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Explore study options, network with industry leaders, learn from expert speakers, and stay ahead of the latest trends. Our Business School events provide invaluable opportunities for growth and connection.

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Date Time Location
16 October 2025 12:30 - 13:30 Online via Zoom

The Covenant-Defeasance Option in Corporate Bonds

Finance research seminar with Professor Karin S. Thorburn

Date Time Location
13 January 2026 13:00 - 15:00 Frederick Douglass Centre, FDC 1.17

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Research Seminar: Open Innovation and University–Industry Relationships

This seminar features two talks examining how organisations innovate and collaborate, covering open innovation in Industry 4.0 and repeat university–industry licensing relationships.

Date Time Location
16 January 2026 14:00 - 15:30 NUBS 2.03

Problems, Pitfalls, and Potential of AI for Qualitative Research

Join the Management and Organisation group for an in-person research event. It will explore the problems, pitfalls and potential of using AI in qualitative research, combining short talks with a reading-group discussion.

Date Time Location
21 January 2026 14:00 - 16:30 NUBS 1.11

Finance Research Seminar: "When Politics Costs Profits: Firm-Level Political Risk and Firm Performance in the U.S."

Dr Yousry Ahmed's seminar explores how firm-level political risk impacts business performance in the U.S., using a large dataset and robust statistical analysis.

Date Time Location
21 January 2026 14:00 - 16:00 FDC 1.17

Finance Research Seminar: "Bank Credit Risk and Biodiversity"

Discover how banks’ biodiversity actions and reporting affect credit risk, drawing on sentiment analysis and newly developed conservation indices.

Date Time Location
11 February 2026 12:00 - 13:00 FDC 1.16

Finance Research Seminar: "What Makes Successful Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns? A Machine Learning Analysis of Information Cues"

Explore how narrative, quantitative, and visual cues influence crowdfunding success, with insights from machine learning and campaign data.

Date Time Location
18 February 2026 13:00 - 14:00 FDC 1.17

Beale Lecture 2026: "How we develop models: reflecting on 40 years (nearly) of modelling."

The 2026 Beale Lecture welcomes Professor Stewart Robinson – Beale Medal winner and Dean of Newcastle University Business School.

Date Time Location
18 February 2026 13:30 - 15:30 Newcastle University Business School

Finance Research Seminar: "Public Sentiment Decomposition and Shareholder Actions"

Explore how public sentiment impacts shareholder proposals, with findings showing links to CEO and board turnover.

Date Time Location
11 March 2026 14:00 - 16:00 FDC 1.17

Finance Research Seminar: "Investor Sentiment and Fundamentally Unrelated Securities"

Dr Deeya Sewraj explores how investor sentiment drives co-movement between crypto assets and meme stocks despite having no shared fundamentals.

Date Time Location
25 March 2026 14:00 - 15:00 NUBS 2.14

Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Research Symposium 2026

A two-day, in-person research symposium bringing together scholars to present policy-relevant research on the economics of cultural and creative industries.

Date Time Location
28 April 2026 - 29 April 2026 09:00 - 20:00 Newcastle University Business School

Finance Research Seminar: "Corporate Performance and Policies Under Scrutiny: Guilty by Association?"

How did Russia’s 2014 annexation affect firms with Russian affiliations? This talk analyses firm performance, financing and market exit risk.

Date Time Location
6 May 2026 13:00 - 15:00 FDC 1.17

International Conference for Production Research - Africa, Europe and Mid-East Region (ICPR-AEM) 2026

The 2026 ICPR-AEM conference will give researchers, academics, and industry professionals a dynamic platform to share and explore transformative approaches to enhancing sustainability in manufacturing and operational efficiency.

Date Time Location
19 June 2026 - 24 June 2026 09:00 - 17:00 Newcastle University Business School

51st Technology Transfer Society Conference: Building resilient technology transfer, processes for economic and social value

The 51st Technology Transfer Society Conference explores resilient technology transfer, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Abstract submissions close 15 Feb 2026.

Date

Time Location
9 September 2026 - 11 September 2026
Doctoral Day: 9 September 2026 Main Conference: 10 –11 September 2026
09:00 - 20:00 Newcastle University Business School