Funded projects
An overview of the funded research projects currently underway at the University of Bristol Business School.
These projects reflect our commitment to advancing knowledge and addressing contemporary challenges through impactful, interdisciplinary research.
| Lead name | Funder | Title of project | Dates of project | Interdisciplinary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Lucy McCarthy | EPSRC | Co-creating equitable circular food systems through a digital hub | 01/11/2024-31/10/2027 | More details |
| Dr Zheng Liu | BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants | Understanding China’s AI Industry: Key Actors, Resources, and Social Structures | 01/09/2024-31/08/2026 | |
| Dr Roman Barwinski | British Academy | Control of Critical Assets: 3D printing industry M&A consolidation and technological futures | 01/09/2024-31/08/2025 | |
| Professor Richard Owen | EPSRC | REPHRAIN: National Research centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence online (Phase II) | 01/09/2024-31/03/2025 | School of Computer Science |
| Dr Raffaello Rossi | Gambleaware | Grassroots Initiatives to Restrict Gambling Marketing Locally | 01/08/2024-31/07/2025 | |
| Dr Fiona Spotswood | Research England | Fostering Inclusive Mountain Biking in Wales | 01/08/2024-31/07/2025 | Modern Languages |
| Professor Andrew Sturdy | Research England | PSF 24/25 - Governing The Use Of External Management Consultants In The NHS - Co-producing Evidence-based Policy | 01/08/2024-31/07/2025 | |
| Dr Devika Narayan | Liverpool Victoria | Human-Machine Teams & the Future of Work | 01/07/2024-31/12/2024 | BDFI |
| Professor Sheena Vachhani | AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council | Freedom and Fear: An interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to the challenges of walking for women | 01/07/2024-31/12/2024 | Schools of Arts; Aetiological Epidemiology; Brain Behaviour and Health |
| Dr Anita Mangan | ESRC/DLUHC | Insecure lives and the policy disconnect: How multiple insecurities affect Levelling Up and what joined up policy can do to help | 01/06/2024-31/03/2025 | |
| Dr Trang Nguyen | British Academy | Undocumented Immigrants, Labour Market Dynamics, and Firm Performance | 16/04/2024-31/03/2026 | |
| Professor Richard Owen | EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | EPSRC CDT: Cyber Secure Everywhere | 01/04/2024-30/09/2032 | School of Computer Science |
| Professor Palie Smart | EPSRC / Innovate UK | Innovation and Knowledge Centre: Transforming Net Zero with Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Technology (REWIRE) | 01/04/2024-31/03/2029 | BDFI |
| Dr Minhao Zhang | EPSRC / Innovate UK | Innovation and Knowledge Centre: Transforming Net Zero with Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Technology (REWIRE) | 01/04/2024-31/03/2029 | BDFI |
| Professor Richard Harris | Innovate UK - KTP | KTP with Safran (South West) Limited - OAFI | 01/04/2024-30/09/2025 | |
| Dr Haneul Choi | British Academy | Innovation Fellowship - Roles, perceptions, and behaviours of local non-academic venture builders in academic entrepreneurship and regional innovation ecosystem | 31/03/2024-30/03/2025 | |
| Professor Florian Bauer | PWC (Germany) | PWC Portfolio Study | 01/02/2024-31/01/2025 | |
| Professor Brian Squire | EPSRC | Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub | 03/01/2024-30/09/2030 | |
| Dr Ketch Adeeko | British Academy | Inclusive Growth: Entrepreneurial ecosystems and the growth trajectories of women entrepreneurs. | 18/09/2023-17/09/2025 | |
| Dr Phil Davies | EPSRC | Responsive Additive Manufacture to Overcome Natural and Attack-based disruption | 01/09/2023-30/09/2024 | |
| Dr Ana Javornik | ESRC | The rise of self-avatars in collaborative virtual environments and its consequences for users’ mental well-being | 01/07/2023-31/12/2025 | |
| Professor Jonathan Beaverstock | ESRC | Future Finance 4 All | 01/05/2023-30/09/2025 | More details |
| Professor Jennifer Johns | Innovate UK | PEMD Scale-up Strand 2: Technelec_Alloyed | 01/05/2023-31/10/2024 | |
| Dr Ran Tao | British Academy | Media, Momentum and the UK Stock Market: 1888–2021 | 01/04/2023-30/09/2024 | |
| Dr Raffaello Rossi | UK Gambling Commission | Childhood Trauma & Gambling | 01/03/2023-30/12/2024 | |
| Professor Agnes Nairn | NIHR | Reducing population exposure to a unhealthy commodity advertising: evaluation of the Bristol Advertising and Sponsorship Policy (full evaluation) | 01/02/2023-31/07/2025 | Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health; Policy Studies |
| Professor Vanessa Beck | ESRC | A sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed workers | 02/01/2023-01/01/2026 | |
| Professor Orietta Marsili | ESRC | Risky business: Understanding intergenerational persistence in entrepreneurship | 01/10/2022-31/03/2025 | |
| Professor Agnes Nairn | Gambleaware | Bristol Academic Research Hub for the Prevention of Gambling Harm | 01/07/2022-30/06/2027 | School of Geographical Sciences; Modern Languages; Policy Studies; Psychological Sciences; School of Computing Electrical engineering and engineering Maths |
| Professor Dale Southerton | ESRC | ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures | 01/05/2022-30/04/2027 | More details |
| Professor David M Evans | Norwegian Research Council | REDUCE - Rethinking Everyday Plastics | 01/12/2021-30/11/2025 | |
| Professor David M Evans | BBSRC | Healthy soils, health environments, healthy people | 02/01/2021-01/01/2026 |