Leeds University Business School Research Staff Conference 2025
- Date: Monday 30 June 2025
- Location: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds
- Cost: Free of charge
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 – 09:40 | Welcome: Julia Bennell |
| 09:40 – 09:55 | Launch of Insight: Krsto Pandza and Hannah Preston |
| 09:55 – 11:00 |
Morning plenary session ‘Digital Horizons: Expanding possibilities and connecting worlds’ Speakers: Danat Valizade. Paul Glover and external speaker tbc Chair: Charles Umney |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Refreshment break |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Parallel session #1 |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Networking lunch |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Research Support: Infrastructure and Development with Han Jin and Jo Garrick Chair: Omar Al-Tabbaa |
| 13:55 – 15:10 | Parallel session #2 |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Refreshment break |
| 15:25 – 16:40 | Parallel session #3 |
| 16:45 – 17:45 | Drinks reception and canapes |
The full programme is being finalised and a link to this will be added soon.
We look forward to seeing you there.
For any queries about the conference, please email researchtraining@leeds.ac.uk