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Reasons to be Cheerful

Responses to climate change are gaining real traction, says Frank Geels. Although global carbon emissions continue to rise, there are hopeful developments across the world right now. For instance, according to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we have seen decreasing emissions in at least 18 countries for the past 10 […]

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Digital Divide

Are we doing enough to ensure AI impacts our lives in truly beneficial ways? Michelle Carter discusses challenges to overcome if technology is to be used for both social good and improved business performance. Every day we hear about the ways in which AI is transforming business. But are we thinking enough about how AI

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AI Funding Boost

The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester has been awarded £2.73 million. The funding will be used to enhance the faculty’s research and teaching capabilities over the next five years in the critical areas of AI, trust and society. An AI funding package from The University of Manchester’s Strategic Investment Reserve Fund (SIRF)

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Custom Made

Demand for customised executive education programmes is soaring. Whether it’s navigating the rapidly changing world of work, tackling continuous disruption, or dealing with huge challenges around data and AI, it’s probably never been a tougher time to be running a business. In response to these challenges we have seen significant growth in our customised executive education

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Geography of Innovation

More than 500 delegates attended a major international conference organised by AMBS. The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), based at AMBS, welcomed almost 500 delegates from 33 countries to the prestigious Geography of Innovation (GeoInno) conference over three days at The University of Manchester. The seventh edition of the conference, which is held every

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Round up of events

A summary of events throughout 2024 so far. A host of events have been held across AMBS and The University of Manchester in recent months. Grigor McLelland lecture This year’s annual Grigor McLelland lecture at AMBS held in memory of the first Director of Manchester Business School was given by Ismail Amla, Senior Vice-President and

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Trade Transition

Sandra Hamilton gives a summary of key themes at COP28. At COP28 much was made of the first explicit reference to a transition away from all fossil fuels in energy systems. But the conference achieved other significant firsts, says Sandra Hamilton. Long overlooked by climate policymakers it was encouraging to see at COP28 that international

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