University of Sussex Business School
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Are internationally trained scientists a loss or a gain for their home countries?
New VoxDev research co-authored by Dr Tommaso Ciarli finds that these scientists are often bridges, linking local researchers to global science networks tinyurl.com/3nnshdvf #ResearchCollaboration
New VoxDev research co-authored by Dr Tommaso Ciarli finds that these scientists are often bridges, linking local researchers to global science networks tinyurl.com/3nnshdvf #ResearchCollaboration
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Are internationally trained scientists a loss or a gain for their home countries?
New VoxDev research co-authored by Dr Tommaso Ciarli finds that these scientists are often bridges, linking local researchers to global science networks tinyurl.com/3nnshdvf #ResearchCollaboration
New VoxDev research co-authored by Dr Tommaso Ciarli finds that these scientists are often bridges, linking local researchers to global science networks tinyurl.com/3nnshdvf #ResearchCollaboration
How is AI changing retail, and what should unions do about it?
Watch the latest #DigitDebates event from the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) + explore the new handbook: https://digit-research.org/events/ai-in-retail-what-unions-need-to-know/
Watch the latest #DigitDebates event from the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) + explore the new handbook: https://digit-research.org/events/ai-in-retail-what-unions-need-to-know/
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How is AI changing retail, and what should unions do about it?
Watch the latest #DigitDebates event from the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) + explore the new handbook: https://digit-research.org/events/ai-in-retail-what-unions-need-to-know/
Watch the latest #DigitDebates event from the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) + explore the new handbook: https://digit-research.org/events/ai-in-retail-what-unions-need-to-know/
SPRU has teamed up with Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management to deepen global research on innovation, sustainability & governance.
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
SPRU has teamed up with Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management to deepen global research on innovation, sustainability & governance.
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
Street cleaners were praised and recognised as essential workers during COVID-19, yet their jobs became harder, with longer hours.
New research by Prof Natasha Slutskaya explores this paradox, highlighting how public recognition didn’t lead to real change: tinyurl.com/3fsns8pv
#EssentialWorkers
New research by Prof Natasha Slutskaya explores this paradox, highlighting how public recognition didn’t lead to real change: tinyurl.com/3fsns8pv
#EssentialWorkers
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Street cleaners were praised and recognised as essential workers during COVID-19, yet their jobs became harder, with longer hours.
New research by Prof Natasha Slutskaya explores this paradox, highlighting how public recognition didn’t lead to real change: tinyurl.com/3fsns8pv
#EssentialWorkers
New research by Prof Natasha Slutskaya explores this paradox, highlighting how public recognition didn’t lead to real change: tinyurl.com/3fsns8pv
#EssentialWorkers
Join us tomorrow for the University of Sussex Open Day!
Discover what it’s like to study at the Business School, meet our inspiring academics, and explore our vibrant campus.
👉 Explore our courses: www.sussex.ac.uk/business-sch...
Discover what it’s like to study at the Business School, meet our inspiring academics, and explore our vibrant campus.
👉 Explore our courses: www.sussex.ac.uk/business-sch...
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us tomorrow for the University of Sussex Open Day!
Discover what it’s like to study at the Business School, meet our inspiring academics, and explore our vibrant campus.
👉 Explore our courses: www.sussex.ac.uk/business-sch...
Discover what it’s like to study at the Business School, meet our inspiring academics, and explore our vibrant campus.
👉 Explore our courses: www.sussex.ac.uk/business-sch...
Congratulations to the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre, co-directed by @sovacool.bsky.social cool.bsky.social, on being named the Research Institute of the Year at the 2025 edie Net Zero Awards.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/md36kzh5 #netzero
Learn more: tinyurl.com/md36kzh5 #netzero
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Congratulations to the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre, co-directed by @sovacool.bsky.social cool.bsky.social, on being named the Research Institute of the Year at the 2025 edie Net Zero Awards.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/md36kzh5 #netzero
Learn more: tinyurl.com/md36kzh5 #netzero
“Sussex reinforced the power of purpose-driven innovation — the belief that technology should serve people, not replace them.”
