Impact at Cardiff Business School

We are focused on maximising the impact of our research to the benefit of a wide-range of stakeholders and, importantly, society.

Our public value strategy emphasises our ambition to promote economic and social improvement and much of our research activity is directed towards tackling grand social challenges

As a School of considerable scale, our research themes are diverse and our portfolio of activity is ever expanding as we develop our interdisciplinary relationships.

Highlights

Strengthening uptake of the Living Wage across the UK

Research from academics at Cardiff Business School has led to improvements in the working conditions of thousands of people.

Improving local government performance through peer challenge

Shaping peer-led approaches to improve local government performance in England and Wales.

Improving the environmental impact of major events

Our interdisciplinary team of researchers developed an evaluative toolkit to make sporting and cultural events more sustainable.

Disability equality at work

Enhancing policy and practice on disability equality at work in the UK.

Developing financially sustainable supply chains

Our interdisciplinary research has generated multi-million-pound financial benefits for organisations in the UK and overseas.

Evidence to Action: Reducing the gender pay gap - effectively and sustainably

This collaborative research supported employers to understand the drivers of gender pay gaps within their organisation and take effective long-term action to create and sustain improvements.

Bridging the accountability gap in public services

Our research led to the development of a new handbook to enable better accountability across public services and support the development of new legislation on joint working in Wales.

Influencing renewable energy investments in Wales

Using a regional economic modelling framework to influence renewable energy investments.

Improving evidence use in policy making

Innovative demand-led knowledge mobilisation has significantly increased evidence used by Ministers and public services.

Driving innovative procurement

Our research improved the procurement of infrastructure projects in the UK, the organisational practices of major engineering organisations, and the drafting of contract forms.