Research courses
As a PhD student you will receive rigorous training in research methods, outstanding supervision and mentorship, and coursework that will give you both in-depth and broad subject-specific knowledge.
What we are researching
Business transformation
- Business analytics, business optimisation and economics
- Data-driven management
- Operations, logistics and business process management
- Lean thinking and agile manufacturing
Digital economy, entrepreneurship and innovation
- Digital transformation
- Personal data economy
- Digital platforms and ecosystems
- Open data and big data
Finance and accounting
- International expansion
- Empirical behavioural finance
- Risk taking by financial institutions
- Bank market power and firm performance
Marketing and retail management
- Retail marketing and distribution management
- Service marketing and management
- Consumer and shopper behaviour
People and organisations
- Leadership and team processes
- Organisational and human resource management assessment
- Quality of working life
Strategy and international business
- Business-government relationships
- Managing geopolitics
- Internationalisation
- Political uncertainty
Competitiveness in the visitor economy
- Competitiveness at firm and destination levels
- Modelling and forecasting the visitor economy
- Equality and diversity in employment
- Labour markets, productivity, career mobilities, skills, flexible employment and entrepreneurial migration
- Advances in destination branding, innovation, revenue management, and visitor experience and satisfaction
- Risk and disaster impacts
Sustainability and wellbeing in the visitor economy
- Sustainability evidence-based policy making
- Industry’s acceptance of responsibility for sustainable development
- Sustainable development and entrepreneurship
- Sustainable and efficient transportation
- Sustainability marketing, product design and communication
Digital visitor economy
- Digital transformation
- New media and consumer behaviour,
- New business models
- Disruptive innovation, transformation in business operations and performance
- Smart systems including artificial intelligence and robotics, sensors andthe internet of things
- Data science including biometric research, data analytics and pattern recognition in big data
Find a course
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Studentships
South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) studentship
Funding information:
Awards cover UK tuition fees and provide a stipend at the UKRI home rate on a full-time and part-time basis.The UKRI has not yet announced the fees and stipend for 2025/26, but for the academic year of 2024/25 the UK fees are £4,786 and the stipend is £19,237 (£21,237 if London weighting applies).This competition-funded studentship is available to UK and International students and includes full UK or International fee waiver and stipend at UKRI rates.Expert support
Our Doctoral College supports the academic and professional development of postgraduate researchers to ensure our world-leading research continues to grow. There is also an extensive Researcher Development Programme run at university level.
What our students say
Read our student profiles to discover first-hand what it's like to study with us.
Surrey is a fantastic place to study for a PhD. Not only are the academic facilities cutting-edge, the campus also has a special environment, which stimulates collaboration.Birgit Altrichter, Management and Business PhD
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