Advancing Ideas. Shaping Management Research.
The EMS Research & Development Center provides a platform for applied management research, doctoral scholarship, interdisciplinary enquiry and engagement with emerging challenges shaping organisations and economies across Europe and beyond.
Research That Connects Knowledge With Practice.
Management research is increasingly shaped by technological transformation, changing business models, sustainability challenges, geopolitical uncertainty and the evolving nature of work.
The EMS Research & Development Center is designed to encourage research that connects academic enquiry with practical management challenges and emerging organisational needs.
Through doctoral research, publications, research projects and collaborative initiatives, the Centre provides a framework for developing knowledge with practical and international relevance.
A Growing Research Community
The Research & Development Center brings together doctoral researchers and management research themes across multiple areas of specialisation.
Doctoral Research by Specialisation
Distribution of doctoral researchers across selected DBA management specialisations. Replace the illustrative values below with EMS's verified enrolment figures.
ILLUSTRATIVE DATA — UPDATE WITH VERIFIED FIGURESExploring the Questions Shaping Modern Management
Research activities can span multiple disciplines, allowing doctoral researchers to investigate complex organisational and economic questions.
Strategic Management
Strategy, competitiveness, business models, organisational transformation and long-term value creation.
Project Management
Project governance, delivery models, complexity, risk, innovation and organisational performance.
Finance & Investment
Financial management, investment decisions, corporate finance, risk and financial innovation.
Engineering Management
Technology management, engineering leadership, industrial innovation and complex systems.
Leadership & Organisations
Leadership, organisational behaviour, talent, workplace transformation and management practice.
Digital & AI Management
Artificial intelligence, digital transformation, data-driven decision-making and responsible technology adoption.
Research Responding to Europe's Emerging Challenges
Management research in Europe is increasingly connected to digital transformation, artificial intelligence, sustainability, competitiveness, research careers and the changing relationship between organisations, technology and society.
AI & Intelligent Organisations
Research into artificial intelligence, automation, data-driven management, responsible AI and the transformation of professional work.
Green & Sustainable Management
Organisations are increasingly examining sustainability, resource efficiency, resilience and responsible approaches to growth.
European Industrial Transformation
Research increasingly addresses productivity, innovation, advanced technologies and Europe's competitiveness in a changing global economy.
Future of Work
New models of work, digital collaboration, leadership, skills development and organisational adaptation remain important research themes.
Research Management
Europe is placing increasing attention on research management capabilities, professional development, networking and research impact.
Responsible Innovation
Management research increasingly considers how innovation can contribute to inclusive, responsible and resilient societies.
Connecting Research With European Funding Opportunities
Researchers can explore European research and innovation funding programmes, doctoral mobility opportunities, collaborative calls and research capacity-building initiatives.
Horizon Europe
The European Union's principal research and innovation funding programme, supporting collaborative research and innovation across Europe and associated countries.
Explore Horizon Europe →Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
European funding supporting researchers' careers, doctoral networks, postdoctoral development, international mobility and collaborative research.
Explore MSCA →European Research Council
Funding opportunities supporting frontier research led by researchers working on ambitious research questions.
Explore ERC →Research Management
European initiatives are also developing research management capacity, professional skills, networks and institutional support for research organisations.
Research Management →Widening Participation
European programmes support research capacity, collaboration and participation across countries and institutions with different research performance levels.
Explore Opportunities →Collaborative Research
Research collaboration can connect academics, doctoral researchers, organisations and external partners around shared research challenges.
Funding & Calls →From Research Questions to Practical Knowledge
Research creates value when knowledge can be communicated, evaluated and applied. The Centre can provide a framework for developing research outputs with academic and professional relevance.
Outputs may include doctoral theses, academic papers, conference contributions, research reports, case studies, policy-oriented research and practitioner insights.
Building Connections Across Research & Practice
Effective research increasingly depends on interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration across academic, professional and institutional communities.
Academic Researchers
Connecting researchers around shared management questions and interdisciplinary themes.
Industry
Bringing practical organisational challenges into research and knowledge development.
European Networks
Exploring opportunities for international research collaboration and European initiatives.
Doctoral Researchers
Supporting researchers in developing rigorous and practically relevant research projects.
Researching the Future of Management
Explore doctoral research, management research themes, European research developments and opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange.