What our researchers are actually working on.

Event-study examination of how post-2020 governance reforms shaped board composition and long-term return in UK listed firms. Currently assembling the event window dataset.

Interpretive content analysis of 200 UK B2B SaaS brand campaigns (2020–25). Currently designing the coding framework.

Mixed-methods study of how UK SMEs adapted commercial operations with Indian counterparts between 2021 and 2025.

Comparing how the UK, Ireland, and France interpret the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. Foundation-stage work focuses on documentary analysis of regulatory guidance.

Eight-firm comparative case study in UK food manufacturing. Foundation work involves structuring a supplier-exposure dataset and designing case protocols.

Foundation-stage narrative synthesis of 40 studies on supervision in professional doctorates (1998–2024).

Fieldwork currently underway across three NHS trusts trialling AI-assisted ED triage. The researcher is observing 60 shifts and interviewing 24 clinicians across the trusts.

Multi-case study of six cross-border banking acquisitions in Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire (2018–24). Currently analysing 34 practitioner interviews.

An ESRC-funded quantitative study estimating direct and indirect network effects in UK accountancy SaaS. The researcher has assembled a panel of 1.2M firm-month observations across four platforms.

A three-wave longitudinal study of 120 online doctoral researchers. The researcher is currently in wave-two data collection.

An action-research evaluation of DCUK's supervisor CPD programme from the inside — the researcher is a programme participant and co-designer.

A practice-based doctoral study in which the researcher is simultaneously founder of a UK health-tech start-up. The thesis examines the decision ecology of four pivot moments.

A case study of how a FTSE-250 insurer adapted its board-level AI oversight between 2023 and 2026. The study traces the emergence of a reviewable audit trail through three successive risk committee redesigns.

Mixed-methods examination of how 30 UK mid-sized charities digitised service delivery between 2020 and 2024. Thesis in final edits.

A deep phenomenological study of moral injury among 18 UK junior doctors, drawing on three waves of interviews 2023–25. The thesis is currently in the final writing stage.

Three experimental studies (N = 2,400) examining how parasocial attachment to brand ambassadors transfers to purchase intent. Full thesis submitted for external examination April 2026.

Systematic content analysis of 120 FTSE-250 sustainability reports (2020–25). The thesis identifies four disclosure archetypes and the firm-level antecedents of each.

A discrete-event simulation model of elective recovery pathways across five NHS trusts. Mock viva passed January 2026; real viva scheduled May 2026.