From classroom idea to startup, Vivek founded AariyaTech with support from Sussex’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read his story: https://ow.ly/shgH50XjBBM
From classroom idea to startup, Vivek founded AariyaTech with support from Sussex’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read his story: https://ow.ly/shgH50XjBBM
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Sussex reinforced the power of purpose-driven innovation — the belief that technology should serve people, not replace them.”
From classroom idea to startup, Vivek founded AariyaTech with support from Sussex’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read his story: https://ow.ly/shgH50XjBBM
From classroom idea to startup, Vivek founded AariyaTech with support from Sussex’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read his story: https://ow.ly/shgH50XjBBM
Experts and MPs discussed the UK’s new Trade Strategy at the CITP Trade and Growth panel at #Labour2025, exploring how it can deliver sustainable and inclusive growth in an era of economic uncertainty.
#TradePolicy #EconomicGrowth
#TradePolicy #EconomicGrowth
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Experts and MPs discussed the UK’s new Trade Strategy at the CITP Trade and Growth panel at #Labour2025, exploring how it can deliver sustainable and inclusive growth in an era of economic uncertainty.
#TradePolicy #EconomicGrowth
#TradePolicy #EconomicGrowth
💡 In this new Q&A, Business School experts Michael Beverland and Pinar Cankurtaran explore how creativity, strategy, and evidence come together in modern #branding, and what challenges future marketers will face.
Learn more: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69330
Learn more: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69330
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
💡 In this new Q&A, Business School experts Michael Beverland and Pinar Cankurtaran explore how creativity, strategy, and evidence come together in modern #branding, and what challenges future marketers will face.
Learn more: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69330
Learn more: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69330
👀 Can you spot an AI-generated product photo?
Professor Ana Canhoto explains: “AI images are often too perfect or flawed… creating a false sense of scarcity is a very common scamming technique.”
Learn more: https://ow.ly/x6Mj50Xhptq
[Image credit: Leanne Rinne/BBC]
Professor Ana Canhoto explains: “AI images are often too perfect or flawed… creating a false sense of scarcity is a very common scamming technique.”
Learn more: https://ow.ly/x6Mj50Xhptq
[Image credit: Leanne Rinne/BBC]
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
👀 Can you spot an AI-generated product photo?
Professor Ana Canhoto explains: “AI images are often too perfect or flawed… creating a false sense of scarcity is a very common scamming technique.”
Learn more: https://ow.ly/x6Mj50Xhptq
[Image credit: Leanne Rinne/BBC]
Professor Ana Canhoto explains: “AI images are often too perfect or flawed… creating a false sense of scarcity is a very common scamming technique.”
Learn more: https://ow.ly/x6Mj50Xhptq
[Image credit: Leanne Rinne/BBC]
YouTubers now contribute £2bn a year to the UK economy.
Dr Hamid Khobzi told BBC: "Content creators are really like small businesses… They might need camera crews, editors, animators, and designers. So they are basically creating jobs."
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/FkJX50XgJIV
Dr Hamid Khobzi told BBC: "Content creators are really like small businesses… They might need camera crews, editors, animators, and designers. So they are basically creating jobs."
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/FkJX50XgJIV
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
YouTubers now contribute £2bn a year to the UK economy.
Dr Hamid Khobzi told BBC: "Content creators are really like small businesses… They might need camera crews, editors, animators, and designers. So they are basically creating jobs."
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/FkJX50XgJIV
Dr Hamid Khobzi told BBC: "Content creators are really like small businesses… They might need camera crews, editors, animators, and designers. So they are basically creating jobs."
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/FkJX50XgJIV
🌍 What happens when global trade rules are ignored?
At the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, CITP hosted a panel with Brazil’s WTO Ambassador, a former US trade advisor & Dr Mona Paulsen (LSE) to debate the future of the multilateral trading system.
