Business, Society and Global Challenges Research Centre @ Oxford Brookes

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The Centre for Business, Society and Global Challenges (BSGC) advances knowledge in business and society through research activities characterised by academic excellence and relevance to the rapidly changing corporate & social world. Researchers from a range of disciplines address core questions in contemporary societies, from refugee entrepreneurship, human rights in business, sustainable tourism and consumption, markets and inequality, to security, digitalisation and the changing world of work and organisations. Through close collaboration with organisations, policy makers, NGOs, and the wider public, the Centre contributes to the research agenda on the major societal, economic, and organisational challenges. BSGC brings together four synergistic and interrelated clusters namely Responsible Organising & Governance, Sustainable Development, Accounting and Applied Economics, Digital Societies, and People, Communities and Places. 

The Responsible Organising and Governance cluster focuses on how social actors organise for transformative action. Identifying the complexity and interlacing of global challenges, the group coalesces around critical perspectives in the study of inclusive, ethical, and sustainable organising and responsible leadership and governance. Some of the SDGs actively addressed by the Responsible Organising & Governance team include social inequalities, responsible production and consumption, and decent work. We invite doctoral applications and other researchers interested in the study of major societal, economic, and organisational transformations such as the institution of new organisational forms, the growth of social economy, responsible supply chains, responsible marketing, markets and ethical consumption, stakeholder engagement and the future of work. 

The Sustainable Development, Accounting and Applied Economics cluster focuses on issues of sustainability, accountability, and responsibility in achieving economic development. We support applications and topics that address the latest empirical studies, theoretical ideas, and methodological developments based on research conducted at the interface between sustainability and consumption, economics, finance, and accounting studies. Indicative areas include food security, decision making in crisis, accountability of investors, stewardship, financialisation and financial inequalities. We also encourage interdisciplinary research with a multidimensional approach combining theory and applications.

The Digital Society cluster focuses on the changing global landscape of technologies, and their influence on work and organisations, consumption, education, skills, labour markets and institutions. The cluster welcomes doctoral applications and other researchers interested in the study of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and subjectivity, digital analytics and society, democratizing digital technology, digital marketing, digital strategy, digital geographies, and FinTech.

The People, Communities and Places cluster fosters research on the impact of societal and organisational changes on people, communities (e.g., migrants, ethnic minorities, aging populations) and places, and welcomes doctoral applications within these topics. Indicative areas include empowerment, resilience, identity, community engagement, evolving forms of organisational and consumer behaviour, productivity, mobilities and inequalities, decolonisation, social movements, and spatial and temporal aspects of organizing. 

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