Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Research

The Institute of Management Studies (IMS) is a research-driven institute. Our research informs our contribution to knowledge, societal impact, and teaching.

The IMS produces theoretically informed and interdisciplinary knowledge in the social sciences and humanities that addresses fundamental challenges faced by individuals and society.

We aim to make an impact that improves lives with our expertise in economics, management and entrepreneurship, marketing, and leadership and occupational psychology.

In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, over 70% of the research of IMS staff was rated world leading or internationally excellent. This page provides an overview of IMS research.

Research Units and areas

Structural Economic Analysis Unit

The economy as a system: interdependencies, structural change and income distribution.

Consumer culture theory

An interdisciplinary approach that seeks to understand and theorise consumption phenomena as embedded in, and co-constituted by, their socio-cultural contexts.

Algorithms and Society

Algorithms increasingly play a fundamental role in determining outcomes that people in society experience.

Entrepreneurial minds, bodies and behaviours

Understanding entrepreneurs better, by using theories in psychology and sociology.

History and methodology of economic thought

The Institute of Management Studies has a world leading group of historians of economic thought.

Sustainable futures

Members adopt a responsible business and management approach to their scholarship and seek sustainable, innovative solutions for the greater good.