Our School is home to a diverse community of academics and researchers, who are dedicated to advancing knowledge and creating positive impact in their fields. Our research is aligned to Bangor University’s Strategy 2030, with its emphasis on sustainability, international excellence and transformative impact on economic, industrial and social regeneration. Our research covers a broad range of contexts, topics and disciplines, from financial markets to tourism, from understanding consumer behaviour to informing governance and regulatory policy, from our locality in north west Wales to the global scale.
Bangor Business School is committed to fostering a culture of research excellence, innovation, and collaboration. We offer a variety of research resources and support services to help our faculty and students succeed in their research endeavours, including state-of-the-art facilities, funding opportunities, and professional development programs. The School has an active seminar series, and disseminates its research via podcasts, blogs, and civic engagement as well as through traditional academic publishing.
Our Research Centres
Bangor Business School is home to two Research Centres.
Please explore the links below to learn more about our Research Centres and their varied activities and accomplishments.

Institute of European Finance
The Institute of European Finance has a global reputation for research excellence in banking, accounting and finance. It is focused on understanding the role of finance, in its broadest sense, in addressing the environmental, social and economic challenges that the world faces.

Rhanbarth
Rhanbarth – Centre for Sustainable Regions and Economies – brings together the School’s multi-disciplinary research activities relating to inclusive and sustainable regional development, in all its forms.
Research Degrees
Our graduate students are actively involved in research, working closely with faculty members to develop and carry out their own research projects. They are gaining valuable experience and skills that will prepare them for successful careers in academia, industry, government, and beyond.
REF 2021
Our faculty members are highly accomplished researchers, recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions to their fields. They collaborate with networks of researchers across Wales, Europe and the world. The UK Government’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), judged 78% of our research to be world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).

REF 2021 Impact Case Study Constraining the loyalty penalty and complexity costs in retail financial service markets
Research findings on the loyalty penalty inform UK and EU regulations.

REF 2021 Impact Case Study Interchange fees and two-sided markets: influencing the EU regulation on payment card fees

REF 2021 Case Study Enabling effective and fast decision-making in organisations: forecasting with the Theta Method
Bangor Business School Research Podcasts
Our new podcast series sees our academics take on topical issues, their cutting-edge research and share their insights with you.
Bangor Business Research Blog
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24 April 2023
The crisis-filled clouds do have a silver lining
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27 October 2022
Wisdom Labs Update
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12 July 2022
Surviving Tough Times by Investing in the Future
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22 April 2022
Creating a competitive environment
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19 January 2022
The end of Groundhog Day – what should businesses do next?
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20 September 2021
“Should I stay or should I go now?” Work from home or return to the office?
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9 August 2021
Discovering the Known Unknowns? Assessing if UK Financial Regulation has Improved since the Great Financial Crisis
Bangor Business School Research Seminars
Here are all the latest episodes in our research seminar series featuring visiting guest speakers and our own academic team.