Leeds University Business School Research Staff Conference 2025

The Leeds University Business School Research Staff Conference provides an opportunity to showcase our research excellence and support the development of collaborative research practice.

The conference aims to provide a space for colleagues to come together to share their research with peers, identify synergies in our research, foster collaboration across centres and departments, and establish a platform for interdisciplinary research. The conference will include a morning plenary session, parallel sessions, a researcher support session, and a drinks reception after the conference.

There will be an Impact track running over the day that will enable a select number of participants to present research that aims at influencing non-academic knowledge users such as policy makers, for-profit and non-profit organisations and public sector organisations. Research that originates from large grants, demonstrates collaborative engagement, or in any way promises to resonate beyond academia would fit perfectly within this track. It is also an opportunity for all colleagues who are thinking about developing impact cases to showcase their current work.

The Business School has research strengths across many fields and disciplines, with theoretical, methodological and empirical depth that can offer insights and solutions to the most challenging and pressing of issues, be they corporate, policy-related or more societal.

The deadline for abstract submission now extended to 12 noon Friday 16 May (abstracts for the Research Conference are to be submitted in the registration form)

Registration for the event is now closed.

Please note that photography and filming will be taking place at this event for use by the University for marketing and publicity uses in our publications, on our website, social media and any third-party publications.

Please contact a member of staff if you wish to be exempted from this activity.

Conference schedule

Time

Activity

09:00 – 09:30

Arrival and refreshments

09:30 – 09:55

Opening
(Herringbone Suite – 1st floor)

Chair: Annie Wei (Pro Dean Research and Innovation)

Welcome address by Professor Niall Hayes (Deputy Dean)

Launch of Insights with Professor Krsto Pandza and Hannah Preston

09:55 – 11:00

Morning plenary session

‘Digital Horizons: Expanding possibilities and connecting worlds’
(Herringbone Suite – 1st floor)

Speakers: Professor Danat Valizade, Professor Paul Glover, Alex Dutton-Waugh

Chair: Professor Annie Wei

11:00 – 11:15

Refreshment break
(Merchants Hall)

11:15 – 12:30

First parallel sessions
(Breakout rooms)

12:30 – 13:30

Networking lunch
(Merchants Hall)

13:30 – 13:50

Research Support: Infrastructure and Development
(Herringbone Suite – 1st floor)

Chair: Omar Al-Tabbaa

Speakers: Jo Garrick and Han Jin

13:55 – 15:10

Second Parallel sessions
(Breakout Rooms)

15:10 – 15:25

Refreshment break
(Merchants Hall)

15:25 – 16:40

Third Parallel sessions
(Breakout Rooms)

16:45 – 17:45

Drinks reception and awards presentation
(Merchants Hall)

Download the full programme.

We look forward to seeing you there.

For any queries about the conference, please email researchtraining@leeds.ac.uk