Research Seminars

Seminars run by the Faculty of Business and Law are open to all our postgraduate students and academic staff, and some are also open to members of the public and other institutions.

See our full timetable for spring 2022 below, or jump to the subject group or department you're most interested in to find out more.

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Accounting and Financial Management Subject Group
Economics and Finance Subject Group
Marketing Subject Group
Operations and Systems Management Subject Group
Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management Subject Group
Strategy, Enterprise and Innovation Subject Group
School of Law

Accounting and Financial Management Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
16 February 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Why do CSR-oriented companies opt for bond debt? Evidence from crisis periods	Wajih Abbassi, University of Paris Est	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 February 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Environmental Accounting and State Power in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1537-1621)	Michele Bigoni, Kent University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
2 March 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Promotion of audit market competition as a remedy for audit quality: the case of mandatory joint audits in the UK	Javed Siddiqui, Manchester University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
9 March 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	The relative importance of the internal audit function quality attributes for financial reporting quality: Evidence from a developing economy	Manirul Islam, The Autonomous University of Barcelona	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
16 March 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Boardroom network and corporate performance: When who you know contributes to what you know	Inna Abramova, London Business School	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 March 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Impact-oriented research	Alexis Stenfors	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
20 April 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Board gender composition and waste management: International evidence	Ammar Ali GULL, ESSCA School of Management, France	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
11 May 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Firm financial behaviour dynamics and interactions: A structural vector autoregression approach	Shengfeng Li	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
25 May 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Social movements, counter conduct and interstitial transformation: an exploration of the Degrowth movement in Finland	Colin Dey, Stirling University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
1 June 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	Accountability and recruitment	Afshan Moeed, Open University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
8 June 2022	2.30pm - 3.30pm	The Cross-Section of the Cryptocurrency Blockchain	Andrew Urquhart, Reading University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

Economics and Finance Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
2 February 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Finance Centre Seminar: TBA	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
9 February 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	The Effects of a Means-tested Student Grant on Academic Success: Evidence from Portugal	Sophie Guthmuller, Vienna University of Econ and Business	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
16 February 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Ansgar Wohlschlegel, Swansea University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 February 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	How to Regulate Carbon Emissions with Climate-conscious Consumers	Fabian Herweg, University of Bayreuth	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
2 March 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	Financial Stocks and Flows in the Time of Covid-19	Stephen Millard, Bank of England	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 March 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	Manhattan Transfer: Productivity effects of agglomeration in American authorship	Lukas Kuld / Sara Mitchell, TU Dortmund	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
30 March 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	Top graduate programmes in economics: Historical evolution and recent evidence	John O'Hagan, Trinity College Dublin	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
20 April 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	Stock Price Level Effects’ which is joint work with Charlotte Borsboom	Sascha Füllbrunn, Radboud University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
27 April 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Emel Öztürk, Tilburg University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
4 May 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Hande Erkut / Levent Neyse, WZB Berlin Social Science Center	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
1 June 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Finance Centre Seminar: TBA	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
8 June 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Boon Han Koh, University of East Anglia	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
22 June 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	Bernhard Ganglmair, ZEW	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
29 June 2022	1.15pm - 2.30pm	TBA	[PGR Seminar] Ajab Khan and TBA	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

Marketing Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
9 February 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Student presentations	Yuni Wei and Shynar Dyussembayeva	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
25 February 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Experimental research training	Giampaolo Viglia	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
9 March 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Confirmatory Factor Analysis & Structural Equation Modelling	Prof Yuksel Ekinci	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 March 2022	12.30pm - 1.15pm	Qualitative Research TBA	Dr. Cynthia Akwei, Liverpool John Moores University	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
11 May 2022	12.30pm - 1.15pm	Fake news	Professor Gita Johar from Columbia	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
28 September 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Why ethics matters and UoP process to favourable opinion	Dr Simon Kolstoe	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
12 October 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Pure profile workshop	Daniel Turner	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
26 October 2022	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Conceptualizing and Measuring Brand Transparency	Dr Matteo Montecchi, Kings College	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

