ILIR is a UK-based registered research organisation founded to foster collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange across diverse disciplines and geographical boundaries, connecting researchers in finance, organisational behaviour, marketing, health economics, data science and medical sciences.
The International Lab for Interdisciplinary Research (ILIR) was founded on the conviction that today's most complex problems in finance, health, technology, and society rarely respect disciplinary boundaries. ILIR serves as a hub for fostering collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange among researchers working across diverse fields and geographies.
Since our founding, ILIR has connected academics and practitioners spanning fintech and embedded finance, organisational behaviour, consumer marketing, health economics, applied data science and health sciences, producing peer-reviewed research, running practical trainings, workshops, and presenting at international conferences.
We are a registered body, headquartered in the United Kingdom, with an active research and training partnership in various countries.
Bring together methods and perspectives from multiple fields to generate deeper, more applicable insight.
Connect researchers, universities and practitioners across disciplinary and national boundaries.
Translate rigorous inquiry into practical frameworks — from embedded finance to HR analytics.
Direct research toward real-world issues in health, finance, and organisational life.
Build lasting ties between institutions in the UK, Pakistan, and beyond.
ILIR's work spans six interconnected themes, reflecting our founders' backgrounds in finance, business, and health sciences.
Adoption of embedded banking and financial services among SMEs, and their application across sectors such as textiles and supply chains.
Forecasting, machine learning applications, and evidence-based approaches to portfolio management in emerging markets.
Adoption of HR analytics, green HRM, employee development, working patterns and engagement.
Social media marketing, social network effects, and consumer purchase intention.
Cost-effective decision-making in health systems, and social determinants such as intimate partner violence and fertility outcomes.
Machine learning, big data, and Python-based data analysis training for researchers and students.
A look at ILIR's recent conferences, workshops and working papers.
Delivered a hands-on research methodology training session at the FEST Auditorium, Hamdard University, for students of the Faculty of Eastern Medicine — combining theoretical lectures with practical, evidence-based research exercises. Hosted with thanks to Hakeem Huma Sayeed Siddiqui and Prof. Dr. Arshad Mahmood, Dean, Faculty of Eastern Medicine.
Training & MethodologyPresented at the 21st International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), hosted by Marmara University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Finance & FintechA hands-on training workshop delivered in collaboration with Sohail University, Karachi — drawing a full house and strong participant response.
Data Science & AIAn interdisciplinary study investigating the relationship between intimate partner violence and fertility outcomes, bridging health economics and social policy research.
Health & Social PolicyExploring embedded finance as a disruptive force in textile-sector supply chains.
Finance & FintechWe welcome partnerships with universities, researchers, students, and industry & NGO partners worldwide for joint research, trainings, workshops, and knowledge exchange across disciplines.
ILIR partners with universities and faculties to co-deliver training, joint research, and student engagement as with our ongoing collaboration with various universities.
We're open to formal MOUs, joint conferences, and cross-institutional research clusters with universities in the UK, Pakistan, and beyond.
Reach out to explore an institutional collaboration, MOU, or joint programme with ILIR.
Email UsResearchers and academics working in finance, fintech, HR analytics, marketing, health economics, medical sciences or data science are invited to co-author papers, contribute working papers, or present findings at ILIR-affiliated events.
We're especially interested in interdisciplinary work that bridges two or more of our focus areas.
Share a working paper, dataset, or research idea for potential collaboration.
Email UsStudents can join ILIR training sessions such as our "Data Analysis with Python" workshop and research methodology trainings and get involved as research assistants on ongoing studies.
We welcome interest from students in business, finance, health sciences, and data-related fields.
Industry and NGO partners can work with ILIR on applied research from embedded finance adoption studies to health-economics and social-impact evaluation to medical sciences.
We translate rigorous, evidence-based methods into practical insight for business and policy decisions.
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