Research events

Find out about the conferences, workshops and talks you could attend. We also run seminars and flagship lectures.

Research Seminars: Spring 2024

  • Accounting & Finance

    Wednesday 7 February: Florian Kiesel – Free University of Bolzano 

    Credit Ratings and Abnormal Investment Behavior 

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    Wednesday 20 March: Jian Chen – University of Sussex

    Jump Clustering, Information Flows and Stock Price Efficiency

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     Wednesday 20 March: Siyang Tian – University of Sussex

    Politically Connected Independent Directors and Corporate Litigation Risk

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    Thursday 23 May: Frontiers of Time Series Econometrics and Volatility Models Workshop

    An in-person time series econometrics workshop including a keynote session and presentations from esteemed speakers in the field.

    For registration details, visit the event website.

  • Accounting & Society 

    Thursday 15 February: Mahmoud Elmarzouky – St Andrew’s University

    The boardroom battle: Examining the relationship between CEO power, gender diversity and modern slavery disclosures 

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    Thursday 21 March: Shahzad Uddin – University of Essex

    Accounting Scholarship and the Majority World: A Case of Epistemic Injustices

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  • Business Finance 

    Thursday 1 February: Abdul Mohamed – University of Leeds  

    What drives private-equity performance persistence? New deal-level evidence  

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    Thursday 15 February: Jia Li – University of Sussex

    CEO network centrality and IPO performance:Evidence from China 

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    Thursday 7 March: Malgorzata Sulimierska – University of Sussex & Manto Rakgoale – RisCura 

    Digital and Financial Literacy in South Africa: The Key to Improving Financial Inclusion?  

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    Thursday 14 March: Xingchen Zhu – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 

    Do paid sick leave mandates increase productivity? 

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    Thursday 21 March: Bert Scholtens – St Andrews and University of Groningen

    Bank Risk and Climate System

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    Thursday 18 April: Marc Goergen – IE Business School

    Insider Trading in Connected Firms During Trading Bans

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    Thursday 16 May: Carlos Madeira – Bank for International Settlements

    The impact of macroprudential policies on industrial growth

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    Thursday 23 May: Louisa Chen – University of Sussex

    The Road to Net-zero: A Mutual Fund Flow Investigation

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  • Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy 

    Wednesday 31 January: Marzia Fontana – University of Sussex

    How can inclusive trade include people with disabilities?

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  • Consumer Wellbeing 

    Friday 10 May: "Wellbeing@Sussex” Mini-Conference, Second edition

    An in-person event that serves as a platform for interdisciplinary dialogues focusing on various facets of well-being, ranging from mental and physical health to economic and social welfare.

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  • Creative & Digital Industries 

    Wednesday 20 March: Alessandro Gerosa – University of Birmingham

    Taste, authenticity and class in late modern capitalism: insights from the Hipster Economy

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  • Digit Debates
  • Economics

    Wednesday 31 January: Mariia Kovaleva – Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Subjective Expectations and Family Decisions: How individuals decide on fertility and careers over the life cycle.

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    Wednesday 7 February: Zihan Hu Singapore Management University  

    GDP or Life? Promotion Incentives of City Leaders and Workplace Accidents 

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    Wednesday 21 February: Sam Cosaert – University of Antwerp

    Temperature and Joint Time Use 

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    Monday 26 February: Adrien Montalbo  – University of Sussex

    The Economic Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy: Evidence from Smallpox in Nineteenth-Century France

    In-person in Jub-G32 and online via Zoom


    Wednesday 28 February: Cheti Nicoletti – University of York 

    Gender stereotypes in the family: the role of information 

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    Wednesday 6 March: Colin Green – Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Foreign Language Acquisition and Exposure to Mother Tongue Speakers

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    Wednesday 13 March: Valentin Bolotnyy – Stanford University

    A Danger to Self and Others? The Health and Criminal Consequences of Involuntary Hospitalization

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    Wednesday 20 March: Sang Yoon Tim Lee – Queen Mary University of London

