Previous Events

Fast Track to Masters - For Queen Mary Year 2 & Year 3 Students

Thinking about what comes after your undergraduate degree? Discover how you can progress directly to a Masters with the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary and gain the skills to stand out in a competitive global job market.

Open to all Year 2 & Year 3 Queen Mary University of London undergraduate students.

Masters Online Information Sessions 2026

Thinking about studying a Masters at the School of Business and Management?  Then join us for our online Masters Information Sessions. 

Seminar 3 of Global Dialogue Series on AI, Voice, and Decolonial Knowledge

How is AI influencing which stories are preserved and which are erased? This seminar will consider the impact of AI on archives, oral histories, and storytelling traditions across digital and non-digital worlds.

SBM Industry Spotlight Series: Careers in Consulting, Advisory and Strategy

Interested in a career where problem-solving, strategic thinking, and real-world impact come together? Join us for the next SBM Industry Spotlight session exploring careers in consulting, advisory, and strategy.

Tokenisation and Environmental Disclosure: Implications for Accounting

Join us in person for an insightful session on how tokenisation is changing the game in environmental disclosure and what this means for finance and accounting pros. We'll explore practical impacts, real-world examples, and future trends. Don't miss out on networking with experts and getting ahead in your field!

Speaker: Dr Alessandro Merendino and Dr Niki Panourgias

Rise Up: Women in Business and Finance

Join us at Rise Up: Women in Business and Finance, a free, on-campus event exclusively for women in Years 10 –12 who want to explore future study and career opportunities in business and finance. 

QS Masters Fair in Ankara Turkey

Meet us in person at the QS Masters fair in Ankara. 

QS Masters Fair in Istanbul

Speak to us in person in Istanbul at the QS Masters Fair. 

Panel Discussion: Beyond COP30: Closing the gap between talk and action

As part of Climate Action Week 2026, Queen Mary University of London is hosting events that explore how climate action moves from global negotiations to cultural, research-led, and community-driven change. "Beyond COP30: Closing the gap between talk and action" brings together Queen Mary researchers and partners to reflect on COP30 outcomes and the future of climate justice.  

Masters Open Event

Join our next Masters open event on campus!

Global Dialogue Seminar Series, Seminar 2: Who speaks? AI and the politics of research, education, and creativity

We are thrilled to invite you to the second seminar of the Global Dialogue Series on AI, Voice, and Decolonial Knowledge!

The School of Business and Management is pleased to announce an upcoming visit from Professor Anna Maria Paganoni, Lead of Data Strategy at Politecnico di Milano, who will join us as a CGR-SBM invited external speaker. Professor Paganoni will deliver an academic seminar entitled “The Data Strategy at Politecnico di Milano: Addressing the Dropout Problem.”

Welcome Week: Postgraduate Social Event

Join us for a relaxed, in-person social evening designed to help you meet fellow postgraduate students from the School of Business and Management and settle into life at Queen Mary University of London.

Borderlines Workshop: What Does Decolonial Feminist Research on Migration Look Like?

What happens when we centre migrant women’s voices not as subjects of research, but as producers of knowledge?

This interactive workshop introduces decolonial feminist approaches that challenge Eurocentric and patriarchal ways of studying migration.

SBM Industry Spotlight Series: Careers in Finance, Accounting and Fintech

Curious about where a career in finance, accounting, or fintech can take you? Join us for the next SBM Industry Spotlight event! 

Welcome January 2026 intake students! You are warmly invited to attend the City Finance Walking Tour.

Starting your postgraduate journey can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. The Meet Your Advisor event is designed especially for January-intake postgraduate students, offering a relaxed and welcoming introduction to the support available to you.

As part of our Welcome Week for January starters, we’re inviting new students to take part in the Silicon Roundabout Tech Tour - an in-person experience that brings you face to face with London’s thriving tech innovation scene.

Whose Knowledge? Anti-racist and Decolonial Perspectives on AI Governance and Knowledge Systems Global Dialogues Series

Join us for the first session of our virtual seminar series, Global Dialogues on AI, Voice, and Decolonial Knowledge, co-organised with the Institute for Creative Futures at Loughborough University London.

