PhD and DBA at Nottingham Business School
NBS is committed to excellent research which combines academic rigour with beneficial impact on social, economic and societal welfare, as well as informing the design and delivery of the School’s degree programmes.
We continue to underpin our strong and positive trajectory in research capacity and performance by further strengthening our infrastructure of support for researchers at all levels.
NBS is a School where researchers can reach their full potential and where the alignment of individual and collective success is fostered and celebrated.
We offer opportunities for PhD and Professional Doctorates and a researcher support programme that prioritises your professional development. We encourage you to innovate and impact education, industry and society.
PhD Research Degrees at Nottingham Business School
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Doctor of Business Administration
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Nottingham Business School is designed to improve business and managerial practice through the development of the personal, intellectual and academic abilities of participants.
PhDs at NBS
NBS has a thriving international community of PhD students undertaking innovative and inspiring research in diverse subject groups. Our NBS PhD programme is supported by 10 internationally leading research centres and groups comprising the expertise of world class academics across a breadth of subject expertise.
You will be supported by ten internationally leading research centres and groups comprising the expertise of world class academics across a breadth of subject areas such as, Management and Organisation Studies, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Human Resource Management, Economics, Sustainability, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Behavioural Sciences and Health & Wellbeing.
Doctor of Business Administration
The Nottingham Business School DBA is a part-time doctorate designed for senior professionals in industry and academia to advance their practice whilst working in their existing roles. Offering a diverse balance of industry and academic practice, it is designed to leverage careers and/or make the transition into the highest levels of academia.
It is designed to improve your business and managerial practice through the development of your personal, intellectual and academic abilities, through a major academic research project. Your research will make academically recognised contributions to your chosen fields.
Applications for our PhD and Doctorate in Business Administration are made via our Doctoral School.
Our accreditations
Research Centres
Responsible and Sustainable Business Lab
Founded in 2015 with the goal of supporting income generation, publication and business impact within the business school and across disciplines at NTU.
Centre for Economics, Policy and Public Management
The centre brings together research on economic and policy issues and public management across the whole public sector at international, national, regional and local scales.
Centre for People, Work and Organizational Practice
The research within the Centre explores the ways in which leadership and HR practices influence employees’ attitudes and behaviours at work.
Centre for International Business Strategy and Decisions
The Centre for IBSD investigates research phenomena of international importance for individuals, groups, organisations, cultures, and nations. Global challenges and opportunities ask for interdisciplinary international collaborations to find solutions regarding global sustainability (from nutrition to microfinance), sustainable cultures (migration, cultural adaptation, decision-making), multinational corporate strategies and transnational entrepreneurship decisions. Our Centre explores new avenues with a diverse set of theories and methods (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed) to identify configurations and reconfigurations in international business, global sustainability and geo-political settings.
Work, Informalisation and Place Research Centre
Providing innovative, interdisciplinary studies focusing on the spatial dimensions of contemporary work and employment in sectors such as hand car washes, nail bars, and small-scale garment manufacturing.
Centre for Behavioural Sciences
Research at this centre employs methods from various disciplines to gain deeper insights into human behaviour and decision making.
Research Groups
Accounting and Finance Research Group
The Accounting and Finance Research Group undertakes research across a broad spectrum of accounting and finance related disciplines and across a range of sectors and geographical boundaries.
Marketing and Consumer Studies Research Centre
Marketing and Consumer Studies Research Centre (MACS) includes academics with a wide range of interests and expertise across consumer behaviour, branding and brand identity, services research, and tourism experiences, amongst others.
Innovation, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Operations Research Group
The Innovation, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Operations Research Groups aim is to promote international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research and collaboration, bringing together academia and practice in the areas of digital innovation; innovation, organization and strategy; operations and supply chain management; and entrepreneurship and small business management.
Nottingham Business School is committed to excellent research which combines academic rigour with beneficial impact on social, economic and societal welfare, as well as informing the design and delivery of the School’s degree programmes.