Published May 7, 2026 | Version v1
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Research for Responsible Futures: Report from the Responsible Futures Skills Lab, 7 May 2026

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Newcastle University
  • 2. University of Vaasa
  • 3. ROR icon University of Sunderland
  • 4. Durham University Business School
  • 5. Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Business School
  • 6. ROR icon University of Auckland
  • 7. ROR icon Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 8. ROR icon University of Surrey
  • 9. ROR icon Durham University
  • 10. ROR icon Manchester Metropolitan University
  • 11. University of Auckland Business School
  • 12. ROR icon Heriot-Watt University
  • 13. Northumbria University
  • 14. ROR icon University of Glasgow

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon University of St Andrews
  • 2. ROR icon Durham University
  • 3. ROR icon Newcastle University
  • 4. ROR icon Heriot-Watt University
  • 5. ROR icon University of Sussex
  • 6. ROR icon University of Bradford
  • 7. University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
  • 8. ROR icon Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
  • 9. ROR icon University of Stirling
  • 10. Newcastle University Business School
  • 11. ROR icon British Academy of Management
  • 12. ROR icon Ravensbourne University London

Description

The Responsible Futures Skills Lab was a two-day collaborative forum at Newcastle University Business School focused on how responsible and sustainable futures can be embedded in academic practice. While Day 1 addressed teaching, Day 2 focused on research: how cross-disciplinary, challenge-led work can be designed, supported, published, and made relevant beyond the academy. The day brought together business school scholars, climate and environmental researchers, modelling experts, journal editors, and participants from different institutions to examine what responsible futures research requires in practice. Discussions highlighted that cross-disciplinary research cannot simply add collaborators after a project has been framed. It requires early attention to problem definition, disciplinary assumptions, language, methods, publication strategies, stakeholder engagement, and institutional incentives. The report summarises the main insights from Day 2 and identifies practical lessons for designing research that is intellectually robust, institutionally viable, and relevant to societal challenges.

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