The AIROD section's aim is to facilitate collaborative research of the highest international standard, create a basis for research-based teaching and ensure relevance for the surrounding ecosystem of companies, public organisations and other stakeholders. The collaborative nature of the section is aimed at collaboration both within the academic community (across the section, the department and Aarhus University and across national and international universities and research institutions) and with the broad set of local, regional, national and international stakeholders.

In addition to its research activities, AIROD is committed to ensuring the research foundation of business and management curricular activities, particularly at the BSc in Economics and Business Administration study programme, but also in terms of the MSc in Information Technology in IT, Communication and Organisation and the MSc in Engineering (Technology Based Business Development) study programme.