Hot Spots of Institute for Management Research
Hot Spots are groups of researchers led by high potential or top researchers. As a group, they are able to address the complex challenge of multidisciplinary research. Typically, Hot Spots consist of researchers from different disciplines who jointly undertake research activities.
Their topics belong to the ‘hot’ topics under study within the IMR, in line with the IMR’s mission to study complex problems of governance and management. Hot Spots are set up to develop and carry out new, innovative research characterised by our motto’s two criteria: scientific excellence and societal relevance. Currently, the IMR hosts the following seven Hot Spots:
EU Politics, Administration and Law (EUROPAL)
The Hot Spot EUROPAL focuses on EU Politics, Governance and Law. It seeks to analyse, understand and explain processes of Europeanisation and implementation of EU policies. It seeks to analyse, understand and explain processes of Europeanisation and implementation of EU policies against the background of increased policy pressures and growing domestic politicisation.
Gender and Power in Politics and Management
Many organisations struggle with questions of gender equality, diversity and inclusion. Progress towards these goals calls for organisational change. The Hot Spot's vision for change is based on tailor-made conceptualisations of gender equality, diversity and inclusion, grounded in cutting-edge research.
Global–Local Divides and Connections (GLOCAL)
The Hot Spot GLOCAL brings together a group of scholars analysing central contemporary phenomena with a critical lens that emphasises global-local interactions. They work on social, political and economic phenomena: from economic development and inequality, migrant inclusion, state building in post-war contexts to the politics of development and foreign aid.
Transformative sustainable change in Action (TransAct)
Transformative change is defined as a fundamental, system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values. Understanding transformative change is complex and requires multiple scientific perspectives and societal knowledge. The Hot Spot connects researchers, who analyse environmental sustainability from different perspectives: micro to macro addressing questions of transformative change and its governance.
Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The Hot Spot Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides knowledge for entrepreneurs, innovative firms and policy makers in the area of innovation. Their shared business ecosystem perspective and their varied disciplinary backgrounds provide them a better and more holistic understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship in the 21st century.
Sustainable Democracy
The Hot Spot Sustainable Democracy seeks to bring together scholars from different disciplines working on democracy across Radboud University. In a world with intense contestation about the meaning and value of democracy, and questions about democracies’ capacity to deal with the urgent challenges facing societies today, research on challenges to democracy and the future of democracy could not be more relevant.
Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI)
RUNOMI is an interfaculty network of more than 100 scholars working at Radboud University Nijmegen who believe in the major societal contribution of interdisciplinary scientific collaboration on issues concerning migrant inclusion. Members collaborate with internal and external partners in research, teaching and societal impact activities.
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