Research and Innovation

Professor Jennifer Tomlinson speaks to Dr Helen Norman about Helen’s research on what enables or hinders fathers’ childcare involvement, and how ways of working and caring in a child’s pre-school years sets up a pattern of caregiving that persists as the child grows older. Dr Norman’s previous and current research, discussed in this episode, is funded by the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC)...

In this special #InternationalWomensDay episode, Postgraduate Researchers Caroline Bentham and Beth Stratford talk about challenging the status quo when it comes to gender equality in economics. This podcast episode was recorded in March 2021 via remote recording. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript is available at: https...

Leeds University Business School has created a mini-series on the podcast to mark #InternationalWomensDay 2021. In this introductory episode, Professors Edgar Meyer and Jennifer Tomlinson highlight some of the important and impactful research going on at the Business School by female colleagues, and some of the research that addresses gender equality and inequality. They also discuss what the Busi...

Dynamic managerial capabilities are a potential source of performance improvement for businesses by enabling enterprises to keep up with, or even surpass, the pace of change in their industry. In this episode, Dr Alex Kevill (University of Leeds), Professor Kiran Trehan (University of York), and Dr Shelley Harrington (University of Huddersfield) discuss stability, vulnerability and the role of man...

In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis and Dr Helen Hughes, Associate Professors at Leeds University Business School, discuss how the pandemic may be affecting students on work placements or people starting their first jobs. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this...

The fashion industry and its global supply chains are complex. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to this complexity, leaving managers making decisions quickly and with little knowledge of both the short and long-term fallout from the virus. In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis, Dr Mark Sumner and Fergus Dowling discuss how this pandemic compares to other crises that have hit the fashion industry, and w...

Dr Matthew Davis, Leeds University Business School, and Rishi Sher Singh, Business and Human Rights specialist, talk about the effect COVID-19 has had on the garment industry in India and the vulnerability and impact on human rights within the sector. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@...

Drs Kate Hardy and Xanthe Whittaker discuss how COVID-19 has caused disruption to Early Years education and childcare, and the impact that has had on workers and staff, particularly during the third national lockdown. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this e...

Professor Kerrie Unsworth and Mark Goldstone discuss the benefits of manufacturing SMEs becoming more environmentally sustainable and what Yorkshire businesses are doing to achieve their sustainability goals. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode i...

In this episode, Dr Vera Trappmann and Alexandra Seehaus give a summary of their insights into young precarious workers in Poland and Germany. This podcast episode is related to PREWORK - a project funded by the German Science Foundation and National Science Centre. Funding scheme: Beethoven | Project: TR1378/1-1; UMO-2014/15/G/HS4/04476. The project was carried out in cooperation with Free Univer...

There is a consensus that companies need to adopt a low-carbon economy. Manufacturing Small to Medium Enterprises (mSMEs) are pulled by pressure for productivity growth whilst also being high carbon emitters. In this episode of the Research and Innovation Podcast, Dr Matthew Davis and Naomi Booth Wade discuss the tensions and challenges of productivity and environmental sustainability. This podcas...

Platform work is often controversial and contested, and as such there have been numerous studies of platform labour protest. However, these have tended to be single or small comparative case studies. Professor Mark Stuart and Denis Neumann talk about why there is a pressing need to explore platform worker protest on a global scale. This episode was recorded remotely on 22 July 2020. A transcript o...

In this episode, Krsto Pandza and Tony Morgan discuss the strategic challenges of balancing innovation in core business whilst also developing new opportunities for the future. Professor Krsto Pandza’s research partnership with Ericsson was supported by the project COINS (Complex Open Innovation for Network Society). COINS received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innova...

There are many benefits to work placements, both to the student and the employer, but there is little research in terms of how students get value from them. In this episode of the Research and Innovation Podcast, Dr Helen Hughes and Dr Sally Moore discuss what work placements are and why it’s important to find out more about how students develop during a placement. This podcast episode was recorde...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, museums have had to close their doors to the public during lockdown. Dr Aulona Ulqinaku (University of Leeds) and Anastasia Nanni (Bocconi University) have conducted research that shows that museums could use interactive virtual tours to engage with technology-minded people and increase their willingness to donate to the museum. This podcast episode was recorded remot...

What do we mean by “working from home” and how is it different to working in an office? Dr Matthew Davis and Afshan Iqbal give an overview of existing research on working from home, and discuss key considerations around the changing workplace. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in June 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk....

Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles and Professor Nick Williams discuss how entrepreneurial families can capitalise on each other’s business-related resources. This podcast episode was recorded in May 2020 via remote recording. Part of the research discussed in this episode builds upon Estrada-Robles' PhD which was sponsored by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology. If you would like to get...

In this episode, Professor Hinrich Voss (Leeds University Business School) and Dr Dave Webb (University of Western Australia) discuss modern slavery and how it affects SMEs, including both Australian and UK legislation. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.   About the speakers: Hinric...

What food choices should we be making to try and reduce our carbon footprint? In this episode, Dr Astrid Kause and Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin discuss their recent study which found that even consumers who are engaged with environmental issues are often ill-informed and don’t make the most effective choices when it comes to reducing the climate impact of our food. This podcast episode was reco...

From laughter, to emergency evacuations. In this episode, Hannah Preston speaks to Dr Natalie van der Wal to discuss Natalie’s two different areas of current research: laughter-induced therapy, and testing communication strategies to save lives in emergency evacuations. This podcast episode was recorded in July 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research...

Often modern slavery is thought of as an issue that happens overseas, yet it occurs in a number of sectors within the UK too. In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis and Professor Hinrich Voss discuss what businesses need to know about modern slavery. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. Ab...

In this episode, Drs Arpita Bhattacharjee and Juliane Scheffel discuss wage inequality, focusing on whether higher levels of education lead to income inequality and looking at skill bias in technological changes. This podcast episode was recorded in June 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the presenters: Dr Arpita Bhattac...

What do we mean by technologies in the workplace? And are they likely to have a positive or negative effect on our lives? In this episode, Professors Chris Forde and Mark Stuart give an overview of the impact of digital technologies and how they might replace jobs, create new types of jobs, and change the nature of the way we work. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would l...

Welcome to Leeds University Business School’s Research and Innovation Podcast. In this introductory episode, Professor Mark Stuart, Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, explains how we’ll be using this podcast to bring you insights from our expert researchers. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs...