The challenges of defining a responsible and impactful research policy

This session addresses the question of how fundamental and applied research both contribute to define a business school. Peter McKiernan and Marie Lambert will share their experience regarding the challenges related to defining a responsible research policy that promotes and values both types of research in business and management, with the common objective of making an impact on society. We will discuss the issues surrounding the 'Responsibility turn' in B&M research; the challenges of translating fundamental research into research actions and into management practice; and, we will discuss another challenge of capitalising applied research into published research outputs that are shared widely with the international community.