Research Clusters
Research Clusters
The purpose of establishing research clusters is to promote collaboration among researchers in the school. Research clusters are interdisciplinary groups of researchers working together in solving current and future problems. Discipline boundaries are blurred and traditional research collides in finding ways of understanding our world and its problems. The establishment of the clusters is to increase the research output, being publications, policy papers, and postgraduate students. A total of three research clusters in the School of Business are proposed. Each cluster includes interdisciplinary approaches and coordinates research activities from different disciplines.
Sustainable Business
Sustainability drives business success. It creates a positive impact on the society and environment. The cluster provides a platform to explore a wide range of issues that underpin how socially responsible business can be conducted. Specifically, emphasis is on the following areas of interest: (i) Socially Responsible Business, (ii) Energy Justice and (iii) Responsible Education.
Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is our future. It leverages big data and digitization in transforming business processes and decision making. Attention is given in exploring the way individuals, businesses, and societies create value using data and technology through education and research. The areas of interest include (i) FinTech, RegTech and SupTech, (ii) Digital Business and Innovation, and (iii) Data Analytics and Modelling.
Thriving Communities
The ‘good life’ is a basic right of every living citizen. Any citizen deprived of access to ‘good life’ is considered marginalised and vulnerable. This is the challenge of how we live well individually and as members of our community. As a catalyst for transformation, this cluster seeks to shift marginalized communities towards becoming thriving communities. Areas of interest include: (i) Economics and Policy, (ii) Consumption, Community, and Technology, and (iii) Entrepreneurship.
