Research impact and engagement
Our research is impactful, engaged and makes a strong contribution to the Business School’s impact profile.
Collaborative work is the heart of our impact culture, driving the mutually beneficial development and exchange of knowledge, technologies, methods, and resources.
Our research contributes to policy debates and organisational practices across a wide range of areas outlined below.
Outreach work with government, regulatory and professional bodies, third sector organisations, and commercial partners
- Arnold Clark
- Barclays
- Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland
- Communication Workers Union
- COSLA
- Creative Scotland
- Dundee United Football Club
- Edinburgh Council
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
- Foundation Scotland
- Fujitsu
- Human Rights Watch
- Information Commissioner’s Office in Scotland
- International Federation of Accountants
- International Labour Organisation
- London Funders
- National Association of Data Protection Officers
- Office of Commissioner for Fair Access
- Philanthropy Europe Association
- Police Scotland
- Rank Foundation
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Trade Union Congress
- UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
- Union of European Football Associations
- US Government Office of Accountability
- UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- UK Department for Business and Trade
- UK Fire and Rescue Service
- UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
- Workers’ Observatory
- Zero Waste Scotland
Developing policy- and practitioner-focused literature
This work focuses on a range of key topics, including:
- fair access to higher education
- intuition-based decisions
- navigating foundation pay out debates, and
- social and environmental accounting education
Writing commissioned reports for governmental and regulatory bodies
Commissioned reports cover topics including:
- improving recruitment and retention through Fair Work
Giving expert evidence at parliamentary committees
Expert evidence has been provided on topics including:
- aid delivery and public sector outsourcing ()
- effectiveness of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 ()
- Scottish Government’s third sector funding principles ()
Contributing to policy consultations and reviews
This work includes contributions to consultations and reviews such as:
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Informing public, practitioner and policy debates through broadcast media, podcasts, interviews, and public-facing expert commentary
Contributions include:
- the past, present and future of finance ()
- long-term changes in Edinburgh’s financial services sector ()
- the pitfalls of equity crowdfunding for small scale investors ()
- oligarchs and the responsibilities of wealth ()
- data protection and work monitoring guidance ()
- the dangers facing gig workers in food delivery ()
- eco-anxiety, burnout and loneliness in the sustainability profession ()
- risks of perverse outcomes from accelerating natural capital thinking ()
- "organisational ghosts" in local government ()
- and the social and organisational psychological consequences of Scotland’s World Cup qualification ()