Cases on Entrepreneurship and Diversity will be launched by guest speaker Professor David Rae, Professor of Enterprise De Montfort University.
Event location
L195 on the Marylebone Campus
Presentation title
Why do intercultural creativity and entrepreneurship matter? How can they help in placemaking? Ideas and examples from Leicester and other places.
Abstract
The presentation is based on the chapter in the book, ‘Cases on Entrepreneurship and Diversity’. It explores how Leicester has developed as an intercultural creative economy. The main focus is on the development of intercultural entrepreneurship, based on the diverse ethnic microcultures which settled in Leicester and the ways in which their activities burgeoned in the creative economy and social spaces, enabling innovation and the urban transformation from a monoculture before 1972 to the highly diverse city of today.
This convergence of interculturality enabled Leicester to become energized through intercultural entrepreneurship, creating a unique international identity, and attracting students, migrants and entrepreneurs worldwide. Despite Lockdowns in the COVID Pandemic during 2020-21, Leicester is now a globally branded city, known for its distinctive ethnic, food, music, costume, festivals and sporting cultures. This chapter was co-authored with Sudesh Sangray.
About the speaker
Professor David Rae
Professor David Rae is Professor of Enterprise and prior to his appointment as Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, was Director of the Centre for Enterprise & Innovation at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
He works to connect research, enterprise, innovation and learning between Universities, businesses and society. He is an innovator and researcher in entrepreneurial learning, leadership, and management who has held senior academic roles at six universities. He has been deeply involved in research, development and teaching on entrepreneurial learning, development and enterprise education for over 20 years, gaining one of the first PhDs in Entrepreneurial Learning in 2003.
His work was recognised as the European Entrepreneurship Education Award Winner in 2020 for being the ‘boundary spanner between entrepreneurial learning and enterprise education’. He researches intercultural, minority and sustainable entrepreneurship, creative industries and Entrepreneurial Collective Intelligence, and has given international keynote presentations across Europe, North America, Africa, and South Asia.
