Centres of Research Excellence
The School of Business is home to a number of Centres of Research Excellence. These centres are a focal point point for a specfic research problem or domain, and foster networking and communication between Otago academics and colleagues at other institutions.
School of Business Research Centres
- Asia Institute
- Centre for Business and the Environment
- Competitive Advantage New Zealand
- Economic Growth and Development
- Economics of Sport
- Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Industrial Relations Research Centre
- International Economics
- New Zealand Business Case Research Centre (incorporating Centre for Management Cases)
- The Otago Forum
- Poverty, Inequality & Development Research Cluster
- Centre for Recreation Research
- Centre for Research in Business Law, Conflict and Negotiations
- Centre for Air Transport Research
Information Science Research Groups
The Department of Information Science has been recognised as a national leader and has achieved international recognition for excellence in the fields of Spatial Information Processing and Connectionist-Based Information Systems. For further information on Department research, visit the Department of Information Science website.
Research Groups within the Department:
- Database Research Centre (DARC)
- Distributed Computing and Software Agents Research Centre (DCSA)
- Health Informatics Research Group (HIRG)
- Multimedia Systems Research Laboratory (MSRL/HCI)
- Otago Next Generation Networks and Services Test Bed Facility (ONGENS)
- Security Research Group (SRG)
- Software Engineering and Collaborative Modelling Laboratory (SECML)
- Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC)