    New Golden Rule

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     Wednesday 17 April: Melanie Meng Xue – London School of Economics

    British Industrialization and Cultural Change: Evidence From the Use of Proverbs

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    Wednesday 1 May: Clare Leaver – University of Oxford

    Scaling teacher performance pay contracts in Rwanda

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     Wednesday 8 May: Helmut Rainer –University of Munich

    Diversity and Discrimination in the Classroom

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  • Energy
  • Information Systems

    Wednesday 21 February: Roberta Bernardi – University of Bristol

    A story of change from the periphery: How members of an Online Health Community challenge the legitimacy of professional elites  

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  • Joint Surrey Sussex Seminar

    Wednesday 31 January: Mona Bahl – Illinois State University 

    Efficiencies as Drivers of Renewable Energy Projects in Emerging Economies: Does Foreign Participation Help? 

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    Wednesday 7 February: Exequiel Hernandez – University of Pennsylvania 

    Global Palette: The Impact of Immigrant Talent on Multinational Product Strategy

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    Wednesday 21 February: Jay Barney – University of Utah

    The Secret of Culture Change: How to Build Authentic Stories That Transform Your Organization

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    Wednesday 27 March: Agnieszka Chidlow – University of Birmingham  

    Responsible Research: Scientific Responsibility and Integrity

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    Wednesday 1 May: Grazia Santangelo – Copenhagen Business School

    The nature of import competition and firms’ environmental engagement in emerging markets

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    Wednesday 29 May: Angels Dasi – University of Valencia

    Digital transformation and Innovative SMEs' performance: the mediating role of Business Model Innovation

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  • Management

    Wednesday 1 May: Dennis Tourish and Zahira Jaser – University of Sussex

    Hegemonic surveillance at work: Fabricating the cyberized, totalized and thespianized employee

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  • Responsible Business

    Thursday 29 February: Responsible and Sustainable Business Seminar

    An in-person event with a series of sessions on responsible and sustainable business.

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    Thursday 14 March: Janina Klein – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Jane Lancashire, Rabab Al Awadhi – The Launchpad Collective 

    Panel session:Tackling grand societal challenges: Framing and responding to the "refugee crisis”

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  • SPRU

    Friday 26 January: Tilman Altenburg – German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

    New Perspectives on Industrial Policy in an Era of Climate Change and Geopolitical Tensions 

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    Friday 2 February: Nilanjana DuttBocconi University

    Managing with Autonomy: How to Develop Intangible Assets in Multi-Unit Firms 

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    Wednesday 7 February: Josh Moon & Andy Stirling – University of Sussex 

    Technology Reliability and Responsibility in the post office case: SPRU's collective insights

    Online via Zoom


    Friday 9 February: Britta Glennon – University of Pennsylvania 

    Building a Wall Around Science: The Effect of US-China Tensions on International Scientific Research

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    Friday 16 February: Ivan Png – National University of Singapore & En Qi Teo – Toulouse School of Economics

    Editor’s gatekeeping of economics journals – favouritism, activism, or clientele? 

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    Friday 23 February: John Morrow – Kings College London  

    Firms in Product Space: Adoption, Growth, and Competition  

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    Friday 1 March: Neil D LeeLondon School of Economics  

    What would a pro-worker innovation policy look like?  

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    Friday 8 March: Lourdes Sosa – London School of Economics 

    Multi-Core-Component Innovation and the Redistribution of Bargaining Power across the Industry: The Case of Nanomedicine

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    Friday 15 March: Mimansa Bairathi – UCL

    Gender Disparity in Online Reputation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Platform  

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    Friday 22 March: Dietmar Harhoff – Max Planck Institute

    Scientific Paradigms, Graphics Processing Units and the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

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     Friday 19 April: Elisa Operti – ESSEC Business School

    From Me to We: The Evolution of Innovation Networks in times of downturns

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    Monday 22 April: David Eggleton – University of Sussex

    The contribution of Diamond Light Source to a novel Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine

    In-person in Jub-G32 and online via Zoom


     Friday 26 April: José Mata – Copenhagen Business School

    Cognitive Skills and Productivity in Entrepreneurial Firms: The Role of the Technological and Knowledge Regimes

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     Wednesday 1 May: Alberto Marzucchi – Gran Sasso Science Institute

    Robot Adoption and Product Innovation

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     Friday 3 May: Giovanni Valentini – LUISS

    Meet me halfway: Financial analysts and strategic change

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    Friday 17 May: Adam Lucas – University of Wollongong

    'Away from the water': the first energy transition, British textiles 1770-1890 – Research Methodology & Archival Research

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    Tuesday 28 May: Nonhlanhla Dube – Lancaster University Management School, Aline Seepma – University of Groningen & Isabell Storsjö – University of Turku

    The policy-operations interface of the refugee service supply chain

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  • Strategy & Marketing 

    Wednesday 28 February: James M Crick – University of Leicester

    Cooperating with competitors in turbulent export markets: Evidence from seventeen countries 

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    Wednesday 13 March: Olivier Sibai –  Birkbeck, University of London

    Why online consumption communities brutalize?

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     Wednesday 24 April: Various Internal Speakers & Mihaela Kelemen – University of Nottingham

    Cultivating Opportunities: Navigating the Grant Landscape

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     Wednesday 24 April: Dennis Tourish & Zahira Jaser – University of Sussex

    Hegemonic surveillance at work: Fabricating the cyberized, totalized and thespianized employee

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    Wednesday 22 May: Robin Canniford – University of Galway

    Rhythm Machines: Embodied Conviviality in South-West England

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  • Sustainability 

    Wednesday 24 April: Phil Johnstone – University of Sussex

    Deep transitions and digitalisation: the military and counter-cultural roots of our digital present

    In-person in Jub-G32 and online via Zoom

  • Sustainability in Accounting, Finance & Economics

    Friday 26 January: Thomas Noe – University of Oxford 

    Making sure your vote does not count: ESG activism and insincere proxy voting

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    Monday 19 February: Lee Parker – University of Glasgow

    Third Sector Crisis Management and Resilience: Reflections and Directions 

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    Tuesday 20 February: Lee Parker – University of Glasgow

    Developing and Managing Academic Career 

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    Wednesday 28 February: Dimitrios Gounopoulos – University of Bath

    The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Real Estate Market

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    Wednesday 6 March: Bin Xu – University of Leeds

    Does Segment Disclosure Constrain Corporate Pollution?

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    Wednesday 13 March: Viet Dang – University of Manchester 

    Labor Mobility and Corporate Environmental Performance

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    Wednesday 20 March: Siyang Tian – University of Sussex

    Politically Connected Independent Directors and Corporate Litigation Risk 

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    Wednesday 27 March: Quan Nguyen – University of Sussex

    Ethical Funds and Return Manipulation

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    Monday 22 April: John Y. Campbell – Harvard Business School

    Sustainability in a Risky World

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     Thursday 2 May: Martin McGregor – Charles University

    Board Compensation and Investment Efficiency

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Research Seminars: Autumn 2023

  • Business Finance

    Thursday 23 November: Mostek Ahamed & Ranko Jelic – University of Sussex

    Inclusive financial policy and bank lending

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    Thursday 30 November: Hien Dinh – University of Sussex

    Unintended effects of weaker patent protections?

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    Thursday 7 December: Louis Burgess – University of Sussex

    When does bad news cause mispricing? A historical view. 

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  • Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy

    Wednesday 27 September: Peter Foster – Financial Times

    What Went Wrong with Brexit and what we can do about it: A conversation 

    Online via Zoom


    Tuesday 3 October: Emily Lydgate, University of Sussex & Tim Figures, Boston Consulting Group

    Carbon Border Adjustments: Consequences and Complications

    Online via Zoom


    Wednesday 8 November: Valeria Rueda – University of Nottingham

    Gender Stereotypes in academia

    Online via Zoom

  • Digit Debates
  • Economics

    Wednesday 11 October: Paweł Bukowski  UCL

    Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: Changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019

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    Wednesday 18 October: Mauricio Ribeiro – University of Bristol

    Designing Contracts To Compete For Time: An Experimental Study

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    Wednesday 25 October: Deepshikha Batheja – One Health

    Gender Peer Effects in the Workplace: A Field Experiment in Indian Call Centers

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    Wednesday 1 November: Damian Clarke – University of Exeter

    Health and Labour Market Impacts of Twin Birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF Policy
    Co-authored with Sonia Bhalotra, Hanna Muhlrad and Marten Palme

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    Wednesday 15 November: Victor Aguiar – Simon Fraser University

    Dynamic and Stochastic Rational Behavior  

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    Wednesday 22 November: Edoardo Ciscato – KU Leuven

    Assessing racial and educational segmentation in large marriage markets

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    Wednesday 6 December: Sunil Kumar – Kings College London

    Driving while black and other stories: Racial patterns in stop and search actions by the London Met 

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  • Energy
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation 

    Thursday 28 September: Dirk de Clercq – Brock University

    Workplace bullying and change-oriented citizenship behaviour

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  • Future of Work

    Friday 3 November: Benjamin Neimark – Queen Mary University of London

    The rise of eco-precarious conservation labour: Green extractives, biodiversity offsets and the ‘license to trash’ – A book talk.

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  • Information Systems

    Monday 6 November: Carol Hsu – University of Sydney Business School

    Supporting Community First Responders in Aging in Place: An Action Design for a Community-Based Smart Activity Monitoring System

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    Monday 13 November: Anushri Gupta – LSE

    A soft ecosystems perspective of digital innovation through a case study of the insurance industry’s response to connected cars

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    Monday 20 November: Tobias Mettler – University of Lausanne

    The connected workplace: Characteristics and social consequences of work surveillance in the age of datification, sensorization, and artificial intelligence

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  • International Business & Development 

    Wednesday 8 November: Rob van Tulder – Erasmus University

    Book talk: How to teach and integrate sustainability education into the academic environment

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    Researching Sustainability: Doing societally relevant research on international business and Grand Challenges – what about the SDGs?

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  • Joint Sussex Surrey Seminar

    Tuesday 17 October: John Amis – University of Edinburgh

    Crafting and publishing theory papers

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    Thursday 16 November: Ivana Katic – Yale University 

    Product over Politics: Entrepreneurial Firms and Lobbying 

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    Thursday 30 November: Abraham Newman  Georgetown University

    Underground Empire: How America weaponized the world economy

    For registration details, please get in touch.


    Wednesday 6 December: Marlous van Waijenberg – Harvard University 

    (Un)principled Agents: Monitoring Loyalty after the End of the Royal African Company Monopoly 

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  • Management

    Thursday 12 October: Ellen Kossek – Purdue University

    Flexible working, Work-Life Boundaries and Career Equality in the Hybrid Age

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    Monday 20 November: Emma Russell – University of Sussex 

    Why do people send rude emails? 

    In-person in Jub-155 & online via Zoom

  • SPRU

    Friday 22 September: Jochen Markard – Zurich University of Applied Sciences

    Multi-system transition dynamics and the role of meta-rules

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    Friday 13 October: Yuhang Pan – Peking University

    Unlocking Resilience: Mitigating the Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure Effects via Postnatal Micronutrient Powders

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    Friday 20 October: Francisco Sagasti – Former President of Peru 

    Science and Technology Policy and Politics: from ideas to action

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    Friday 3 November: Nina Yin  Central University of Finance and Economics

    Has the Shortened Drug Distribution Chain Cut Drug Prices? Evidence from the Implementation of Two-Invoice System in China 

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    Friday 10 November: Matthew Higgins  University of Utah

    Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: Firm response to downstream product shocks 

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    Friday 1 December: D. Daniel Sokol – USC

    Antitrust Platform Tech Regulation and Competition: Evidence from China 

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  • Strategy & Marketing

    Wednesday 1 November: Robert Cluley – University of Birmingham

    Marketing Science or Marketing Science Fiction: An Ethnographic Account of Marketing Analytics