The series explores how AI is reshaping authorship, creativity, and human understanding through a critical and decolonial lens, bringing together speakers from across the Global South and Global North.

SBM Industry Spotlight Series: Careers in HR and People Strategy

Curious about where a career in Human Resources can take you? Join us for the next SBM Industry Spotlight event to hear from professionals working in HR, talent management, and people strategy across industries, including health, higher education and more. 

For the School of Business and Management Students only

The Employers Address 2025

The Employer’s Address returns to Queen Mary this November for an evening of insight and collaboration at the intersection of business, education, and emerging talent. We warmly invite students, graduates, academics, and professionals to join us for this inspiring evening of insight, collaboration, and networking. 

SBM Industry Spotlight Series: Careers in Marketing, Comms and Digital Media

Curious about where a career in marketing can take you? Join us for the next SBM Industry Spotlight event to hear from alumni working in marketing, communications, and digital media across a variety of sectors.

Exclusive LinkedIn Personal Branding Workshop for School of Business and Management Students

Get ready to elevate your professional presence! The School of Business and Management invites its undergraduate and postgraduate students to an Exclusive LinkedIn Personal Branding Workshop designed to help you stand out in today’s competitive job market.

Delivered by LinkedIn experts, this interactive session will show you how to create a compelling profile, grow your professional network, and use LinkedIn’s tools to boost your career readiness.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insider tips and prepare for future success!

Demystifying Post-Colonial Consumption and Markets

Join us for a workshop designed for doctoral researchers interested in marketing, consumption, and critical theory. Led by Professor Rohit Varman (University of Birmingham), the session explores how post-colonial perspectives can uncover the power structures shaping global markets. Moving beyond cultural or ethnic readings, it examines how capitalism, inequality, and historical legacies influence consumption and development. Hosted with the MINDS and Borderlines research groups, the event encourages critical reflection on how knowledge, power, and markets intersect.

AI, Analytics & You: Smarter Business in a Data-Driven Future - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

Data is the new currency of business – but how do you turn it into action?

From AI-powered insights to predictive modelling and digital campaign optimisation, this session explores how data is reshaping strategy, marketing, and management. Hear from faculty who bridge advanced analytics with business practice and discover how you can build future-proof skills.  

Speaker: Dr Georg Graevenitz, Dr Swagato Chatterjee and Dr Farrah Arif

Future Leaders: Management Skills for a Changing World - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

Organisations need leaders who can manage uncertainty, inspire teams, and adapt to rapid change.

This session highlights the management and leadership skills employers seek - from financial decision-making to strategic agility. Learn how Queen Mary’s master’s programmes prepare graduates to step confidently into managerial roles worldwide.  

Speaker: Dr Nadia Zahoor and Dr Nikiforos Panourgias

From London to the World: Building Careers in Global Business - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

How do businesses thrive across borders in an age of shifting supply chains, new trade blocs, and rising sustainability demands?

This session explores what it takes to manage global organisations, build responsible strategies, and lead people across cultures. Students will learn how Queen Mary’s programmes equip them to drive impact in international careers.  

Speaker: Dr Jessica Sklair, Dr Eun-Seok Kim and Dr Chris McLachlan

Finance in Flux: Accounting, Risk & the Global Economy - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

In a world of shifting markets and regulatory change, finance professionals need new tools and perspectives.

This session explores how global finance is adapting – from risk management to sustainability in accounting – and why advanced skills are more vital than ever. Learn how Queen Mary’s finance and accounting programmes prepare you for leadership in a volatile world.  

Speaker: Dr Nicholas Tsitsianis, Dr Nikiforos Panourgias and Dr Stravroula Yfanti

Brands in the Feed: Marketing that Moves People - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

From TikTok virality to global brand campaigns, marketing is more dynamic than ever.

This session dives into how businesses capture attention, build trust, and drive sales in the digital age. Students will see how creativity meets analytics, and how studying at Queen Mary offers the perfect platform to launch an international marketing career.  

