Our research

Our academic staff regularly publish papers and submit to leading journals. Examples of their most recent work include:

• Agrizzi, D., (2020) ‘Negotiating gender constraints in international audit firms in Saudi Arabia: Exploring the interaction of gender and religion’, Accounting, Organizations and Society. 84(C)
• Athreye, S., (2016) ‘The paradox of openness revisited: Collaborative innovation and patenting by UK innovators’, Research Policy. 45(7)
• Fiordelisi, F., (2017) ‘The Unintended Consequences of the Launch of the Single Supervisory Mechanism in Europe’, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 52(6)
• Nash, L., (2020) 'Performing place: A rhythmanalysis of the city of London’, Organisation Studies. 41(3): 301-321.
• Rao-Nicholson, R., (2020) ‘Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development Goals: A Foreign Subsidiary Perspective on Tackling Wicked Problems’, Journal of International Business Policy.

• Bloom, P. (2020) Identity, Institutions and Governance in an AI World. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Tyler, M., (2019) Soho at Work. Cambridge University Press.

Essex Business School is a rich environment for active research. Our academics have been awarded many high profile research grants.

Grants

• Professor Thankom Arun – £329,793 - a project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) to explore the untapped potential of fintech (financial technology) in helping deepen trade relations between the UK and India.
• Professor Elisabeth Kelan - £189,496 – a project titled Shaping the Future of Work: Digitalisation and Gender, funded by the Leverhulme Trust
• Professor Robert Taylor - £320,458 – a project titled Investigating Structural Change in Predictive Regressions with Applications to Forecasting Stock Returns
• Dr Caleb Kwong - £146,298 – a project titled Accelerating Women’s Enterprise
• Professor Ileana Steccolini - EU Horizon funding for EU-CIEMBLY: Creating an Inclusive European Citizens’ Assembly.

mKTPS 

• Professor Matthew Allen (lead) and Dr Shabneez Bhankaraully -  £180,351 – A project to propel growth at fulfilment and distribution specialists, The Finishing Line.
• Dr Juneho Um (Lead), Dr Amir Homayounfard and Dr Chaminda Wijethilake - £216,234 - A project with laser cutting company Laser 24 to support the development of a comprehensive strategy to streamline processes, increase efficiency and upskill staff.

Our work is frequently featured in the media and wider press.  We also write for a number of online news publication outlets too.

• Dr James Fowler writing for The Conversation: Five ways commuting on the London Underground has and hasn’t changed in the last century
• Dr Maria Hudson who published an in depth study into the management of mental health at work, which was commissioned by ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service): The Management of Mental Health at Work
• Professor Elisabeth Kelan writing for Harvard Business Review: Why Aren’t We Making More Progress Towards Gender Equity?
• Essex Business School was also awarded the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Prize for Academic Research.
• Professor Ileana Steccolini is part of a collaborative project, run in partnership with Essex Law School and external institutions: EU-CIEMBLY: Creating an Inclusive European Citizens’ Assembly.