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/MGwA50Xgb7w
At the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, CITP hosted a panel with Brazil’s WTO Ambassador, a former US trade advisor & Dr Mona Paulsen (LSE) to debate the future of the multilateral trading system.
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/MGwA50Xgb7w
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌍 What happens when global trade rules are ignored?
At the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, CITP hosted a panel with Brazil’s WTO Ambassador, a former US trade advisor & Dr Mona Paulsen (LSE) to debate the future of the multilateral trading system.
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/MGwA50Xgb7w
At the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, CITP hosted a panel with Brazil’s WTO Ambassador, a former US trade advisor & Dr Mona Paulsen (LSE) to debate the future of the multilateral trading system.
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/MGwA50Xgb7w
🔍 How can innovation bridge nations?
The Business School welcomed 27 postgrads from South Korea for the first Hanyang–Sussex Visiting Programme, led by SPRU.
A week of learning, collaboration & global dialogue.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/PJ0b50Xfrl8
#Innovation #SPRU #GlobalLearning
The Business School welcomed 27 postgrads from South Korea for the first Hanyang–Sussex Visiting Programme, led by SPRU.
A week of learning, collaboration & global dialogue.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/PJ0b50Xfrl8
#Innovation #SPRU #GlobalLearning
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔍 How can innovation bridge nations?
The Business School welcomed 27 postgrads from South Korea for the first Hanyang–Sussex Visiting Programme, led by SPRU.
A week of learning, collaboration & global dialogue.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/PJ0b50Xfrl8
#Innovation #SPRU #GlobalLearning
The Business School welcomed 27 postgrads from South Korea for the first Hanyang–Sussex Visiting Programme, led by SPRU.
A week of learning, collaboration & global dialogue.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/PJ0b50Xfrl8
#Innovation #SPRU #GlobalLearning
40% of workers check emails by 6 am, & 1 in 3 reply after 10 pm.
In The Conversation UK, Marc Fullman, Doctoral Researcher from Business School, unpacks how “always on” culture fuels stress & workplace incivility, and what orgs can do to fix it.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Zro350XeMUo
In The Conversation UK, Marc Fullman, Doctoral Researcher from Business School, unpacks how “always on” culture fuels stress & workplace incivility, and what orgs can do to fix it.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Zro350XeMUo
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
40% of workers check emails by 6 am, & 1 in 3 reply after 10 pm.
In The Conversation UK, Marc Fullman, Doctoral Researcher from Business School, unpacks how “always on” culture fuels stress & workplace incivility, and what orgs can do to fix it.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Zro350XeMUo
In The Conversation UK, Marc Fullman, Doctoral Researcher from Business School, unpacks how “always on” culture fuels stress & workplace incivility, and what orgs can do to fix it.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Zro350XeMUo
Coming soon!
#DigitDebates series
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, Dr Steve Rolf, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST) 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/sNwk50XbCs9
#DigitDebates series
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, Dr Steve Rolf, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST) 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/sNwk50XbCs9
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
This Digit Debates launches a new handbook on AI in retail work for unions operating in the sector.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Coming soon!
#DigitDebates series
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, Dr Steve Rolf, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST) 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/sNwk50XbCs9
#DigitDebates series
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, Dr Steve Rolf, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST) 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/sNwk50XbCs9
Over 54,000 women consider leaving work due to lack of menopause support.
For #WorldMenopauseDay, Dr Whiley (University of Sussex Business School), Dr. Abrams (University of Surrey) show how employers can change that: education, peer support, empathy training & digital tools for wellbeing.
For #WorldMenopauseDay, Dr Whiley (University of Sussex Business School), Dr. Abrams (University of Surrey) show how employers can change that: education, peer support, empathy training & digital tools for wellbeing.
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Over 54,000 women consider leaving work due to lack of menopause support.