Speaker: Dr Mina Tajvidi, Dr Sevil Yesiloglu and Dr Zafeirenia Brokalaki

Startup Stories: Turning Ideas into Impact - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

What does it take to launch a successful venture in today’s economy?

This session explores entrepreneurship in practice – from scaling start-ups and social enterprises to blockchain and creative innovation. Hear how Queen Mary’s entrepreneurial ecosystem supports students to think differently, test ideas, and lead ventures that matter.  

Speaker: Dr Gloria Appiah, Dr Sayed Elhoushy and Dr Zeynep Gurguc

2026: Challenges and Opportunities in Creative Industries - Futures Made Different. A Webinar Series.

This session explores the current challenges and opportunities within the sector of business, creativity, and heritage management. See how Queen Mary’s unique programmes prepare them for leadership roles in the cultural and creative economy.  

Speaker: Dr Ed Legon, Dr Amitabh Rai and Dr Gavin Grindon

From Campus to Big 4

Get insights and network with Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC.

Postgraduate Social - School of Business and Management

Celebrate the start of your Queen Mary journey with our postgraduate social for students at the School of Business and Managment.

SBM Industry Spotlight Series: QMUL Alumni – From Campus to Career

What if you could fast-forward and visualise your future career? 

This special panel event will showcase the diverse career journeys of QMUL graduates. You’ll get real stories, honest advice, and insider tips from our graduates who’ve turned their degrees into exciting careers across areas like Finance, Marketing, HR, Public sector and more.

Undergraduate Meet Your Advisor BBQ Social - School of Business and Management

A welcoming BBQ to meet your advisor and connect with other undergraduates in the School of Business and Management.

Postgraduate Welcome Week: City Finance and Retail Design Tours - School of Business and Management

Postgraduate students are invited to explore London’s financial and retail hubs with a specialist guided tour.

Sign up for the London City Finance Tour

Sign up for the West End Retail Design Tour

BSc Accountancy Welcome Week BBQ - School of Business and Management

A dedicated BBQ by the canal for Accountancy and Flying Start students to meet staff and peers.

BSc Accountancy/Flying Start Welcome Week Breakfast - School of Business and Management

A dedicated breakfast for BSc Accountancy and Flying Start students to meet staff and peers.

Undergraduate Welcome Week Breakfast 2025 - School of Business and Management

Kick off Welcome Week with breakfast alongside your fellow undergraduate students at the School of Business and Management and start building friendships in a relaxed setting.

Undergraduate Welcome Week: City Finance and Retail Design Tours - School of Business and Management

Undergraduate students at the School of Business and Management are invited to explore London’s financial and retail hubs with a specialist guided tour.

Sign up for the London City Finance Tour

Sign up for the West End Retail Design Tour

Step Ahead Plus Programme BBQ Social (School of Business and Management)

Connect with fellow Step Ahead Plus programme participants in a relaxed BBQ by the canal. A perfect opportunity to make friends and ease into university life before the semester begins. 

Learn more about Step Ahead Plus. 

QMUL to host UK Social Marketing Conference 14th September 2017

As key partners of the first UK Social Marketing Conference, Queen Mary University, the European Social Marketing Association, NSMC, Strategic Social Marketing and Fuse Events invite you to join us at the first cross sector event for change makers across the UK in nearly ten years. 

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Frances Bowen

Join Professor Frances Bowen, Head of the School of Business and Management for her inaugural lecture: 'Making a Splash! What companies say and do about water'.  At the event on Tuesday 13 June 2017, 6:30pm Professor Frances Bowen will outline the business challenges and opportunities arising from water issues. She will present the results of recent research on corporate water strategies of large UK-based businesses, focusing on what companies say and do about water.  Book your free place now for the lecture of the year. 

In this two-day meeting, we will consider how the fields of behavioural finance, economic psychology, financial socio-analysis and other related areas can enhance our understanding of financial behaviours.

