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Economics and Finance research

Student name Student research field Supervisor(s) Thesis title
Konstantinos Adamopoulos Economics Zacharias Psaradakis
Walter Beckert
Alexander Bowyer Economics Alastair Ball
Arina Nikandrova
Federico Corrado Economics Yunus Aksoy
Pedro Gomes
Angelos Diamantopoulos Economics and Finance Emanuela Sciubba
James Eustace Economics and Finance Stephen Satchell
Zacharias Psaradakis
David Schroder
Lisette Alfaya Frias Economics Helyette Geman
Brian Gorst Economics Pedro Gomes
Ronald Smith
Essays on fiscal policy and the macroeconomy
Charisios Grivas Economics Zacharias Psaradakis
Walter Beckert
Bootstrap and subsampling in econometrics
Ioanna Lachana Economics David Schroder
Roald Versteeg
Sentiment analysis and financial markets
David Latto Economics Kenjiro Hori
Arupratan Daripa
Rene Levesley Economics Emanuela Sciubba
Brad Baxter
Shahzeb Mohammed Economics Pedro Gomes
Stephen Wright
Macroeconomic model with heterogenous agents and financial frictions
Sofia Philippou Economics Helyette Geman
Zacharias Psaradakis
Natural gas and LNG markets
Filipe Pires De Albuquerque Economics Yunus Aksoy
Ronald Smith
The preferred habitats of fixed income investors
Charmaine Portelli Economics and Finance Stephen Wright
Ronald Smith
Hiba Sameen Economics

Walter Beckert
Arina Nikandrova

Thomas Spencer Economics

Zacharias Psaradakis
Ronald Smith

Extensions of non-stationary factor models
Di Zhu Economics

Arupratan Daripa
Sandeep Kapur


Management research

Student name Supervisor(s) Thesis title
Emad Alchikh Saleh Kevin Ibeh How is FDI into the UK affected by recent regional and global developments? The perspective of foreign investors in the manufacturing sector
Konstantinos Athanasiadis Geoffrey Walters
Dimitrios Koufopoulos
Looking through the process lens: Unpacking the CEO succession planning
Olayinka Bandele Kevin Ibeh
Sorin Piperca
An exploration of the drivers and influences on firms’ innovative practices in the Kenyan agribusiness export sector
Sebastian Boo Pamela Yeow
Almuth McDowall
Kind and compassionate leadership in times of crisis
Jacinth Boudier Ioanna Boulouta
Suzanne Konzelmann
John Diamondopoulos Klaus Nielsen
Conrad Zinenuba Dumbah Emmanuel Mamatzakis
Lorenzo Neri
The impact of the quality of public financial management systems on institutional legitimacy and corruption in Ghana
Serpil Erdogan-Altuncevahir Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Horen Voskeritsian
Maryam Ghorbankhani Federica Rossi
Marion Frenz
Exploitation of public sector R&D and the open innovation paradigm: Governance of Knowledge transfer and commercialisation within public research organisations (PROs)
Maximilian Giehrl Federica Rossi
Muthu De Silva
Success Factors in the Collaboration with Innovation Intermediaries - A study in the Context of Digital Technologies
Ibrahim Haidar Julian Sims
Karin Shields
The value relevance of Integrated Reporting
Karine Harutyunyan Sorin Piperca
Pamela Yeow
The impact of Project Managers' emotional intelligence and political skills on project performance and work relationships
Yangyang He Xiaming Liu
Grace Bo Peng
The Acceptance of Chinese Technology Products in Global Markets
Md Uzzal Hossain Muthu De Silva
Federica Rossi
Organizational approach to circular innovation: the role of creative process engagement and creative self-efficacy
Richard Irving Geoffrey Walters
Richard Tacon
Muhammed Jamil Pamela Yeow
Sorin Piperca
Exploring the relationship between adaptive leadership and project success
Yunwen Jiang Xiaming Liu What matters in the process of cross-border acquisitions for Chinese MNEs?
Stephen Kataya Lorenzo Neri
Ellen Yu
The impact of corporate social responsibility on firm market performance: An examination from the United Kingdom & selected continental European economies
Jingjing Liang Xiaming Liu The export behaviour of Chinese firms and their networks evolution
Ming Liu Xiaming Liu
Qizhi Tao
Tripartite collusion in M&As with performance commitment contracts in China
Barbara Mason Federica Rossi
Richard Tacon
Guilherme Matoso Macedo Frederick Guy
Odile Janne
Essays on labour specialization: Evidence on Brazilian micro-data
Adedoyin Olorunfemi Muthu De Silva
Helen Lawton Smith
Entrepreneurial Learning in women engaged in Interconnected Selling
Emma-Jane Palmer Foster Helen Lawton Smith
Frederick Guy
Benedikt Andreas Pietsch Sorin Piperca
Louise Redmond Suzanne Konzelmann
Arron Phillips
Governing corporate culture: Board practices for long term corporate success and greater public trust in business
Julia Schober Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Horen Voskeritsian
Labour mobility in the European Union: Brexit and the location choice of highly skilled young Europeans
Zehra Serman Julian Sims The effect of bloggers on consumer purchase
Sana Inam Shah Amy Hackley
Wendy Hein
Brand storytelling: An interpretive exploration of how beauty brands co-create emotion-evoking narratives by the use of influencer marketing on social media, and its impact on Generation Z's self and social identities in the UK
David Stroll Klaus Nielsen
Federica Rossi; Julian Sims
An empirical case study of productivity measurement and growth capital reporting
Irina Sukiasyan Wendy Hein
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Discursive production and consumption of gendered humour in Post-Soviet Russia
Bethan Taylor Richard Tacon You got chicked: Representations and identities of women in ultra running
Mark Thurgood Marion Frenz
Sorin Piperca
Service innovation adoption and integration - people first
Philip Turbutt Geoffrey Walters
Bruno Schivinski
George Robert Wills Richard Tacon
Francesco Addesa
The value of elite clubs and star players in the European football industry
Zhixin Xu Fred Yamoah
Amy Hackley
Urban sustainability and City of Culture
Silin Ye Xiaming Liu
Jing Zhou
Social media, top management team characteristics, and corporate governance in China
Ruocheng Zhao Xiaming Liu
Bruno Schivinski
Guanxi consumption
Yilin Zhao Xiaming Liu Institutional entrepreneurship of China's inward foreign direct investment policy system