For #WorldMenopauseDay, Dr Whiley (University of Sussex Business School), Dr. Abrams (University of Surrey) show how employers can change that: education, peer support, empathy training & digital tools for wellbeing.
For #WorldMenopauseDay, Dr Whiley (University of Sussex Business School), Dr. Abrams (University of Surrey) show how employers can change that: education, peer support, empathy training & digital tools for wellbeing.
💼 Dreaming of a career in business, management, or economics?
Join Sussex Business School Open Day on 1 Nov to meet our academics, explore our facilities, and see how we turn ideas into impact.
🔗https://ow.ly/Yzz550XcYRr
#OpenDay #CampusLife #USBusinessSchool
Join Sussex Business School Open Day on 1 Nov to meet our academics, explore our facilities, and see how we turn ideas into impact.
🔗https://ow.ly/Yzz550XcYRr
#OpenDay #CampusLife #USBusinessSchool
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
💼 Dreaming of a career in business, management, or economics?
Join Sussex Business School Open Day on 1 Nov to meet our academics, explore our facilities, and see how we turn ideas into impact.
🔗https://ow.ly/Yzz550XcYRr
#OpenDay #CampusLife #USBusinessSchool
Join Sussex Business School Open Day on 1 Nov to meet our academics, explore our facilities, and see how we turn ideas into impact.
🔗https://ow.ly/Yzz550XcYRr
#OpenDay #CampusLife #USBusinessSchool
⚡ What if rural electrification meant more than lighting homes?
New Vox Dev piece co-authored by Dr Maika Schmidt, Assistant Professor in Economics, shows how electricity boosts safety and wellbeing in rural Africa, but for lasting change, access must also be affordable.
ow.ly/loQQ50Xb2Rz
New Vox Dev piece co-authored by Dr Maika Schmidt, Assistant Professor in Economics, shows how electricity boosts safety and wellbeing in rural Africa, but for lasting change, access must also be affordable.
ow.ly/loQQ50Xb2Rz
How communities benefit from rural electrification in Africa
Electrification is often seen as the spark for development. But in much of Africa, the biggest benefits may come not from households plugging in, but from the community services that light up around t...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
⚡ What if rural electrification meant more than lighting homes?
New Vox Dev piece co-authored by Dr Maika Schmidt, Assistant Professor in Economics, shows how electricity boosts safety and wellbeing in rural Africa, but for lasting change, access must also be affordable.
ow.ly/loQQ50Xb2Rz
New Vox Dev piece co-authored by Dr Maika Schmidt, Assistant Professor in Economics, shows how electricity boosts safety and wellbeing in rural Africa, but for lasting change, access must also be affordable.
ow.ly/loQQ50Xb2Rz
🧬💡 How can scientists turn bioscience research into real-world impact?
The Business School’s summer school, in partnership with South Coast Biosciences, equipped PhD students with business, policy & communication skills to transform ideas into innovation.
Learn more: ow.ly/1W7g50Xb4hJ
The Business School’s summer school, in partnership with South Coast Biosciences, equipped PhD students with business, policy & communication skills to transform ideas into innovation.
Learn more: ow.ly/1W7g50Xb4hJ
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🧬💡 How can scientists turn bioscience research into real-world impact?
The Business School’s summer school, in partnership with South Coast Biosciences, equipped PhD students with business, policy & communication skills to transform ideas into innovation.
Learn more: ow.ly/1W7g50Xb4hJ
The Business School’s summer school, in partnership with South Coast Biosciences, equipped PhD students with business, policy & communication skills to transform ideas into innovation.
Learn more: ow.ly/1W7g50Xb4hJ
CITP, based at the Business School, and the UK Department for Business and Trade hosted a conference with 80+ participants exploring today’s key trade issues.
From the UK’s evolving global role to new insights on public attitudes and evidence-based policymaking. #UKTrade #TradePolicy
From the UK’s evolving global role to new insights on public attitudes and evidence-based policymaking. #UKTrade #TradePolicy
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
CITP, based at the Business School, and the UK Department for Business and Trade hosted a conference with 80+ participants exploring today’s key trade issues.
