, researchers and specialisations develop.
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