Upcoming Alumni Events in China and Thailand, May 2017

Dr Stefan Krummaker, Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Director of Taught Programmes for the School of Business and Management would like to invite our former students to join him at one of the upcoming alumni events in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou in May 2017. Stefan looks forward to catching up with our alumni over drinks and canapés to find out what they have been up to since graduation and moreover this will be a great opportunity for our graduates to network with former students who studied at Queen Mary, work in their industry or one that they are interested in.  To confirm your attendance to any of these events please register at the following links below.    The password for all events are SBM2017 (all caps).     If you experience any issues with registering email sbm-alumni@qmul.ac.uk or contact our Alumni Relations and Events Officer, Alicia George on alicia.george@qmul.ac.uk. We do hope that you can attend for Stefan looks forward to welcoming you to these events on behalf of the School of Business and Management.   

The Centre for Globalisation Research First Brown Bag Seminar on 17th May 2017

The Centre for Globalisation Research at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, will be hosting its first brown bag seminar on Wednesday 17th May 2017.  Please join Professor Pedro Martins, Director for the Centre for Globalisation Research and his colleagues who will be presenting a series of academic papers at this auspicious event. 

Public Lecture by Henry Mintzberg: Journey in pursuit of a re-balanced society

Henry Mintzberg's research focuses on  managerial work, strategy formation, and forms of organizing, Henry has published a series of works. 

Revaluing the Mundane is an international colloquium for academics interested in rethinking economic and social problems and for practitioners involved in practical initiatives, including stakeholders from government and civil society organisations.

The “Back to Basics” account focuses on values in addition to efficiency, including the values of autonomy and diversity. The third “basic” of the account refers to what has been termed, “the basic structure” – roughly, the main social and political institutions of society. In doing so, the “Back to Basics” emphasizes that there are limits to what business enterprises are permitted or required to do in order to respect the authority and legitimacy of legal and political institutions. 

The Marketing and Retail Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management and the Marketing and Communications Group (MARCOMMS) of the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, are organising a one-day research workshop dedicated to the role of negative appeals and negative campaigning in marketing. The objective of the event is to present new research findings on this topic and discuss what roles these campaigns could have in marketing.

Business Ecosystems Research Group (BERG) in collaboration with the Marketing Interactions and Consumer Behaviour Research Group (MICB)

The research groups of BERG and MICB are organising a seminar on submitting to and getting accepted by highly ranked journals in business and management.

2017 CRED Annual Lecture

This presentation offers insights into the toxic effects of racism at work and presents new research that deepens our understanding of its insidious and pervasive effects. Like “second hand smoke” our research reveals that the harmful repercussions of racism extend well beyond the target to impact third-party bystanders in the workplace. 

The contested terrain of social media in employment

A small body of emerging research suggests that employers are increasingly profiling employees and institutionalising social boundaries by codifying, monitoring and enforcing professional online conduct.

QMUL Inaugural Lecture

As part of the QMUL Inaugural Lecture Series, Professor Sushanta Mallick examines how far the developing countries have come in their process of growth following the rapid pace of policy reforms in the 1990s; which he calls the “great liberalisation” of the 1990s.     

Meet the Editors Workshop

The School of Business and Management is organising a seminar on submitting to and getting accepted by highly ranked journals in business and management.

Exploring Affective Practices in the Changing Context of Dirty Work

The aim of this study is to explore dirty workers’ affective responses to chronic insecurities produced by the practices and logic of neoliberalism, and to demonstrate the centrality of affect in shaping the relationship with the past and the future.

Toxic Roads, Unearthing Hazardous Toxic Waste Dumping

This talk will present its findings which investigate how new roads are used as burial sites for hazardous waste and the health implications this has on individuals who live nearby; with a particular focus on Ethiopia. 

Specialist CEOs and IPO survival

This seminar will present findings that investigate the influence of a CEO’s specialist managerial experience on the probability of failure and survivability of IPO firms.

Making countries more business-friendly: the role of international organisations

Ken Davies is the former head of global relations at the OECD, and also worked as a Senior Economist at the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment at Columbia University

Why is it difficult to get knowledge into practice?

This seminar will discuss and address general challenges to achieving change in complex organisational settings.

