Research Excellence
Research that inspires leaders to use business as a force for good.
Research by Lang faculty is globally-recognized for pushing the frontiers of knowledge and challenging the status-quo. Our scholarship and research aim to have impact on the world around us by leveraging our unique disciplinary and interdisciplinary strengths through partnerships, knowledge mobilization, and our student-centred research training.
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Lang Strategic Research Plan
This five-year strategic plan sets out Lang's research mission, principles, priorities, goals and key performance indicators.
Institutes and Centres
Lang's network of centers, institutes, and labs offer innovative opportunities for faculty, students and business partners to conduct world-class research.
Research Chairs
Lang Research Chairs are an eclectic group of research leaders that consistently produce breakthrough research and generate impact.
Find an Expert
Faculty at Lang are recognized internationally for their expertise in the realms of business, economics and management research.
Research Areas
Lang faculty conduct research in a wide range of fields and apply theory to real-world business challenges – from Bay Street finance to the best way to lead people.
- Top 10 in North America
- UNL Actuarial Science Program
- 144 academic partnerships
- across 28 countries around the world
- $2.2M in funding
- from tri-agency funding
- Ranked #4 in Canada
- for research in economics (RePEc)
Recent Published Research from Lang
- Laurie Barclay: Delivering bad news fairly: The influence of core self-evaluations and anxiety for the enactment of interpersonal justice. Human Relations, 75, 1238-1269.
- Saerom Lee: The Price Entitlement Effect: When and Why High Price Entitles Consumers to Purchase Socially Costly Products. Journal of Marketing Research.
- Kurt Annen: Women Legislators in Africa and Foreign Aid, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 1–23.
- Jing Lu, Kathleen Rodenburg, Lianne Foti: Are firms with better sustainability performance more resilient during crises? Business Strategy and the Environment, 1– 17.
- Felix Arndt: Managing socio-political risk at the subnational level: lessons from MNE subsidiaries in Indonesia. Journal of World Business, 57(3), 101312
- Towhidul Islam, Juan Wang: The Usefulness of Socio-demographic Variables in Predicting Purchase Decisions: Evidence from Machine Learning Procedures, Journal of Business Research, 151, 324-338. (IF 7.55
Lang Research Report
Learn more about Lang's research impact in our Research Report.