[2] She has attempted to incorporate multi-criteria decision analysis with problem structuring techniques, system dynamics, and other analytical approaches.
[4][5] Her first employment was as an OR analyst for the Civil Aviation Authority, where she worked on a huge social study to look at the impacts of aircraft noise at night on communities near Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as statistical modelling of the trans-Atlantic track systems' safety.
[4] Professor Belton's research in multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has earned her a worldwide recognition during the last 30 years.
[9] Her research has focused on supporting the theoretically and practically well-founded application of MCDA approaches to enhance management decision making in action as a result of this work.
[9] Her interest in visual interactive modelling stretches to its application in education, which led to the co-direction of the MENTOR project with Mark Elder in the mid-1990s.
[6] Belton has also researched on public-sector performance assessment, how decision-makers benefit through models, and how student-centered teaching and learning may help build reflective OR practitioners.
[8] In relation to learning & teaching, Belton also held academic roles in University of Strathclyde Faculty as Vice Dean and Associate Deputy Principal.
[18] The Georg Cantor Award is given to a researcher who, over the course of an illustrious career, has embodied the spirit of impartial investigation and whose many new innovations and accomplishments are clearly reflected in the theory, methodology, and modern methods of MCDM.