Operations and Systems Management Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
14 February 2022	1.00pm	KTP discussion and update	Sandra Johnson	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 February 2022	1.00pm	Decision, Decision, Decision! Third workshop in Decision Making Methods and Techniques	Maria Barbati, Department of Economics, University Ca Foscari Venice. Salvatore Greco, Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania and Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth. Adel Guitoni, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada. Marco Cinelli, Decision Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience (DESIRE) Laboratory, Leiden University College. Matthias Ehrgott, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster. Banu Lockman, Operations and Systems Management Group, University of Portsmouth. Nadia Papamichail, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Roman Słowiński, Institute of Computing Science, Poznań University of Technology, Poland.	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
2 March 2022	2.00pm	Product Returns	Dr Danni Zhang (University of Southampton)	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
16 March 2022	1.00pm	Research Impact Seminar	Alexis Stenfors	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
6 April 2022	1.00pm	KTP Update	Sandra Johnston	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
18 April 2022	11.00am	Business Analytics Group Update	Nigel Williams/Salem Chakhar	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
27 April 2022	1.00pm	KTP Update	Sandra Johnston	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
11 May 2022	1.00pm	Avoiding desk rejections	Claire Coulter	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon

Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
2 February 2022	2.00pm	Aesthetic Entrepreneuring in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship.	Samatha Warren and Simony Marins	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
9 February 2022	2.00pm	What happens to diversity at work in the context of a toxic triangle? Accounting for the gap between discourses and practices of diversity management	Dr. Ozlem Araci	PGR students and staff	In person and online. Dennis Sciama Building 1.09 or watch online using this link
16 February 2022	2.00pm	Open Access and the Library	Liz Brindley	PGR students and staff	In person and online. Dennis Sciama Building 1.09 or watch online using this link
2 March 2022	2.00pm	Alternative forms of organising and the impact of Covid-19: The case of Alternative Food Initiatives in the UK	Natasha Gjorevska	PGR students and staff	In person and online. Dennis Sciama Building 1.09 or watch online using this link
16 March 2022	2.00pm	Understanding of management KTP and how to engage your network. / Application process and the role of Knowledge Transfer Adviser	Sandra Johnson & Dr. Stephen Woodhouse	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
24 March 2022	2.00pm	An academic perspective of management KTP	Sandra Johnson & Dr. Oliver Jones:	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

Strategy, Enterprise and Innovation Subject Group

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
2 February 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	How manufacturing technologies enable innovation research	Aldo Stornelli	PGR students and staff	Link coming soon
23 February 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	How do MNCs legitimate when undertaking Grand challenges research	Olubukola Aluko	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
9 March 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	South Korean FDI	Jae Yeon Kim	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
16 March 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	What are the prospects for Levelling Up? Looking at the culture/personality and local/regional growth	Piers Thompson, Nottingham Trent University	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
28 March 2022	12.00pm - 2.00pm	Innovation/entrepreneurship within an African context. Round table discussing the activities of the University of Johannesburg Business School	Philisande Sokhela, University of Johannesburg	PGR students and staff	Richmond Building Board Room RB1.15 and online. Staff and Students: follow this link
20 April 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	Security Industry Authority (SIA) Close Protection Licensing	Garry Bergin (DBA)	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
4 May 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	Chinese Consumer Risk Peception of Synthetic Biology applied in the Agri Food Sector	Shan Jin	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
25 May 2022	1.00pm - 3.00pm	Do we still need cities? An innovation-based take on the question	Rob Huggins	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

School of Law

Date	Time	Description	Speaker	Open to	Link to register/join
9 February 2022	1.00pm	A Transdisciplinary Enquiry into Governance of DLT Applications in Financial Services	Dr Susan Yin	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
16 February 2022	12.00pm	Digital Goods under Commercial Contacts	Dr Jens Krebs	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
23 February 2022	1.00pm	Brexit and data protection law – A missed opportunity for the UK Government?	Dr Henry Pearce	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
30 March 2022	1.00pm	Current developments of International Cultural Rights and the role of Arts and Literature in its explanation	Dr. Beatriz Barreiro Carril	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
6 April 2022	12.00pm	Academic freedom under Article 13 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights - a critical analysis	Dr Hannes Hofmeister	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link
13 April 2022	1.00pm	Competition Policy and Privatization Procedures	Prof. Vinicus Klien	PGR students and staff	Staff and Students: follow this link

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Research Seminars – Faculty of Business and Law

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