Research in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

International excellence

Kingston University research has helped shape government policy in the United Kingdom and is making important contributions to public life across the globe, responding to the major scientific and intellectual challenges of today. We consider research to be integral to our distinctiveness, success and sustainability and it plays a vital role in contributing to the quality of our learning and teaching.

In the 2022 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 70% of our research was considered either world leading or internationally excellent and we are continuing to build our research reputation through fostering a collaborative, outward-looking research culture across the institution.

The research experience

The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (FBSS) is one of the most research-intensive parts of Kingston University. It has an energetic research culture and therefore a plethora of research projects currently on offer.

Research students are a key and valued part of the research activities within the faculty. They help to build a strong research reputation, are vital members of our Research Centres and occasionally help with teaching undergraduate students.

As a research student, you will be part of an ambitious faculty that offers fantastic opportunities for inter-disciplinary research and experience, become a part of an extended research student community and develop contacts with external organisations in close collaboration with the faculty.

Our research degrees

The Faculty offers the following research degrees which are offered across a range of subject areas. Click the subject areas below for advice on how to write a research proposal.

MA/MSc by Research

MPhil

Business and Management PhD

Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences PhD (including Criminology and Social Sciences, Economics, Law, and Psychology)

Current research themes: School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences

Criminology and Social Sciences

Economics

Law

Psychology

Current research themes: Kingston Business School

Capital market and risk

Sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship

Customer behaviour and value

Strategic foresight and creativity

Future of work and organisations

Current research students

PhD students

DBA students

School of Law and Social and Behavioural Sciences: CResCID and Research Groups

The main research centre in the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, under which all the other groups fall, is the Centre for Research on Communities, Identities and Difference (CResCID), whose mission is to produce strategic knowledge relevant to global problems by fostering multi-disciplinary research on social justice and how adversity impacts on individuals and their communities.

Kingston Business School: Hubs of Excellence

The research and knowledge exchange culture in Kingston Business School is led by our community of independent scholars. Our experienced researchers and practitioners frequently drive projects with external partners and funders. They work together with our early career research staff who are also forging ahead and establishing new connections in their own right.

Research events


If there are no faculty research-specific events listed here, please do check the University-wide events: