The Department of Business Analytics and Applied Economics (BAAE) at SBM focuses on three key research areas: Applied Economics, covering economic policy, international business, and development; Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics, exploring AI-driven decision-making, innovation, and advanced analytics methods; and Operations and Management Science, addressing efficiency, sustainability, resilience and environmental challenges in business processes and networks.
Our core values are research and education excellence. Our faculty conducts cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research on business analytics and applied economics that informs our teaching, providing students with the most relevant and up-to-date skills. Our research has been published in world-leading journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Operations Management, Management Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Research Policy, and World Development. Academics and PhD students from our Department lead two prolific research units: the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR) and the Computational and Quantitative Methods (CQM) research group.
Students gain essential knowledge and skills to navigate a world of rapid economic, technological, and environmental change. Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are designed to prepare them for the most exciting career opportunities of the future.
Academic and research vacancies are available on the Queen Mary Jobs page.
Professor Brigitte Granville
It is my privilege to serve as Head of the Department of Business Analytics and Applied Economics at Queen Mary’s School of Business & Management.
A Global Hub of Excellence Our Department brings together internationally renowned scholars committed to excellence in research and teaching, fostering a dynamic environment that values creativity, collaboration, and diverse perspectives.
Data-Driven Insights for Real-World Impact
We lead in data science and analytical approaches, using data-driven methodologies to address complex societal and economic challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Transforming Education Through Active Learning Our active learning philosophy transforms education, empowering students at all levels with the skills to solve real-world challenges.
Cutting-Edge Curriculum: Explore our Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes in Business Analytics and Applied Economics:
Undergraduate
The BSc in International Business Analytics programme provides students with a strong foundation in data analysis, using industry-leading software such as Python, Stata and R alongside advanced econometric techniques. Graduates are prepared to solve complex business challenges and make data-driven decisions with market impacts.
Postgraduate
Our MSc programmes deliver cutting-edge training in quantitative methods and business areas of specialisation, unlocking high-paying careers and PhD pathways. Through invited guest lectures and industry projects from leading organisations such as Tata Consultancy, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, IBM, Bayern Munchen, and Office for National Statistics, students gain practical experience and industry insights. The curriculum of our programmes develops leadership skills, advanced theoretical knowledge and insights and mastery of key software tools.
Under the broader themes of Business Analytics and Applied Economics, research topics can be clustered into three areas: (1) Economics and International Business; (2) Political Economy, Development and Environmental change; (3) Business Analytics, Innovation, and Networks.
1. Economics and International Business
We combine theories and quantitative methods to gain a better understanding of a range of problems across:
- Behavioural Economics
- International Business Strategy
- Labour Economics
- Monetary and Financial Economics
- Public Policy
- Climate policy, deforestation
- Conflict
- Inequality
- Poverty
- Urban, regional and international development
- Complex networks
- Digital Government, digital health and new forms of data in public policy
- Global sourcing and robotic process automation
- Information systems and digital technologies
- Innovation, information diffusion and social capital
- Operations research
2. Political Economy, Development and environmental change
Applications include:
- Conflict
- Inequality
- Poverty
- Urban, regional and international development
3. Business Analytics, Innovation, and Networks
We use large-scale data sets, advanced quantitative methods and big data analytics to gain insights into a range of problems, including:
- Complex networks
- Digital Government, digital health and new forms of data in public policy
- Global sourcing and robotic process automation
- Information systems and digital technologies
- Innovation, information diffusion and social capital
- Operations research
The departmental research has been extensively presented in world-leading conferences and published in internationally recognised academic journals. Our students have access to excellent facilities that include Bloomberg terminals and the most comprehensive databases.
Read all about the past research projects our researchers have focused on here.
Academic staff research
We publish in influential journals such as:
- European Journal of Operational Research
- EPJ Data Science
- Journal of Banking and Finance
- Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization
- Journal of Economic Geography
- Journal of Operations Management
- Journal of Public Economics
- Journal of Public Policy
- Journal of World Business
- Management Science
- Nature
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Research Policy
- Review of Economics & Statistics
- World Development
We also publish books in leading publishing press, including: Oxford University Press, McGill-Queen's University Press and Princeton University Press.
PhDs:
The Department of Business Analytics and Applied Economics is seeking intellectually curious doctoral applicants with a strong academic track record who are interested in undertaking rigorous and innovative research in Business Analytics and Applied Economics using the most advanced quantitative and computational 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, or other members, of the Department.
