Efficiency through business analytics was the topic of our most recent Business Soundbites session hosted at the Business School on the Canterbury campus. The session, … Read more
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OR Society’s Beale Lecture 2020
The OR Society’s Beale Lecture is to take place at the Royal Society, London on 27 February 2020. The OR Society’s Beale Medal is awarded … Read more
CLHO Hosts CILT Meeting
This year CLHO is jointly hosting with CILT a second talk: Thursday 6 February 2020 – 19:30 – 20:30 (refreshments start at 19:00) Sibson MBA … Read more
Operational Research Annual Conference to Be Hosted by KBS
Kent Business School (KBS) with the help of Centre for Logistics and Heuristic Optimisation (CLHO) will host the Operational Research (OR61) Annual Conference, now in … Read more
Kent Business School Researchers Make Significant Contribution to GCRF Conference
On 2-6 July 2018 the University of Kent hosted a major Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) conference bringing together more than 100 researchers from around … Read more
On the Blog: MSc Students Help Streamline Clinical Care at BMI The Chaucer Hospital
In early 2017 BMI The Chaucer Hospital reached out to Kent Business School (KBS) in order to better understand staff and patient flows around the … Read more
University of Kent Helps the Port of Dover Cut Queues and Boost Efficiency
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University and the Dover Harbour Board has achieved the highest possible rating from Innovate UK, the UK’s technology … Read more
Dr Virginia Spiegler to give Opening Keynote Speech at The Crowd Forum
Kent Business School’s Dr Virginia Spiegler, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management has been invited to give an opening keynote speech on Sustainable … Read more
Dr Luca Faramondi as Visiting Researcher
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Dr Luca Faramondi as a visiting researcher at the school. Dr Faramondi is a post-doctoral researcher at the … Read more
Professor Said Salhi Publishes ‘Heuristic Search: The Emerging Science of Problem Solving’
Professor Salhi’s book aims to provide an overview of heuristic search in general, to present the basic steps of the most popular heuristics, and to … Read more
Ecosystem restoration: rebalancing the scales
Are investments to remove the barriers that cause habitat fragmentation – one of the biggest drivers of decline in biodiversity and valuable ecosystem services, maximising … Read more
Dr Muthu de Silva achieves Best Paper Award at British Academy of Management Conference
Kent Business School is proud to announce that Dr Muthu de Silva, KBS Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently achieved the Best Paper Award at … Read more
KBS’ Michael Koch Wins Best Symposium Award at Academy of Management
Michael Koch, Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour was one of the recipients of the Best Career Division Symposium Award at Academy of Management. The … Read more
KBS’ Dr Jesse O’Hanley Finalist for the EURO Excellence in Practice Award
Dr Jesse O’Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems Management, has been selected as a finalist for the EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA) 2015. Dr … Read more
New ESRC Big Data Centre
Professor Andrew Fearne and Dr Shaomin Wu from Kent Business School are key participants in the recently launched ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research … Read more
Keynote at Variable Neighbourhood Search Conference
Professor Said Salhi was a keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Variable Neighbourhood Search in Tunisia in October 2014. The presentation was titles … Read more
Benchmarking carbon emissions performance in supply chains
This study by a research team including Dr Adolf Acquaye of Kent Business School aim to develop a benchmarking framework to address issues such as … Read more
Centre for Logistics & Heuristic Optimisation host a colloquium
The Centre for Logistics & Heuristic Optimisation hosted a colloquium on Thursday 12 June 2014 in advance of the 20th conference for the International Federation … Read more
EPSRC PhD Scholarships for 2014/15
The Management Science group within Kent Business School invites applications for a three-year EPSRC-funded PhD studentship on one of two possible topics. The studentship covers … Read more
An integrative semiotic framework for information systems: The social, personal and material worlds
This paper by a research team including Professor John Mingers of Kent Business School argues that semiotics, the theory of signs and symbols, is at … Read more