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).
Expertise
Has expertise in:
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)
Prizes 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
More prizes and awards
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research Supervisor Development Programme (Sheffield Hallam University)
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
- 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
- The diversities of entrepreneurship
- Speaker
- 2021
- Ludilab (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2021
More professional activities
Projects
- Bridging Inclusive Entrepreneurship with Neurodiversity
- Nicolopoulou, Katerina (Principal Investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Co-investigator) Casulli, Lucrezia (Co-investigator) Taylor, Helen (Co-investigator) Fahmy, Ahmed (Co-investigator) Achlada, Yolanda (Co-investigator)
- Strathclyde Knowledge Exchange Fund
- 15-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Diversity and Superdiversity of Entrepreneurship
- Gok, Abdullah (Co-investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Principal Investigator) Chen, Bingzhang (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Diversities of entrepreneurship: LGBTIQ* migrant entrepreneurs in Poland
- Lassalle, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
- 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
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