Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of:
- Social Innovation
- Entrepreneurship as social change
- Community action and social change
- Social enterprise policy
Public outreach & key achievements
- Best paper award at 4th EMES Research Conference, Liege, July 2013, for: Playing with numbers: a methodological critique of the social enterprise growth myth.
- Best paper award at Public Administration Committee conference, September 2010, for: What’s in a name? The construction of social enterprise.
- Invited keynote at International Social Innovation Research Conference 2019, Glasgow, Utopias of Social Innovation.
Research students
| PhD Title | Faith based entrepreneurship and international development |
| Name | Ian MacCorkell |
| Years of study | 2023-present |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD Title | The role of informal institutions in economic decision-making |
| Name | Grainne O'Malley |
| Years of study | 2021-present |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | The determinants of success and failure of social enterprises in Health Care systems in Europe |
| Name | Dr. Francesca Calo |
| Years of study | 2013-17 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current position | Senior Lecturer, The Open University |
| PhD Title | Evaluating the contribution of arts-based social enterprise to health and wellbeing |
| Name | Dr. Enrico Bellazzecca |
| Years of study | 2016-20 |
| Country | Italy |
| Current position | Assistant Professor, Politecnico Milano |
| PhD Title | Asset Based Community Development in Scotland |
| Name | Dr. Iain Cairns |
| Years of study | 2014-17 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current position | Lecturer, Strathclyde University |
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- Head of Department of International Business, Entrepreneurship and Marketing at Queen's Business School
- Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
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