Welcome to the Department of Marketing. We are committed to collective excellence in teaching and research in all areas of the disciplines of marketing, consumer behaviour, and supply chain management. Our core values are collegiality and a drive for excellence.
In the age of digitalisation, new disruptive business models, and sustainability, our department plays an important role in understanding managerial, societal, as well as ethical issues of marketing practice. Our research responds to the needs of practitioners across industries and governmental bodies by applying cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative research methods. Furthermore, we aim at preparing our undergraduate and postgraduate students for the most challenging job opportunities. Research-led teaching fully reflects the rapidly changing economic environment and ensures a state-of-the-art student experience. Overall, SBM's Department of Marketing is a centre of international academic excellence.
Our academics publish widely in leading international journals, such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of World Business, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Psychological Science, or Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Academics, as well as PhDs and our students in the Department of Marketing benefit from a creative and supportive research community, which is linked to two research groups: Marketing Interaction and Consumer Behaviour Research Group (MICB), and Business Ecosystems Research Group (BERG).
Our specialist programmes respond to technological innovation, platformisation, changing market demands and disruptive challenges with an emphasis on the digital/data economy. Our international faculty are specialists in Network Marketing, Digital Analytics, Communication Strategies, Consumer Behaviour and critical approaches. With an international approach to the curriculum, we value the richness and plurality of a global classroom.
Dr Nastaran Hajiheydari, Head of Department
Under the broader themes of Marketing, research topics can be clustered into the following areas:
Consumer Behaviour and Consumer Psychology
Marketing Strategy and Management
Business Relationships and Networks
Non-Profit/Social Marketing
Research Method Innovations in Marketing
Research in the Department of Marketing is centred around The Marketing Insights & Digital Societies (MINDS) research group.
The topics we study are related to:
Our collective contribution to theoretical and empirical research and scholarship is evidenced by publications in high quality journals such as the British Journal of Management; Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility; Ecological Economics; Industrial Marketing Management; International Marketing Review; International Journal of Information Management; Journal of Interactive Marketing; Journal of Public Policy and Marketing; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Behavioral Decision Making; Journal of Consumer Behaviour; Journal of Service Research; Marketing Theory; PNAS; Production and Operations Management; Psychology & Marketing; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Tourism Management as well as numerous books, conference presentations and classes taught.
For further information, please contact Dr. Zahra Sharifonnasabi, Sianne Gordon-Wilson, or Dr. Stephan Dickert.
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We have developed dedicated undergraduate and postgradudate programmes in marketing. Our students are taught using state-of-the-art methods utilising excellent teaching spaces and facilities, including a Behavioural Lab for experiments, and an Innovation Pod for method training.
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The Department of Marketing is seeking intellectually curious doctoral applicants with a strong academic track record who are interested in undertaking rigorous and innovative research in all areas of marketing using the most advanced quantitative and qualitative methods. We are committed to educating scholars who will carry forward productive and rigorous research and who will lead in their fields of activity.
Prospective Doctoral candidates are encouraged to contact the Head of Department, or individual members of the department directly.