There are a number of Research Centres and one Research Institute within the LMBS.

These work to promote the research activities of members of staff working in areas of strategic importance for LMBS. They normally have a direct relevance to postgraduate and undergraduate taught provision as well as contributing to the research environment within which our research degree students work.

Research centres

• Comparative Organisation and Equality Research Centre (COERC)
• Centre for International Capital Markets (CICM)
• Management Research Centre (MRC)
• Centre for Research in Marketing (CERMARK)
• Centre for International Business and Sustainability (CIBS)
  
• Centre for Corporate Responsibility (CCR)
• Centre for MicroEnterprise (CME)
• Centre for EMEA Banking, Finance & Economics
  
• Centre for Socio-Economic Research (CSER)
• Centre for Business Education Research (CEBER)
• Centre for Research in Cultural Industries Management (CeRCIM)

There is also special research interest group:

• International Hospitality Research Group (IHRG)
• African Research in Business Group (ARBG) 
• Security Industry Observatory (SIO)

Research Institute

Within the Business School the Cities Institute pursues thematically related academic and policy research. It has a multidisciplinary approach bringing together related disciplines to address major social, scientific, technological or policy-related issues in a vibrant and challenging intellectual environment.

Across the University there are other Institutes that research around themes of interest to students and academics working in LMBS:

• The Global Policy Institute
• Working Lives Research Institute