Research Highlights
Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK is a research-led school within a research-led university. Given our scale and breadth we aim to tackle big, contemporary problems that require long-term research commitment, while encouraging teamwork across multiple academic disciplines.
We draw on and contribute to the University’s world-leading research profile and international reputation for excellent higher education. Our core strengths are not just centred on the quality of our research, but also around our individual and collaborative work, our teaching and executive education, our collaboration with international partners, and around our advisory, policy and public speaking roles. This is encapsulated in our motto Original Thinking Applied.
We are also aligned to the University of Manchester’s wider research beacons which are tackling some of the biggest questions facing the planet.
Andre Geim
2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
Andre Geim shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics with Kostya Novoselov for preparing and then characterising individual atomic planes of carbon, known as graphene. In 2004 they demonstrated how to extract and isolate graphene from graphite crystals using Sellotape.
Geim also shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his tongue-in-cheek diamagnetic levitation of a live frog.
Research Beacons
From tackling cancer and poverty to finding the energy solutions of the future, our research is making a real difference to the quality of people’s lives across the globe.
Global Challenges, Manchester Solutions.
Find out how world-class academic research is commercialised by scientists, engineers, medical professionals, business leaders and policymakers.
Research News
Brexit: what happens next?
It’s been a turbulent few weeks in the Palace of Westminster and while Britons may all be bored silly by the sight
Trade wars are growing – and developing countries are shaping the agenda
At the heart of the current US trade war with China is tariffs on imports like steel, sorghum and silicon chips. But,
Violent crime: punishing ‘risky’ young people does not work
Violent crime among young people has reached a worrying high in parts of the UK over recent years. There’s been a year-on-year increase in
Two dimensional ‘Lego’ shows new methods for creating electronics
Physicists from The University of Manchester and The University of Sheffield have discovered that when two atomically thin (two-dimensional) materials like graphene are placed on top
Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched
First scalable graphene yarns for wearable textiles produced
A team of researchers led by Dr Nazmul Karim and Prof Sir Kostya Novoselov at The University of Manchester have developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based
Students help to create guidance to protect vulnerable people online
A group of law students from The University of Manchester have been involved in a case creating new guidance to
Bangladesh is booming, but authoritarianism could burst its bubble
Bangladesh has been a development success story in recent years. The country made remarkable progress in poverty alleviation prior to the Millennium Development
Francis Livens / A nuclear future
Nuclear power is on the national agenda – and the University is helping to make it a safe and efficient part of our essential energy
Advanced materials / The 2D revolution
Advanced materials have the potential to revolutionise our lives, from wearable electronics to ultrasensitive sensors. At Manchester, our pioneering work with 2D materials such as graphene has
Global inequality / One globe, a world of solutions
he world is changing rapidly – socially, technologically, environmentally and economically – bringing with it an evolution in the field of international development. A new
Industrial biotechnology / Feed, fuel and heal the world
Professor Nigel Scrutton, Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, talks us through how industrial biotechnology is improving the sustainability of the fuel we buy, the
Research / Robots doing the dirty work
Cleaning up radioactive waste is a dangerous job for a human. That’s why researchers at Manchester are developing robots that could do the job for
Cancer / The personal approach
Personalised medicine could revolutionise how we’re treated for illnesses in the future. What does this mean for how we treat cancer, a disease that affects