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    Wednesday 29 November: Kerry Hudson and Robert Morgan – Cardiff University

    Disaggregating the Nature and Value-Relevance of Capabilities: The Differential Effects of Marketing Differentiation, Persistence, and Advancement on Firm Value

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    Wednesday 13 December: Selin Atalay – Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

    Task Dependency of Location Effects in Product Displays

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  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme 

    Wednesday 29 November: 6th Annual SSRP Symposium

    An in-person SSRP annual symposium of key updates from SSRP fellows and their latest projects.

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  • Sustainability in Accounting, Finance & Economics

    Wednesday 20 September: Research Capacity Workshop co-hosted by Sustainability in Accounting, Finance & Economics (SAFE) Research Mobilisation Group and CSEAR-Italy 

    Workshop hosted by Massimo Contrafatto, University of Sussex Business School & Director of CSEAR-Italy with Plenary Speaker, Dr Fergus Neville, University of St Andrews, presenting "Understanding decision-making": a psy-sociological perspective

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    Wednesday 4 October: Susana Martins – Oxford University

    What are the events that shake our world? From geopolitical to climate risks

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    Wednesday 8 November: Mahbub Zaman – University of Hull

    CEO Leadership and ESG Performance: Boardroom Diversity and Critical Mass

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Past Events

  • Chris Freeman Annual Lecture

    Thursday 19 October (18:30 - 20:00 BST), Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex 

    The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School was delighted to host the 2023 Chris Freeman Annual Lecture in-person. This year's lecture 'Science and Technology Policy and Politics: from ideas to action' was delivered by Francisco Sagasti, Former President of Peru. More information on the Annual Lecture.

    The lecture was followed by a seminar aimed at Postgraduate Researchers on Friday 20 October (13:00 - 14:30 BST). The discussion focused on how to make things happen in complex political settings. Register via EventBrite.

  • BAM 2023 Conference

    1 September (virtual day) and 5-6 September 2023 (in-person), University of Sussex Falmer Campus

    The University of Sussex Business was delighted to host the British Academy of Management's 37th Annual Conference exploring the theme, ‘Towards Disruptive Sustainability: New Business Opportunities and Challenges’Learn more about BAM 2023.

  • Eu-SPRI 2023

    14-16 June 2023, University of Sussex Falmer Campus

    The European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI) summer conference is the leading, annual European event on science, technology and innovation policy. The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) was delighted to host this year's conference on the theme: Research with Impact.

    Ahead of the conference, an Early Career Researcher Event was held on June 13th, aiming to support early career scholars in developing their research profile and professional career.

    For more information visit the EuSPRI 2023 conference website

  • Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture 

    27 March 2023, University of Sussex Campus

    The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School was delighted to host the 2022 Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture in-person. This annual event celebrates the outstanding contributions that Professor Marie Jahoda CBE made to SPRU.

    This year's lecture was delivered by Sir James Bevan, CEO of the Environment Agency, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

  • 20th International Studying Leadership Conference

    11-13 December, Brighton

    This year's conference, hosted by the University of Sussex Business School, seeks papers that ask big questions about important issues that connect in multiple forms to the conference theme of Leadership for the Future of Humanity.

    Find out more 

  • Seminar: In conversation with James Bacchus

    21 September, 4-5 pm

    Can the international trade system be reformed? In this seminar, Professor James Bacchus discussed his new book and the challenges and reform prospects for the multilateral trading system, and responded to audience questions.

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  • 29th International Annual EurOMA Conference

    1 - 6 July 2022 | Estrel Hotel & Conference Centre in Berlin 

    The University of Sussex Business School recently hosted the 29th Annual EurOMA Conference in Berlin. Over 500 participants from 39 countries attended with many presenting research towards the conference theme of 'Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future'.

