-
School Faculty of Business and Law
-
Department Centre for Enterprise, Environment and Development Research
-
Location London
Research activities
Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship聽
Sustainable Business Models
Natural capital and payment for ecosystem services
SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Business Support
Trust, Networks and Clustering of Enterprises
Markets and Entrepreneurship in Delivery of Public Services
Market Institutions and Poverty in Less Developed Countries
Relationships between SMEs and the Scientific Community
Current Teaching
PhD students
Shan Wang (On going)聽聽The effectiveness of Social Investment Tax Relief in helping social enterprises' in raising finances during the start-up stage.聽
Joanna Paulynn Kitchen (Completed - Director of Studies); Numbers, negotiations and networks:聽聽Exploring the role of calculative practice in the transition towards sustainability.
Ambrose Massaquoi (Completed - Director of Studies); Faith at work in social entrepreneurship.
Adeyemi Adelekan(Completed - Director of Studies); Exploring the circular economy strategies of social enterprises: A case study of organisations in Nigeria's solid waste recycling sector.
Maria Irurita聽聽(Completed - Director of Studies); Innovation and Learning in social enterprises.聽
Abdullah Al-Faruq (Completed - Director of Studies);聽聽Social enterprises in Bangladesh.聽
Anthony Ayakwah (Completed - Director of Studies); Internationalisation and SME clusters in Ghana.
Isaac Amoako (Completed - Director of Studies); SME Exporting Determinants: The Power of Institutions on Networking and Performance in a developing country.
Bianca Stumbitz聽聽(Completed - Director of Studies); Older Social Entrepreneurs and the life course.
Mark McPherson (Completed - Director of Studies); Inter-generational Differences within Ethnic Minority Enterprises: A Comparison of Sikh and Pakistani Muslim Businesses.
Vitor Braga (Completed- Second Supervisor); Networking in Portuguese SMEs: Evidence from Large Event Organisers and Furniture Industries.
Teaching and Pedagogic interests:
Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship
Natural capital and payment for ecosystem services
Entrepreneurship, business support and regeneration
Business, international development and conflict
Qualitative research methods and analysis
Research project design
Participatory research methodologies for social and natural/biological scientists
Learning through participatory workshops and field research
Outputs- manual of research methods, briefing notes and published handouts for research students