Research projects

Open University Business School academics are engaged in a wide range of projects, many in partnership with commercial, public and voluntary organisations.

The Open University Business School attracts funding from a wide range of sources including the Economic and Social Research Council, European Commission, Charities Aid Foundation and the National Health Service (NHS) Service Delivery and Organisation. Here you can find out more about our wide range of funded research.

Current research projects

• Common Action for Responsible Environment (CARE)
• Addressing Police-Perpetrated VAWDASV (violence against women, domestic abuse, sexual violence): A process evaluation
• An online decision-making support tool development for prioritising verification, validation and testing activities in sustainable product design and manufacturing
• Are forces past their ‘due date’? The impact of a mother’s experience during pregnancy and returning to the workplace after a period of maternity leave
• Disability and Financial Wellbeing
• Early pregnancy endings and the workplace
• GMP Mentoring Project to Support Young People Impacted by Serious and Violent Crime across Greater Manchester - A Process Evaluation
• Police Drug Diversion (PDD): A Realist Impact, Process and Economic Evaluation
• Reducing Criminalisation of Children and Young Adults in Residential Care: Evaluation of a Test of Change
• SME Governance for Net Zero ('GoZero')
• Sustaining craft enterprise in food production: A study of bakery businesses
• The self-perception of introverts as leaders and perceived barriers to leadership roles

Completed research projects

• Accelerating Entrepreneurship Support in Universities in Kenya
• Building an onboarding map for police forces in England and Wales
• Centre for competency development and employability for students of the Russian-Tajik Slavic University
• Changes in UK self-employment by regions and gender
• ESRC Seminar Series - Green Innovation: Making it Work
• Gender, Entrepreneurship and Social Policy Institute - GESPi
• Growing Greener: Creating a New Values-based Environmental Engagement Toolkit for SME Intermediaries
• Improving the Integration of Care for Trans Adults - ICTA
• Leading school learning through Covid-19 and beyond
• Methods of Mobilizing Clinical Engagement and Clinical Leadership by Clinical Commissioning Groups
• Operation Soteria Bluestone
• Supporting University Curriculum & Creativity in Engineering Entrepreneurship Development (SUCCEED)
• Sustainable clothing: towards sustainable clothing consumption
• Trust, Capacity and Accountability to improve learning outcomes
• Tutor Constable Phase 3
• Understandings and formulation of democratic strategy in federated school structures in England
• Understanding the financial capability needs and lived experiences of Black teenagers
• Virtual Inclusion: Tackling Hate and Extremism through the Use of Virtual Reality Technology
• Visible Policing - understanding the visual impact of policing