For researchers

Using the lab

For internal researchers

Once you’ve discussed the feasibility and logistics of running your study with the lab manager, and ethical approval has been granted, a booking form must be completed and submitted with study protocol and any relevant materials. You can find the necessary forms here.

Forms for researchers

For external collaborators

Our Research Lab welcomes collaborations with other labs in London and beyond. Examples of recent academic collaborations include pop-up labs, swap subject pools and joint studies. We’re constantly on the lookout for new and exciting ways to work with other institutions, so if you have an idea please do get in touch.

Request a call back

Lab services and types of study

The Lab team recruits and manages a participant pool and advertises studies, tests study materials and procedures, assists with procuring specialist equipment and software, collects data and remunerates participants. Lab studies take priority over any other research assistance requests.

Lab studies
Online studies
Field studies
Other assistance
Research lab assistants

Faculty researchers are allocated two Lab Assistants (LA), one to run the experimental procedure and one to manage the access, stewardship of participants to maximise the efficiency in the data collection process for researchers and provide an organised and consistent user-friendly experience for participants..

PhD student researchers are expected to run their own research and are allocated one LA to manage the stewardship of participants.

Lab facilities

The Research Lab Team has experience with a broad set of data collection methods ranging from controlled lab experiments, to quasi-experiments, online and in-lab surveys, and field studies.

The graph and table below present a brief overview of what the lab has to offer in terms of facilities. For any questions regarding these facilities please contact the lab manager.

Lab Space	Capacity (1 hour session)	Description	Participants (Per day)
Cubicles	6	Each with a PCs, a telephone, and a spyhole to view participants	36
Computer lab	15	Networked PCs, projector, desk with PC for RA, telephone	90
Large cubicles	1	1 PC, telephone, connection to Tobii Eye-tracker and Biopac Physiological measurement tools	6
Group discussion room	6	Can be equipped with a large rectangular or circular table, small table with telephone, video camera and microphone with central monitoring/recording from the office	36
Group rooms	12	3 rooms contain desks with PCs and 1 telephone in each, unobtrusive video and audio recording is available in all rooms with central monitoring/recording from the office	72
Small group room	4	A room with one telephone, unobstrusive	24
Lab office	1	Location of Lab Manager and Lab Assistants, central video/audio monitor with recording capabilities	-

Lab Equipment

Computers

OptiPlex 9010 AIO all in one (23 inch)

21 Vostro desktop 360 all in one (19 inch)

12 Dell 790 (22 inch)

Example software available: Windows 10, Medialab v10, Direct RT, ZTree

Laptops

Dell latitude E5510 x 2 / E4520 x 2

iPads

3rd generation 16GB Wi-Fi Black.

9.7 LED display x 2

iPod Touch

6th Generation 32 GB Wi-Fi Black x 4
Video Recorders

Panasonic SDR-670 (red, with cases and tripods) x 3

Digital Camera

Panasonic F516, 14.1 mega pixels (red, with case)

Voice Recorder

Digital voice recorder ICD-PX820 x 2

CCTV

Allows split screen monitoring of group rooms and discussion rooms
Eye tracker

Tobii X 120 x 1: Collected gaze data at 120 HZ.
Participants are not positioned in an unnatural chinrest.
The modular design of the system allows for eye tracking of both stimuli presented on a screen or in the real world (e.g., external video, projections, or physical objects)
Omron R6

Wrist blood pressure measures x 6

Clinically validated, fully automatic, wrist blood pressure monitor

BIOPAC

Physiological measurements

ECG/heart rate and respiration x 1

Two channel temperature x 1

EDA/GSR device x 1

Each device can be used independently with other modules

Headphones

Sennheiser HD201 x 20

Over the ear, closed black design, delivers outstanding attenuation of ambient noise

Stop watches

Abacus stopwatch x 4

Silent stopwatches x 15

Basic stopwatch, displays the hours, minutes, and seconds

Countdown timer

Acctim Jumbo LCD timer clock x 3

35 mm device with LCD digits, countdown from 99 minutes max

Sand-timers

18 pieces, 9 cm tall and 3 minutes timer.

Dice

100 pieces, 50 x 12 mm pearly red dice with gold dots

Gel pack

9 pieces: Reusable hot/cold gel pack.

Can be used in studies involving physical discomfort

Maul Electronic scale

1 piece

Can display weight in g/lb/oz and ml. Max weight allowed is 5000g.

Bike

Ultra-sport f-bike x 1

This bike has an auto on/off function
Other functions include measurements of time, total accumulated distance, current speed, distance covered, calories burnt, and pulse rate.

Mirrors

6 pieces

Free standing dressing table mirrors.

Research Ethics

All research conducted at or by the School requires ethical approval.

Details for:

the ethics process
the code of practice
lab procedures
lab calendar
and other approval forms can be found on Portal below.

Apply for Ethics Approval

Sign up for paid opportunities to participate in research.

Hours of operation

Monday to Thursday: 8:30 - 16:00
Friday: 8:30 - 12:00
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Safety protocols

Find out more about the Safety protocols implemented by the Lab team

FAQs

Please see our participant and visitor FAQs here.

Privacy Notice

Please see London Business School Research Lab privacy notice here.

Contact us

To join a research-based project at the Lab, or if you have any further questions, do get in touch with the Lab directly and the helpful staff there will be able to respond suitably.

Using the lab

For internal researchers

For external collaborators

Lab services and types of study

Lab facilities

Lab Equipment

Lab Equipment

Research Ethics

Sign up for paid opportunities to participate in research.

Hours of operation

Contact us

For internal researchers

For external collaborators

Lab facilities

Lab Equipment

Lab Equipment

Research Ethics

Sign up for paid opportunities to participate in research.

Hours of operation

Contact us