EntrepreneurshipInclusive entrepreneurship

Research covers how the impacts of marginalised communities’ entrepreneurial characteristics, such as gender, race and disability, have shaped their entrepreneurial action.

Staff

Research

Sarah Dodd

Sarah Dodd other research has explored the barriers and possibilities facing disabled entrepreneurs, particularly from a social capital/networking perspective. Sarah also has a wider research interest in entrepreneurial health and well-being.

Paul Lassalle

Paul Lassalle’s other work focuses on the importance of diversity and migration in contemporary societies. He has published his research in leading academic journals in the fields of migration and management research (including in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and Industrial Marketing Management). His most recent works explores the specific conditions experienced by migrant entrepreneurs in other contexts.

Dr Suzanne Mawson

Similarly, Dr Suzanne Mawson’s research explores the drivers of transnational entrepreneurial migration to entrepreneurial ecosystems for accelerated growth, as well as firm start-up and growth ambitions amongst refugees and economic migrants. For instance, she has examined the entrepreneurial intentions of Syrian refugees in the UK.

Paul Lassalle, Professor Sarah Dodd

Alongside Dr Paul Lassalle and Professor Sarah Dodd, Dr Mwaura has also worked as Principal Investigator evaluated barriers to ethnic minority entrepreneurship in Scotland and the contributions migrants entrepreneurship makes to Scotland, funded by the Scottish Government and the Federation of Small Businesses.