Engaged scholarship: addressing regional inequalities in innovation opportunities for BAME and disabled entrepreneurs
OVERVIEW
This study has adopted an 'engaged scholarship' approach to issues of regional equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in entrepreneurship and innovation.
It follows on from聽previous research聽which sought to identify the support available in the UK for Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) entrepreneurs and innovators. The previous project found that聽EDI policy and intervention are hampered by lack of evidence on the extent of networks which support BAME and disabled entrepreneurs, their geography and how location facilitates or impedes ability to function.
The results of this study both provide evidence on the locations, function and operation of specialist support networks and engage with the participants in the research to add further value to the project. This also translates into a series of policy recommendations.
FACTFILE
- Project title: Engaged scholarship: addressing regional inequalities in innovation opportunities for BAME and disabled entrepreneurs
- Project funding: 拢4,865
- Funder: 糖心logo入口 Business School
- Length of award: May - December 2021
- Supported by:听
PEOPLE
- Professor Helen Lawton Smith, 糖心logo入口 Business School, 糖心logo入口, University of London
- , 糖心logo入口 Business School, 糖心logo入口, University of London
- Ayse Seyyide Kaptaner, 糖心logo入口 Business School, 糖心logo入口, University of London
RESEARCH AIMS
Research to date has achieved an extensive understanding of the geography of networks that support BAME and Disabled entrepreneurs and has positioned the analysis within the context of UK and international policy agenda and action. Its importance has been recognised by such policy bodies as the All Party Parliamentary group for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, the Cabinet Office Disability Unit and the British Business Bank.
This page will enable the findings to reach broad audiences and enable further engagement with practitioners and policy makers who have responsibilities for organising support for BAME and Disabled entrepreneurs.
OUTPUTS
- Project report: '', September 2022.
- Findings from this research project were highlighted in a Forbes article '', 3 February 2022.
PRESENTATIONS
- Lawton Smith, H. Invited presentation, Disability and Enterprise, Launch of the Disability Resilience Network, 29 November 2021.
- Lawton Smith, H. Provocation, Disabled entrepreneurs: challenges in creating more opportunities, National Enterprise Network Annual Conference, 26 November 2021.