- Research Group for Inclusive and Sustainable Business
- Entrepreneurship Research Group
About me
I am a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship (Assistant Professor) at the University of Westminster. My work focuses on understanding how people navigate entrepreneurship within informal, marginalised, and resource-constrained contexts. I specialise in qualitative research, and I am actively expanding my expertise in quantitative methods to complement my research portfolio.
My academic interests centre on Informal entrepreneurship, refugee entrepreneurship, informality, and intersectionality. I am particularly interested in how social structures, institutional barriers, and lived experiences shape entrepreneurial possibilities for women and migrant communities in the UK and the Global South. My work is grounded in community engagement and aims to generate insights that support policy development, inclusion, and sustainable economic participation.
I teach and supervise across multiple entrepreneurship and research-focused modules and work closely with students to help them build analytical, reflective, and practice-based skills. I am committed to producing research with real-world relevance and I welcome collaborations with scholars, policymakers, and organisations working on entrepreneurship and inclusive economic development.
Teaching
My teaching bridges research-rich learning with experiential, reflective, and practice-oriented approaches. I encourage students to connect theory with real-world entrepreneurial challenges and to develop critical, analytical, and creative thinking skills. Across my modules, I integrate contemporary debates, diverse case studies, and reflective exercises to support deep and inclusive learning.
I teach across both postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, with responsibilities including module delivery, assessment design, supervision, and academic support.
Postgraduate Teaching
Sustainability in Practice (Level 7)
Innovation and Digital Strategies (Level 7)
Creativity and Innovation Management (Level 7)
Undergraduate Teaching
Marketing for Entrepreneurs (Level 4)
New Venture Creation (Level 5)
Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship (Level 6)
Leadership and Professional Practice (Level 6)
I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, supporting students in developing rigorous, contextually informed research that aligns academic literature with real-world entrepreneurial issues.
Research
My research mainly focuses on informal economies, refugee and migrant entrepreneurship, gendered entrepreneurial experiences, intersectionality, and contextualised entrepreneurship theory. I examine how structural barriers, institutional dynamics, and socio-economic constraints shape entrepreneurial intentions, actions, and outcomes. I also explore how digitisation and new forms of economic participation reshape informal and marginalised entrepreneurial landscapes.
I draw on frameworks such as intersectionality, mixed embeddedness, and institutional theory, as well as qualitative and increasingly mixed-method research designs, to study entrepreneurship in ways that centre context, identity, and power.
I have published research in peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development and the Journal of Accounting Literature. I also serve as a reviewer for academic journals, contributing to the evaluation and advancement of high-quality scholarship within entrepreneurship and management studies. My publications engage with themes of marginalisation, socio-economic inequality, and inclusive entrepreneurship. I am committed to producing research that bridges academia, policy, and community practice, with a focus on supporting women, migrants, and underrepresented entrepreneurial groups.
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.