Research Strategy
"A world-changing and globally renowned Business School, building on Adam Smith’s legacy to transform the future through enlightened research, entrepreneurial impact, collaborative and impactful engagement with business, government and society."
Driven by Smith's values, our research focuses on 3 pillars:
- Enlighten - Global Research Excellence & Meaningful Careers: Drives research excellence and academic rigor by fostering an inclusive, forward-thinking environment where researchers thrive. Committed to impactful research careers, delivering thought-leading publications, and creating global knowledge exchange, we shape a research culture that delivers real-world impacts and transformative change.
- Engagement (collaboration): Champions bold, cross-disciplinary engagement to address global, societal, and industry challenges. By fostering an inclusive research ecosystem—connecting faculty, research professional staff, and students with diverse external stakeholders—we drive high-impact collaborations.
- Entrepreneurial Impact & Thinking (Creativity): Empowers researchers to ask different questions, push methodological boundaries, embrace diverse perspectives and novel ideas, and take strategic risks to derive groundbreaking advances. By fostering an enlightened mindset, we cultivate a culture of innovation, that equips our research community to lead transformative change on at a local, national and global scale.
By integrating these pillars, we aim to shape a future where research is a catalyst for sustainable impact, guiding society, business, and government through an increasingly complex global landscape.
Key Priorities and Strategic Goals
By 2035, ASBS aims to be a top 10 UK business school and top 100 worldwide by focusing on academic rigor, collaboration, innovation, and addressing local problems and global challenges. We will promote inclusivity and partnerships to drive positive change across academia, industry, and society.
By embedding Smith’s legacy into our research strategy, ASBS will become a world-class business school, shaping business, policy, and society.
Strategic Research Themes
Strategic Research Themes:
ASBS has four strategic research themes to foster collaboration and impact.
