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

13

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

office chair

How will AI affect administrative jobs?

Monday, February 23, 2026
AI’s impact on business has been well studied by researchers. But what will the impact be on office and clerical workers? According to a researcher at the Tippie College of Business, we don’t really know.
Photo illustration for loving your job

Love your job

Friday, February 20, 2026
Associate Professor Emily Campion spends her days researching ways that employees can make their work enriching rather than depleting.
Collage of a persons arm coming out of a laptop, holding the scales of justice.

Use AI ethically

Friday, February 20, 2026
If students are to succeed and be employable, they must learn to be AI fluent. But fluency includes responsibility and there isn't much literature out there to draw from, so Associate Professor Pat Johanns wrote a book on it.
Collage with plants, one with black, rotten roots. Near these roots, a man's hand holds a magnifying glass.

Root out fraud

Friday, February 20, 2026
Professor Erik Lie has taken a forensic-finance approach to his research career, using data to hold powerful actors in society accountable.
Students walking, one a silhouette filled in with colorful squares with letters and numbers, meant to look like data with its arm around one of the people.

Prevent teen suicide

Friday, February 20, 2026
After a local tragedy, Professor Patrick Fan wondered, could AI be trained to detect signs of emerging depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation in teenagers?