Emerging Research Networks

Our Emerging Research Networks showcase key developing research themes. They bring together researchers from across the Business School, the wider University, and beyond.

Algorithmic Work and Working Life (AWWL)

Exploring how algorithmic systems and online platforms are reshaping work, working lives and workplace inequalities.

Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Network (BESSN)

Exploring how businesses and economies can respond to environmental and social challenges and support a more sustainable future.

Critical Materials Circularity Network (CMCN)

Exploring how circular systems can support more secure, affordable and sustainable supplies of critical materials.

Destination, Services and Tourism ERN (DeSTERN)

Exploring how data, Al and digital technologies are shaping the resilience of destinations and transforming tourism and service experiences.

The Economic and Social Sciences Causal Inference Lab (ESSCIL)

Exploring cause and effect in economic and social issues using rigorous quantitative methods to produce reliable evidence for research and policy.

Employment. Debt, and Getting by Economies (EDGE)

Exploring financial precarity, insecure work and debt to support fairer financial systems and more inclusive approaches to work and credit.

Newcastle Crime, Institutions and Action (NCIA)

Exploring how crime, institutions and public policy shape behaviour, communities, markets and economic outcomes.

Refugee and Migration Research Network (RAMnet)

Exploring migration and displacement, and how they shape people's experiences of work, organisations, politics and society.

Sustainable Investment and Financial Instruments Network (SIFIN)

Exploring sustainable investment, financial instruments and climate risk to support the transition towards more sustainable financial systems.

These networks highlight where we are heading as a Business School and reflect our values, while placing early career researchers and PhD students at the heart of our research ecosystem.

Professor Abigail Marks Associate Dean Research and Professor of the Future of Work