Organizational Psychology research

Student name Supervisor(s) Thesis title
Nicola Bentham Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya
Vanessa Iwowo
Re-examining organizational change and the role of the ideal worker - an intersectional approach to inclusivity in the UK not-for-profit sector
Isabel Beydag Vanessa Iwowo
Rebecca Whiting
Alexandra Beauregard
How intellectual activism and academic agency is shaped by the evolution of intellectualism and neoliberalism
Jessica Dark Almuth McDowall
Harriet Tannenbaum*
'We Make Work, Work for Us': Understanding inclusive work environments as informed by autistic business owners
Ebere Dike-Ugwu George Michaelides*
Almuth McDowall
How social and organisational factors can influence the quality of knowledge sharing
Nikita D'Souza Lukas Wallrich 
Alexandra Beauregard
Examining the affective, behavioural, and cognitive components of inclusion that enable change and promote equity and belonging in organisations
Carolann Edwards Caroline Kamau-Mitchell
Lukas Wallrich
Envied in the workplace: envy attribution and response
Jessica Hobbs Alexandra Beauregard
Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya
Exploring paternal leave journeys with particular focus on fathers' mental wellbeing
Sara Khalil Yi-Ling Lai*
David Gamblin
Towards ideal-self clarity through coaching
Dominika Mazurek Rebecca Whiting 
Alexandra Beauregard
Body Matters: Examining how the working lives of professional women in mid-life are shaped by discursive constructions in organisations of the menopause
Margaret Ochieng Vanessa Iwowo
Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya
Examining the undertaking of anti-racism work in UK organisations
Doris Pearce-Niederwieser Rebecca Whiting 
David Gamblin
Examining how working past pension age affects one's identity narrative over time
Megan Ramsell Rashpal Dhensa- Kahlon
Kevin Teoh
An investigation of the relationships between stigma, psychosocial working conditions and post-traumatic growth following extra-organisational trauma
Meredith Scott Jones Rebecca Whiting
Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya
Vanessa Iwowo
Exploring the impact of diversity discourses on the knowledge production of employees
Jane Setten Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya
Katrina Pritchard*
The changing role of public sector accountants in the UK
Marianna Sidiropoulou Almuth McDowall
Susie Orbach*
Women in leadership: An internal glass ceiling?
Lucinda Soon Almuth McDowall
Kevin Teoh
Identity and meaningfulness at work on lawyers' career motivations and well-being
Mark Stringer Andreas Liefooghe*
Alexandra Beauregard
What do you want from me? Understanding jouissance, desire and lack in employee engagement
Greg Swaysland Almuth McDowall
Rebecca Whiting
Disability Confidence - what is it and how can we achieve and measure it? A dyadic model that replaces the social and medical models of disability
Gintare Visockaite Kevin Teoh
Andreas Liefooghe*
Negative behaviour, workplace bullying and outcomes in Russian workplaces: The contextual role of collectivist values and autocratic leadership
Shireen Walker Libby Drury
Alexandra Beauregard
Workplace incivilities affecting older, childfree, working women

*External supervisor