Research news

Discover the latest research taking place in the University of Sussex Business School.

New £12m research centre for inclusive trade policy

Sussex academics head up the new Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP), the first of its kind dedicated to trade policy funded by the ESRC.

Two new additions for the University of Sussex on the global list of highly-cited researchers

Paula Kivimaa and Karoline Rogge have been named in the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List compiled by Clarivate Analytics.

All Business School research news

Items 1 to 10 of 136

<< First < Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next > Last >>

Dr Mirela Barbu and Prof Martin Spinelli receive Research Impact Award, presented by VC Prof David Maguire and P-VC Research Prof Keith Jones

University celebrates real-world impact of Business School research

23 June 2022

The Business School’s Dr Mirela Barbu and Dr Rebecca Vine were among the award winners at the University’s Research with Impact Day.

A number of wind turbines rise out of the sea while a boat floats in the background

Thirty years of climate research funding has overlooked the potential of experimental transformative technologies

3 May 2022

New study reveals the technologies and academic disciplines that are being overlooked by research funders in the global fight against climate change

A group of people standing and sitting in a forest and raising their fists in solidarity

‘It’s easy to kill one person, it’s difficult to kill a movement’

25 April 2022

A video created by SSRP researchers and Not1More activists during COP26 in Glasgow focusses on environmental defenders and climate justice.

A person wearing a black hat and black coat stands in a protest holding up a cardboard placard

The threat posed to climate change policies by the rise of the populist right

14 April 2022

Authoritarian nationalist populists have a systemic tendency to create significant negative effect on climate policies when in government

A image of the globe surrounded by people holding hands which again are encircled by the symbol of Coronavirus. On the right, the text Covid-19 Response can be read underlined by the various colourful SDG icons

HEIF fund co-sponsored by SSRP: new projects address critical challenges 'from Covid crisis to net zero'

11 April 2022

A set of newly approved projects, funded through HEIF and co-sponsored by the SSRP, address Covid-19 recovery and climate change in an integrated way.

New research casts doubt on environmental benefits of hybrid working

7 April 2022

New study reveals most remote workers in England before the pandemic travelled further each week than office-based workers despite taking fewer trips

Photo of single-storey houses with discoloured solar panels on the roof

Sun shines on the richest: New study explores how to make solar PV viable for all

4 April 2022

More government support with greater flexibility is needed to make solar panels viable option for elderly homeowners, student renters and the disabled

Photo collage of different SSRP projects

SSRP provides funding to help researchers re-engage with partners in the Global South

3 March 2022

The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is making small grants available to eight exciting, interdisciplinary sustainability projects.

A red triangular roadside warning sign contains the silhouette of a troll

A clown in an empty circus: How brands can tackle trolling by taking away the enabling audience

28 February 2022

A new study suggests social media platforms can curb anti-social online behaviour by managing the socio-technical networks that facilitate trolling

SSRP Director contributes to authoritative new book on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

15 February 2022

Prof Alcamo is among other globally-recognised experts in their field to contribute chapters to comprehensive educational book "Our Warming Planet".