Research profile
CBS addresses some of today’s most pressing societal challenges, including the green transition, responsible leadership, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the future of work.
Research Excellence
CBS is the top Danish university when it comes to publishing in the most highly ranked international journals in business and management (AJG 4 and 4*) – accounting for nearly half of all Danish AJG 4* publications in the period 2019–2023.
Our publications also have strong academic impact and are cited more frequently than those from other Danish and European universities. Internationally, CBS is ranked among the leading Nordic institutions in the QS and Shanghai rankings within Business & Management and Accounting & Finance.
Research at CBS is not only excellent – it is also highly relevant to society. In 2024, CBS attracted DKK 186 million in external research funding from the EU as well as Danish public and private foundations. These grants reflect CBS’ strong engagement with the world around us – and a research practice where academic excellence supports concrete solutions to complex societal challenges.
Code of academic conduct
The Research Practice Committee at CBS has been set up to promote good research practice and handle cases concerning questionable research practice. Moreover, it forwards cases concerning research misconduct (typically falsification, fabrication and most types of plagiarism) to The Danish Committee on Research Misconduct.
Open Access
Open Access CBS GuideCBS sees responsibility for bringing knowledge and new thinking to students, companies, academia – and to society as a whole – as a principal part of its mission. Open Access is an excellent means to accomplish this goal.
CBS Open Access Policy (.pdf)
Research Data Management
Excellent research depends on robust data that can be trusted, traced, and reused. CBS researchers must manage their data according to the FAIR principles – making them findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable – in line with the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and the National Strategy for Data Management based on the FAIR Principles.
Research Support
To strengthen CBS 'profile as one of the best research institutions, CBS has in recent years increased its focus on external funding. CBS works strategically to attract high profile and prestigious research grants from both public and private funding bodies nationally and internationally.
CBS Research Support Office (CBS RSO) (Panel content)
CBS RSO is part of the Dean's Office of Research. The team supports the Dean of Research and advises the Head of Departments on opportunities for external funding and strategy for an increased take home of grant and offer support to researchers who apply for external research funding in close collaboration with the department's funding coordinators.
CBS RSO hosts workshops on external funding and provides individually advice and administrative support on externally funded research projects.
CBS RSO offers the Researchers
- Identify relevant funding opportunities
- Develop project ideas and prepare the proposal process with the donors - from concept to completion of research proposal
- Prepare budgets for proposals
- Help finding partners for new research partnerships and networks
- Assist with contract negotiations (in close collaboration with Legal)
- Attend start-up meetings of projects with the CBS post-award support team (EFP)
External teachers (Panel content)
As an external teacher affiliated with a department at CBS, you have the opportunity to teach on different programmes.