Management, Business and Economics

The Management, Business and Economics pathway’s PhD programmes prepare students for careers in academia as well as the public and private sectors.

Durham University Business School comprises four departments: Economics, Finance, Management & Marketing, and Accounting. Areas of expertise include Quantitative Research in Economics & Finance; Banking, Risk & Intermediation; International Business; Leadership; Organisational Dynamics; and Ecological Studies.

Newcastle University Business School has academic units in Economics; Accounting and Financial and Management; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Finance; Information Systems and Operations; Leadership, Work and Organisation; and Marketing. Areas of expertise include Business, Accounting & Managerial History; Labour and Work; Strategy and Organisation; Marketing; Operations, Data and Information Systems; Innovation and Enterprise; Quantitative and Behavioural Finance; Applied, Behavioural and Theoretical Economics.

Queen’s University Belfast’s Queen’s Business School is an interdisciplinary school with six core academic departments: Accounting; Economics; Finance; International Business, Entrepeneurship, and Marketing; Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations; and Organisation, Work, and Leadership. Areas of expertise include Not-for-Profit and Public-Sector Research; Industrial Relations; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Marketing Analytics; Networks and Institutions; and Applied Economics and Econometrics.

At Northumbria the pathway is located within the Newcastle Business School which offers a rich research environment for ambitious, cross-disciplinary and imaginative proposals for PhD study. NBS research is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary. For example, the business school numbers leading business historians, consumer behaviourists, sociologists and human geographers amongst its research groups and departments, as well as more traditional areas of expertise. We therefore studies seeking to explore the business world from alternative contexts and which celebrate marginalised and ignored voices, from service workers to consumer typologies and associated entrepreneurial endeavours.

Ulster University Business School has four departments: Accounting, Finance and Economics; Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management; Global Business and Enterprise; and Management, Leadership and Marketing. Areas of expertise include Supply Chain Management; Business Improvement; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; International Business; Accounting/Finance Governance; and Investor Sentiment.