Research focused on results
Cambridge Judge Business School is in the business of transformation. Many of our academics are leaders in their field, creating new insight and applying the latest thinking to real-world issues.
This is driven by our focus on engagement with organisations: the point where research and the real world of management intersect.
We help organisations to learn faster and search more effectively for solutions to the challenges they are facing today and will face tomorrow. For this reason, our engagement goes far beyond the surface of a specific problem, brief or sector.
Research Excellence Framework
The global impact of CJBS’s research was highlighted in the results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK.
Cambridge Judge was ranked #1 by Times Higher Education in the Business and Management Studies category in REF.
Of Cambridge’s overall submissions were rated as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ within REF 2021’s Business and Management Studies unit of assessment.
Collaborate with faculty and PhD students
Interested in collaborating with CJBS or accessing our expertise? Get in touch at impact@jbs.cam.ac.uk or learn more about collaborating with us.
Our commitment to impact and engagement
We are committed to increase the impact that our research has in the world and our engagement with other organisations and institutions. Our academics and students don’t just work in the library, the lab and the classroom, they work in boardrooms, in offices and communities and on the shop floor too. Thousands of experiments are being undertaken in all those places, each one a novel attempt to beat competitors, win new customers, create social value.
We actively encourage our faculty to engage at this deep level with organisations to root their theoretical insights in practice. This results in clear advantages for the organisations involved and gives us new insights to share in our teaching and research.
Impact stories
Read about the real-world impact of Cambridge Judge and be inspired by our practitioner engagement stories.
Research centre news
Celebrating a pioneer of energy regulation
The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) held a celebration of the work of Stephen Littlechild, a leading economist in the field of markets and regulation, featuring papers from some of his many colleagues within the UK and internationally. The 24-25 March seminar featured 10 papers on subjects which highlight Stephen’s varied contribution to the academic literature, including: ‘The Evolution of Price Control Regulation’, ‘The Role of Benchmarking in Incentive Regulation’ and ‘The Impact of Grid Defection on Economic Regulation during periods of Significant Cost Escalation’.
Faculty news
Predators screening ignites debate on safeguarding
Five national agencies met at Cambridge Judge Business School to view a special screening of the film Predators, using it as a springboard into vital discussions on the appropriate societal, organisational and policy responses to child sexual abuse.
Research centre news
White House report cites study on carbon removal technologies
The 2025 Economic Report of the President submitted to the US Congress cites research from the Energy Policy Research Group based at Cambridge Judge Business School on cost and scalability of carbon capture and storage.
Governance, economics and policy
Climate change costs: even cool, rich nations at risk
Research by Kamiar Mohaddes found that cooler and richer countries are also hit by climate change, and that the cost of inaction on climate change far outweighs the cost of proactive measures. But barriers must be overcome.
Business School announcements
FT Responsible Business Education Awards: 2 wins for Cambridge Judge
Purpose of Finance course wins top Teaching award and a study on paedophile hunters wins Academic Research award, while Cambridge Judge is Highly Commended for School-wide activities in the Financial Times awards for business education responsibility and impact.
Global strategy and international business
How seeing beyond academic boundaries creates impact
Faculty members Mark de Rond and Kamiar Mohaddes win the 2023 Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Research centre news
Generic drugs: how to boost supply and lower prices
Increased drug supply security and reduced costs has been achieved by Civica Rx, a health care utility taking a fresh approach, says study in NEJM Catalyst authored by 2 Cambridge Judge Business School academics.
World Case Teaching Day 2023 provides an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the ways in which Cambridge Judge Business School engages with the case teaching method.
Studies on COVID-19 modelling by Paul Kattuman and marginalisation by Shahzad Ansari are named runners-up in the annual Responsible Business Education Awards of the Financial Times.