Research Groups

Futures & Analytics Research (FAR) Hub

The FAR group aims to advance digital literacy and data science. These skills are rapidly becoming necessary and invaluable practices in all sectors, particularly in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Students and staff, alike, can gain skill sets that give them strategic advantages across industries.

Contact: Dr Megan Crawford

Intercultural Communication (ICC)

The purpose of this research group is to establish a community within which ICC can be discussed across disciplines. Much of the theorising and conceptual adjacency in this field comes from ICC more broadly, allowing for cross-pollination and support for the development of sophisticated, interdisciplinary writing.

Contact: Dr Phiona Stanley

Napier Applied Business Research for Society (NABRS)

The group will focus on applying business research to solve societal problems, with a particular focus on sustainability, healthcare, analytics, supply chain, logistics, strategy and other business management issues.

Contact: Professor Max Chipulu

The Small Business and Enterprise Research Group (SBERG)

We provide innovative research, consultancy, and commercialisation practice addressing contemporary interdisciplinary issues both nationally and internationally facing small businesses development, survival, and growth.

Contact: Dr Renata Osowska (Research lead) or Dr Chris Cramphorn (Knowledge Exchange, Support, and Commercialisation lead)

Urban Innovation Policy (Unity) Lab

The mission of Unity is to provide urban development actors worldwide with the evidence base required to manage complex urban transformations and to ensure that digital and smart technologies become a tool for boosting sustainable urban development and public value creation.

Contact: Professor Luca Mora

Visual Methods & Ethnography (VM&E) in Interdisciplinary Research

The VM&E in Interdisciplinary Research Group will bring together a diverse group of researchers working across academic disciplines and using visual methods and ethnography.

Contact: Dr Louise Todd

Work and Equalities in Society (WEiS)

The group is intended to bring together academic colleagues, from across the University, who are interested in work, employment, and careers-related research.

Contact: Dr Kirsteen Grant or Professor Peter Robertson