Research and Innovation

What food choices should we be making to try and reduce our carbon footprint? In this episode, Dr Astrid Kause and Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin discuss their recent study which found that even consumers who are engaged with environmental issues are often ill-informed and don’t make the most effective choices when it comes to reducing the climate impact of our food. This podcast episode was recorded in January 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact

From laughter, to emergency evacuations. In this episode, Hannah Preston speaks to Dr Natalie van der Wal to discuss Natalie’s two different areas of current research: laughter-induced therapy, and testing communication strategies to save lives in emergency evacuations. This podcast episode was recorded in July 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at:

Often modern slavery is thought of as an issue that happens overseas, yet it occurs in a number of sectors within the UK too. In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis and Professor Hinrich Voss discuss what businesses need to know about modern slavery. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the presenters: Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a

In this episode, Drs Arpita Bhattacharjee and Juliane Scheffel discuss wage inequality, focusing on whether higher levels of education lead to income inequality and looking at skill bias in technological changes. This podcast episode was recorded in June 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the presenters: Dr Arpita Bhattacharjee is a Teaching Fellow in Economics. Her current research interests focus on labour economics,

What do we mean by technologies in the workplace? And are they likely to have a positive or negative effect on our lives? In this episode, Professors Chris Forde and Mark Stuart give an overview of the impact of digital technologies and how they might replace jobs, create new types of jobs, and change the nature of the way we work. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. The work for

Welcome to Leeds University Business School’s Research and Innovation Podcast. In this introductory episode, Professor Mark Stuart, Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, explains how we’ll be using this podcast to bring you insights from our expert researchers. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at