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  • University of Sussex Business School AI Lecture 2021

    14 December 2021 | Jubilee Building and Online

    This year's annual AI Lecture was given by Sara Hooker, Research Scientist at Google Brain. The lecture was followed by a fireside chat with Melissa Heikkilä, POLITICO Europe's AI Correspondent.

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  • Storying food: gendered, racialised and classed politics and possibilites

    This two-day online symposium explored the politics of how food stories are encouraged or required in different organisational contexts such as fancy restaurants, food charities, museums and community food organisations. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological traditions, including feminist food studies, the symposium brought together scholars from organisation studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, food studies and geography. Presented by the University of Sussex Business School and the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies (in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities), in conjunction with Brighton and Sussex Universities Food Network, the symposium included a work in progress stream, reading groups, international keynotes, and panel of scholar-activists.

  • Climate Finance: Challenges and Lessons for the Future

    15 - 16 November 2021 | Online

    This two-day conference, co-organised by the University of Nottingham and the University of Sussex, explored the key developments within the financial and capital markets industry, and provided participants with unique insights into the current processes in leading institutions, strategic considerations, product development and regulatory challenges that will be central in governing climate finance over the next decade

  • Project X Conference: Sustainable Futures for Project Delivery

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 | Online

    This one-day conference organised by Project X explored how aspirations for improved project delivery can be achieved whilst addressing commitments for Levelling-Up, Net Zero and the Plan for Growth.

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  • Launching Sustainable Futures: A Manifesto for Transformative Investment

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 | Online 1-2pm BST

    The official launch of the Deep Transitions Futures Global Investors Panel. The Panel, along with a prominent research team, is creating a manifesto for 'Transformative Investment' which looks at steering investments towards decarbonisation, the 'race to net zero' and a sustainable future.

  • Freeman Centenary/Research Policy 50th Anniversary Conference

    Friday 10 September 2021 | Hybrid (both physical and online attendance will be available)

    To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chris Freeman, and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Research Policy, the journal that he founded, SPRU is organising a one-day conference.

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  • EurOMA 2021

    5-7 July 2021 | Online

    The 28th international annual EurOMA conference was held on the theme of 'Managing the “new normal”: The future of Operations and Supply Chain Management in unprecedented times'.

  • Virtual CineClub Special: In the Meantime Midday Comes Round...

    Wednesday 28 April | Online

    This screening of the film adaptation of Marie Jahoda's and Paul F. Lazersfeld's revolutionary Marienthal study was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passing of Marie Jahoda, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum.

  • The Atom: A Love Affair - Virtual screening & Round Table Discussion

    Wednesday 5 May | Online

    This screening of ‘The Atom: A Love Affair' explored the West's relationship with nuclear power since the end of World War 2, and included a discussion with the director Vicki Lesley and Professor Andy Stirling and Dr Phil Johnstone about their research on nuclear.

  • NGO Research Day 2021

    Wednesday 17 March | Online

    The NGO Research Day 2021 discussed to what extent and how technology shapes the modern perceptions of the sector, its performance, governance and accountability and NGO identities. This event was connected to a Special Issue of The British Accounting Review that calls for reassessing NGO performance, governance and accountability in the new settings and contexts of digitalisation, but also the concerns, ambiguities and threats posed by technology.

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  • Sussex Innovation Forum: Scaling Up Innovations and Pilots

    Friday 12 March | Online

    The Sussex Innovation Forum is an inclusive and informal series of events for businesses, local authorities and community groups to work together on driving decarbonisation in Sussex. This Forum focused on scaling up innovations and pilots. 

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  • Climate Finance and Economics Workshop

    Friday 12 March | Online

    Climate change is creating new opportunities in modern finance and economics. This one-day workshop on climate finance and economics delved into the economics of green finance, environmental finance, climate risk, hedging climate change, climate finance assets, and the impact of weather changes on the economy. 

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  • Eu-SPRI Mini Course 2020

    3 December 2020 | Online

    Co-organised with the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation, this Mini Course provided doctoral students, early-career researchers and professionals with an intensive training, focused on the intersection between innovation theory and scenario analysis.

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