From the UK’s evolving global role to new insights on public attitudes and evidence-based policymaking. #UKTrade #TradePolicy
From the UK’s evolving global role to new insights on public attitudes and evidence-based policymaking. #UKTrade #TradePolicy
🛒 Why do empty supermarket shelves make us uneasy, even when we don’t need what’s missing?
New research from the University of Sussex Business School finds that just seeing bare shelves can trigger anxiety in shoppers
Learn more: https://ow.ly/HgkA50XaoHI
#ConsumerBehaviour #BehaviouralScience
New research from the University of Sussex Business School finds that just seeing bare shelves can trigger anxiety in shoppers
Learn more: https://ow.ly/HgkA50XaoHI
#ConsumerBehaviour #BehaviouralScience
October 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🛒 Why do empty supermarket shelves make us uneasy, even when we don’t need what’s missing?
New research from the University of Sussex Business School finds that just seeing bare shelves can trigger anxiety in shoppers
Learn more: https://ow.ly/HgkA50XaoHI
#ConsumerBehaviour #BehaviouralScience
New research from the University of Sussex Business School finds that just seeing bare shelves can trigger anxiety in shoppers
Learn more: https://ow.ly/HgkA50XaoHI
#ConsumerBehaviour #BehaviouralScience
This piece in The Grocer explores how new regulations can drive better business intelligence. A timely reminder that #sustainability and strategy are now inseparable.
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/eudr-will-forcibly-level-up-suppliers-sustainability-game/709646.article
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/eudr-will-forcibly-level-up-suppliers-sustainability-game/709646.article
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece in The Grocer explores how new regulations can drive better business intelligence. A timely reminder that #sustainability and strategy are now inseparable.
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/eudr-will-forcibly-level-up-suppliers-sustainability-game/709646.article
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/eudr-will-forcibly-level-up-suppliers-sustainability-game/709646.article
We are saddened by the death of Prof Jim Rollo CMG — Emeritus Professor & founding Deputy Director of the UKTPO at @SussexUni. He’ll be remembered for his intellect, humility, humour & generosity as a mentor and colleague.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=69146
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=69146
Professor Jim Rollo CMG
Jim Rollo, Emeritus Professor, a founding deputy director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory, died on 25 September 2025 after a long illness.
www.sussex.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We are saddened by the death of Prof Jim Rollo CMG — Emeritus Professor & founding Deputy Director of the UKTPO at @SussexUni. He’ll be remembered for his intellect, humility, humour & generosity as a mentor and colleague.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=69146
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=69146
📣 Don’t miss a fantastic line-up of speakers in the autumn 2025 #DigitDebates series!
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) is jointly led by the Business School and Leeds University Business School.
Register now: https://digit-research.org/events/
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) is jointly led by the Business School and Leeds University Business School.
Register now: https://digit-research.org/events/
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣 Don’t miss a fantastic line-up of speakers in the autumn 2025 #DigitDebates series!
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) is jointly led by the Business School and Leeds University Business School.
Register now: https://digit-research.org/events/
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) is jointly led by the Business School and Leeds University Business School.
Register now: https://digit-research.org/events/
🎉 The Business School has achieved EQUIS re-accreditation for another three years! EFMD Global
This recognition reaffirms our commitment to excellence, research impact & global engagement.
#EQUIS #BusinessSchool #GlobalImpact
This recognition reaffirms our commitment to excellence, research impact & global engagement.
#EQUIS #BusinessSchool #GlobalImpact
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎉 The Business School has achieved EQUIS re-accreditation for another three years! EFMD Global
This recognition reaffirms our commitment to excellence, research impact & global engagement.
#EQUIS #BusinessSchool #GlobalImpact
This recognition reaffirms our commitment to excellence, research impact & global engagement.
#EQUIS #BusinessSchool #GlobalImpact