Dr Paul Lassalle
Senior Lecturer
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
Personal statement
I am Paul Lassalle and I joined the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship as a lecturer in 2017. Previously, I held research and teaching positions at Sheffield Business School, University of Glasgow and University of the West of Scotland, where I gained my Ph.D in Migration and Entrepreneurship. I also currently hold a visiting position at SKEMA Business School (France). Prior to undertaking my doctorate work in Scotland, I completed an MRes at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po- CNRS) and an MA in Political Science at Sciences Po Paris (France). I am a member of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), the Regional Studies Association (RSA), the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Group and the American Association of Geographers (AAG), where I regularly attend and present my research work. I am engaged in interdisciplinary and international collaborative research projects with colleagues from other universities (e.g. University of Kiel, Germany, Poznań University of Economics and Business).
Area of Expertise
Trained in qualitative research methods at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations at Sciences Po – CNRS (France), I have an experience of conducting research fieldworks in different industries and national contexts in order to deliver impactful research for policy-makers. I am engaged in interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, bridging to other disciplines such as Sociology, Geography, entrepreneurship and urban anthropology. My most recent fieldworks include:
- Transnational returnee entrepreneurs in Poland (2018)
- LGBTIQ* migrant entrepreneurs and their markets in European Cities (2017)
- The role of support institutions on the development of the online Gambling entrepreneurial ecosystem in Malta (2016)
- Approximating and mapping entrepreneurial superdiversity in Glasgow (2016)
- Polish migrant entrepreneurs in Glasgow (Ph.D. thesis and further works)
Prize And Awards
- Best Paper in the “Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups” Track at the 40th ISBE Conference 2017, Belfast
- Recipient
- 8/11/2017
- Best Paper in the “New venture creation track” at the 39th ISBE Conference 2016, Paris
- Recipient
- 10/2016
- Best Paper Award for academic rigour at the 2016 International Entrepreneurship Forum for "Assessing the Characteristics, Determinants and Spatial Variations of Internationalised New Ventures in the UK"
- Recipient
- 2016
- Best Paper in the “Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups” Track at the 37th ISBE Conference, Manchester
- Recipient
- 11/2014
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research Supervisor Development Programme (Sheffield Hallam University)
Publications
- Intersectional entrepreneurship : the burden of contextual embeddedness beyond the business
- Yamamura Sakura, Lassalle Paul
- International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-12-2022-1117
- Transnational networks and mobilities of IT migrant entrepreneurs in a globalizing world
- Yamamura Sakura, Lassalle Paul
- Globalizations (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2023.2275362
- Entrepreneurial well-being (EWB) of expatriate entrepreneurs : self and world
- Zhang Yu, Lassalle Paul
- Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2023 Conference (2023)
- Understanding legitimacy building in contexts through digital entrepreneurship
- Imiren Efe, Lassalle Paul, Mwaura Samuel, Nicolopoulou Katerina
- International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-10-2022-0949
- The Gender Index 2023
- Slater Aaron, Ates Aylin, Shaw Eleanor, Lassalle Paul, Mwaura Samuel
- (2023)
- Intersecting where? The multi-scalar contextual embeddedness of intersectional entrepreneurs
- Yamamura S, Lassalle P, Shaw E
- Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Vol 34, pp. 828-851 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2120086
Teaching
I have an experience of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates programmes in a variety of different disciplines such as Entrepreneurship, International Business and Social Sciences.
My current teaching include:
- International Entrepreneurship
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Family Business
- Research Methods
I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2013 and I am interested in developing new collaborative approaches to teaching (including international collaborative teaching projects, e.g. with the University of Kiel, Germany).
Research Interests
- Diversity in entrepreneurship
- Migrant and minority entrepreneurship
- Contextualised view of entrepreneurship
- Internationalising ventures
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Entrepreneurial learning
I am a sociologist with interdisciplinary interests and experiences. My research focuses on diversity issues in entrepreneurship, including for entrepreneurship from migrant entrepreneurs, LGBTIQ* and ethnic minority entrepreneurs. I investigate the role of multiple contexts, including social and geographical contexts on entrepreneur’s experiences and activities. I have expertise in a variety of qualitative methods of inquiry to account for socio-spatial dynamics.
Trained in qualitative research methods at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations at Sciences Po – CNRS (France), I have a strong experience of conducting qualitative research fieldworks in different industries and national contexts in order to deliver impactful research for policy-makers. I am engaged in interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, bridging to other disciplines such as Sociology, Geography, entrepreneurship and urban anthropology. My most recent fieldworks include:
- Transnational returnee entrepreneurs in Poland (2018)
- LGBTIQ* migrant entrepreneurs and their markets in European Cities (2017)
- The role of support institutions on the development of the online Gambling entrepreneurial ecosystem in Malta (2016)
- Approximating and mapping entrepreneurial superdiversity in Glasgow (2016)
- Polish migrant entrepreneurs in Glasgow (Ph.D. thesis and further works)
Professional Activities
- Developing collaboration and action between the Uzbek Forum for Human rights and Strathclyde University
- Organiser
- 5/5/2023
- What's next for human rights in Uzbekistan?
- Organiser
- 3/5/2023
- Engage with Strathclyde
- Organiser
- 2/5/2023
- Gender in Entrepreneurship: Diverse Avenues for Research
- Speaker
- 18/10/2022
- Global LGBT* & Bi+ Rights Panel Discussion
- Chair
- 24/9/2021
- AMR Paper Developmenet Workshop LAC region insights
- Participant
- 2021
Projects
- Diversities of entrepreneurship: LGBTIQ* migrant entrepreneurs in Poland
- Lassalle, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- Migrant Entrepreneurship in Scotland
- Mwaura, Samuel (Principal Investigator) Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah (Co-investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Co-investigator) Levie, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Stoyanov, Stoyan (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2018
- Ethnic Minority Enterprise in Scotland
- Mwaura, Samuel (Principal Investigator) Carter, Sara (Co-investigator) Levie, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Stoyanov, Stoyan (Co-investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2018
Contact
Dr
Paul
Lassalle
Senior Lecturer
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
Email: paul.lassalle@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4345