A message from our Associate Dean for Research

Welcome to research at the Tippie College of Business.

From its inception to today, Tippie places a high premium on the thought leadership provided by a dynamic, productive, and engaged faculty. Researchers in our six departments have a proven track record of creating new knowledge that moves their field forward, while also engaging constructively with businesses and other external partners to advance the state of business practice.

Here, you’ll encounter demonstrated research success such as:

  • world-class records of academic impact in areas like accounting and management;
  • timely results from young faculty in areas like risk management (finance) and human decision making (marketing);
  • contributions to large-scale interdisciplinary research in healthcare, climate change, and emergency management in business analytics and economics;
  • the world’s only real-money academic research market, the Iowa Electronic Markets;
  • impactful engagement with corporations, non-profits, regulatory agencies, etc. around the globe.

Tippie’s research mission drives the state of knowledge from Iowa to the world. Whether you’re a prospective student or faculty member, academic peer, or potential new partner, feel free to reach out to us if you have questions, or if you want to get involved.

Nick Street

Nick Street

Associate Dean for Research and PhD Programs
Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Business Analytics
nick-street@uiowa.edu

12 %

More peer reviewed articles per faculty member in the last five years

# 11

Most productive management faculty

TAMUGA Rankings, Pubs/Faculty, 2021

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Countries represented by our PhD students

Research seminars and speaker series

Behavioral Research seminars

This series provides a forum for faculty and PhD students who conduct behavioral research to present and discuss their current projects in a low-pressure environment.

See upcoming seminars

Research Methods seminars

This series provides faculty and PhD students in Business Analytics, Economics, and Finance with opportunities to successfully introduce methods, while offering new insights for more experienced researchers.

See upcoming seminars

Departmental seminars

Each year, several of our academic departments invite influencers and scholars from around the nation to speak to faculty and students. Our current lineup includes:

Faculty research news

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Study shows when media attention gets hot, companies often cut back on lobbying

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A Tippie resarcher dug into the subject of how companies adjust lobbying efforts when responding to negative news.
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UI logistics study: Package delivery drivers should walk more, drive less

Monday, October 21, 2024
The study found delivery times could be cut by about 50-percent if companies designed routes built around walking.
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How CFOs can give good earnings guidance

Sunday, October 20, 2024
Guidance is both art and science, and getting it right is important
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Tippie researcher fights bias by developing new AI algorithms

Monday, October 14, 2024
A Tippie College of Business researcher has developed two algorithms that can be used to reduce racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence. Qihang Lin developed the algorithms with the help of an $800,000 grant received in 2022 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Amazon.
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Bringing relief: How to best help people who are stranded by hurricanes and other natural disasters

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Ann Campbell is an expert on how to bring relief to areas where natural disasters have wiped out roads, bridges, railroads, ports, and airports.