Doctor Paul Lassalle
Senior Lecturer
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
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).
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
- From barriers to gateways : leveraging institutional change for SMEs’ access to international markets
- Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Lassalle Paul, Golgeci Ismail, Crone Mike
- Management International Review (2026)
- The expression of self through venture creation : narratives of entrepreneurial life and well-being abroad
- Shir Nadav, Zhang Yu, Lassalle Paul
- Journal of Business Ethics (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06244-5
- The role of place in facilitating migrant entrepreneurship
- Hillier Maria, Lassalle Paul, Shaw Eleanor, Wilson Juliette
- Institute for Small Business and Enterprise (ISBE) Conference (2025)
- Entrepreneurial well-being : individual plasticity, reinvented self, and social co-creation
- Zhang Yu, Lassalle Paul
- 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.22407abstract
- The Gender Index 2025: Scotland Narrative
- Shaw Eleanor, Lall Saurabh, Sahasranamam Sreevas, Mwaura Samuel, Ates Aylin, Lassalle Paul
- The Gender Index 2025 (2025) (2025)
- The Research Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Diversity
- Lassalle Paul, Yamamura Sakura
- (2025)
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
- Entrepreneurial Philanthropy: An exploration of life course, location and motivation
- Examiner
- 2023
- Gender in Entrepreneurship: Diverse Avenues for Research
- Speaker
- 18/10/2022
- Global LGBT* & Bi+ Rights Panel Discussion
- Chair
- 24/9/2021
Projects
- Bridging Inclusive Entrepreneurship with Neurodiversity
- Nicolopoulou, Katerina (Principal Investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Co-investigator) Casulli, Lucrezia (Co-investigator) Taylor, Helen (Co-investigator) Fahmy, Ahmed Mahmoud (Co-investigator) Achlada, Yolanda (Co-investigator)
- Strathclyde Knowledge Exchange Fund
- 15-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Supporting the Strathclyde Cluster on Central Asia and Former Soviet States
- McGuire, Darren (Principal Investigator) Sambajee, Pratima (Research Co-investigator) Lassalle, Paul (Research Co-investigator) Makhmadshoev, Dilshod (Research Co-investigator) Piacentini, Laura (Research Co-investigator) Remnant, Jennifer (Co-investigator)
- This project aims to develop a new cross-department and cross-faculty research collaboration on societal and business transformations in Central Asia and former Soviet States.
- 09-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
- 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 - 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
Doctor
Paul
Lassalle
Senior Lecturer
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
Email: paul.lassalle@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4345