Management Science news
FT ranks Lancaster PhD 7th in world
Published 30 January 2012
In the 2012 Financial Times ranking of the top global MBA programmes, Lancaster is ranked 7th in the world and 2nd in Europe in the 'FT Doctoral Rank'.
Professor Mike Pidd honoured by Operational Research Society
Published 20 December 2011
Professor Mike Pidd has been awarded the Companionship of Operational Research by the Operational Research Society, for outstanding service to the Society.
Making markets: the practice of business models
Published 15 December 2011
Over the last three years, AIM Fellows Katy Mason and Martin Spring have been researching how business models are developed and put to work to make markets. This video feature captures a recent conference in London attended by over 200 practitioners.
Graham Rand Named 2012 Edelman Gala MC by INFORMS
Published 13 December 2011
Graham Rand has been named 2012 Edelman Gala MC by the Gala Organizing Committee by INFORMS.
Kingsman Prize 2011
Published 13 December 2011
The Kingsman Prize for 2011 has been jointly awarded to Management Science PhD graduates Navid Izady and Devin Li. The prize was established in memory of the long-standing scholar of Management Science, Professor Brian Kingsman.
The Ecologist: 'Can we keep the politics and science of climate forecasting separate?
Published 3 November 2011
Ecologist magazine, investigating the accuracy of climate forecasting, quotes new research by the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting into the accuracy of forecasting methods: "My research revealed the limited availability of 'proper' forecasts from these climate models, yet we are risking the world on them. The whole thing is based on a set of forecasts – for example, how high should our flood defences be? – and we need to know how accurate they are," says the Centre's director, Professor Robert Fildes.
Management and Information Technology student wins Deloitte prize
Published 5 July 2011
Final-year undergraduate Eliot Wassell has been awarded a £100 prize by top consulting firm Deloitte. The prize celebrates the first graduating cohort of the innovative BSc (Hons) Management and Information Technology (MIT) degree.