School of Business and Management Alumni Breakfast Catch Up

The School of Business and Management would like to invite all  SBM alumni to our Breakfast Catch Up. This will be a great opportunity to build networks with alumni who work in business and management industries over breakfast.

Pension Accounting and Firm Value: A Dynamic Analysis

"Pension Accounting and Firm Value: A Dynamic Analysis”

Spillovers, inventions and the scale effects: A scrutiny of emerging world

R and D activities of emerging countries (EMEs) have increased considerably. We scrutinize inventions, spillovers and the “scale effects” in a large panel of EMEs.

Friedman’s Presidential Address to the American Economic Association (1968) is not about expectations and the Phillips curve

The research by Dr James Forder reconsiders the intentions of Friedman’s (1968) Presidential Address, his goals, and the relevance of the Phillips curve. 

The effect of female directors on firm performance

The study, presented by Professor Colin Green, presents evidence in support of female representation on corporate boards, with a focus on firm performance and economic rationale.  

Coping with stigmatised identities: The experience of Romanian migrants in the UK

The paper presented by Dr Laura Morosanu looks at how Romanian migrants in the UK cope with stigmatised identities.

How do we know what we know? Limits to consensus in an age of individualism

Amy Boone is a writer and a Director of Effective Intervention, a charity that designs and implements aid projects in education and neonatal health, with an eye to measuring their actual impact in the developing world.

Does empathy improve marketing performance? Evidence from a high autonomy sales environment in an emerging market

Dr Sourindra Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Warwick Business School, tackles the question: Why do some salespeople in high autonomy environments perform better than others?

Politically connected businesses in emerging markets

Simon Commander is Professor at IE Business School and Managing Partner of Altura Partners. He is extensively involved in advisory work of a policy and strategic nature principally with emerging market governments.

Financial fragility: New measures and some results

Professor Panicos O'Demetriades presents research which shows the links between financial fragility and crises, and the effect these have on growth.

China’s political economy

Trey McArver is Director of China Research at Trusted Sources, an emerging markets macroeconomic research firm.

From Borlaug's Paradox to the 'Eroom' Effect: Emerging challenges of sustainable development innovation

Drawing on Brazilian and Canadian cases, Professor Jeremy Hall discusses two of the challenges for sustainable development innovation: 'Borlaug's Paradox' and the 'Eroom' Effect,

Building Bridges. How investors cope with lower growth, lower return in market environment.

Bill Street is a Senior Managing Director of SSGA and Head of Investments for EMEA and currently serves as a member of the European executive management committee as well as the SSGA Investment Committee.

Crimes against women and economic conditions: Evidence from India

The study by Zahra Siddique, Sonia Bhalotra, Uma Kambhampati and Samantha Rawling, looks at whether changes in the labour market and increased employment in India have an impact on crime against women.  

International liquidity and the financial crisis

William A. Allen worked in the Bank of England from 1972 to 2004, where he was Head of the Money Market Operations Division, Head of the Foreign Exchange Division and Director for Europe.

Corporate Culture and Enforcement Actions in Banking

Franco Fiordelisi (University of Rome III) discusses enforcement actions as a key tool for supervisors to reduce moral hazard behaviour at all banks, and not just at the banks which have been sanctioned. This event is part of our Weekly Research Seminar Series.

Japan's astonishing financial survival

Peter Boone is the Executive Chair of Effective Intervention and a member of the Globalization Program at the Centre for Economic Performance in the London School of Economics. 

The host with the most? The effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

'The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness', a new paper by the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR), aims to answer the question of whether hosting the Olympic games can increase happiness in the host city.

Centre for Government and Leadership - Open Lecture

Varieties of the Worker-Mother and the Challenges for Policy Professor Marian BairdQMUL Humanities and Social Science Distinguished Visitor 2013Professor of Employment RelationsSydney University

Professor Mats Alvesson, Lund University, Sweden and Visiting Fellow in the School of Business and Management 

Organised jointly between:CGR - Centre for Globalisation Research, Queen Mary, University of London andCEGBI - Centre for the Evolution of Global Business and Institutions, University of York

Time: 13.00 - 14.45, Wednesday 13th April 2011