The department is also known in the areas of soft OR, research metrics, big data, data envelopment analysis, and environmental management. Kent welcomes student research projects on a variety of topics including: • Location analysis • Routing problems • Critical Infrastructure Protection • Environmental management • Operations management • Multivariate analysis • Big data • Insurance/warranty data analysis and management • Research metrics • Soft OR • Data envelopment analysis and performance measurement

Students working on relevant research topics in logistics Centre for Logistics and Heuristic Optimisation.

The Department is a member of NATCOR and students can attend a wide range of courses and workshops in the field of operational research and management science. Students interested in more mathematical topics are advised to follow the ‘Operational Research’ programme while those interested in more applied topics or operations management are advised to choose ‘Management Science’.