Speaking, Blogs & Media
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Keynotes at Academic Conferences
upcoming:
Keynote, 22nd European Congress of Work Psychology, May 21-24, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic https://eawop2025.com/
Keynote, IFERA 2025 CONFERENCE, June 2025, Zadar, Croatia https://ifera.org/ifera-2025/
past keynotes
Keynote, 4th Health in Entrepreneurship Research Forum, Oct 10 & 11, 2024, Montpellier, France https://he-2024-montpellier.fr
Conducting Experiments in Entrepreneurship Research, "Experimenting to Enhance Entrepreneur Well-Being?", 4th Paper Development Workshop for Early-Career Scholars, Groningen, NL, Feb 28-March 2, 2023
Rencontre de St. Gall, August 29-31, 2022, Keynote "The Dark and Bright Sides of Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Level Perspective" St. Gallen, Switzerland
German Congress of Psychology - Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie (DGPs) Kongress, Keynote "The Psychology of Entrepreneurs‘ Well-being: The State of the Art and Insights for the Future of Work" Sept 11-15, 2022 , Hildesheim, Germany.
20th IECER - Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship, Keynote "Resilient, Responsible and Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Wellbeing Perspective" , Oct 26-28, 2022, Maastricht, The Netherlands
5th Entrepreneurial Process Workshop, How to publish: Focus on theoretical contributions, 25 April 2022, University of Seville Spain
Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Post-Crisis Times Conference, Entrepreneurship, Covid-19 and Creativity, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
32nd International Congress of Psychology, Keynote Psychology of Economics & Business: Entrepreneurs’ Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Review and Insights for the Future of Work July 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, https://www.icp2020.com/
DIANA 2021 Conference, Female Entrepreneurship & Wellbeing, May 20-21, Nice, France
4PDS, The Future of Entrepreneurship, 26 April 2021, Seville Spain
16th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Indiana University, Kelly School of Business, Nov 8-9, 2019, USA, https://kelley.iu.edu/news-events/events/bloomington/social-entrepreneurship-conference-2019/index.cshtml
Social Entrepreneurship Festival, 'Social Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion: Between Fact and Fiction', June 20, 2018 University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
'Entrepreneurship, Well-being and Mental Health, Keynote at IMES - 6th Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Conference, May 30-June 1st 2018, Prague, Czech Republic
'Entrepreneurs' Mental Health and Well-being', Keynote at Entrepreneurial Process Workshop, University of Seville, Spain, April 2-3, 2018
'How to get published', Keynote at Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Brisbane, Australia December 18, 2017.
‘Social Entrepreneurship: Proactivity for Social Change’, Keynote at European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Dublin, Ireland, May 17-20, 2017.
‘Social Capital, Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship’, Keynote at Estonian Entrepreneurship University Conference‚ Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Organizational and Social Capital as a Key for Future Success, Tallinn, Estonia, May 4, 2017.
‘Organizations as Drivers of Social Change’ , Keynote at IESE-LUISS Conference on Responsibility, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship, Rome, Italy, April 18-19, 2017.
‘Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change’, Keynote at International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC), Glasgow, September 5-7, 2016.
‘Successful Social Entrepreneurship: Pathways to Social Change’, Keynote at the International Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship (ISSE) in Singapore April 22, 2016.
Media coverage & blogs
Capital, Interview Burnout bei Gruendern [in German], 3 March 2024
Financial Times, Nutrition, sleep and mental health advice offered to tech founders at risk of burnout, 6 July 2023
Medium US, Founder with Benefits, 17 Aug 2022
The Times, Happiness is being your own boss, 19 April 2022
King's College London, Will joining the Great Resignation to found your own business bring happiness?, 19 April 2022
King's College London, Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Chancellor visit King's to meet women entrepreneurs, 8 March 2022
Wall Street Journal, Nov 2021, Are entrepreneurs happier than everyone else?
World Economic Forum, 5 Post-Covid Trends from Indian Entrepreneurs, 29 July 2021
King's College London, Toll of pandemic on entrepreneurs' mental health revealed in new report, 8 April 2021
BBC London Evening News, March 2021, Has Covid hit London entrepreneurs particularly hard?
AlJazeera, 24 Dec 2020, Surviving Covid
Financial Times, 6 Nov 2020 , How lockdown encouraged young people to step up their side hustles
The Guardian, 26 Oct 2020, Covid leaves 6m UK small businesses and 16m jobs in 'precarious position'
King's College London, 16.6 Million UK jobs at risk if entrepreneurs and SMEs cannot sustain their businesses, 25 Oct 2020
WIRED, 8 Oct 2020, The pandemic has hit female entrepreneurs hard
King's College London, Professor Ute Stephan contributes to Cherie Blair Foundation for Women global programme for women entrepreneurs, 4 June 2020
Webinar: Entrepreneurs and Covid-19: How to Deal with Stress, Stay Resilient and Re-Gain Control, May 6th, 2020, a King's College Blog including tips & tricks for dealing with the pandemic can be found here
Forbes, 5 Jan 2020, How to jump-start your innovation: 8 Ways to be more innovative
King’s Business School, June 25, 2019. Navigating the Stresses of Being an Entrepreneur. A practical guide based on latest research.
BBC Radio 4, October 30, 2018, 'How easy is it to run your own business?'
WIRED, August 23, 2018, Forget relaxing holidays. Isn't it time you took a workation?
The Conversation, June 22, 2018, How entrepreneurs have the most stressful, yet most satisfying jobs
LSE Business Review, April 12, 2018, "Rest and constructive thinking feed entrepreneurs' creativity"
Sage Business Advice, November 14, 2017, "Does the gender pay gap exist in the world of entrepreneurship?"
Bloomberg, September 5, 2017, "Want to be an entrepreneur, leave politeness at the door" - based on my research on cultural leadership ideals and entrepreneurship, also covered in Enterprise Nation (Sept 7), by the Sidney Morning Herald (Sept 5) and published as Aston University press release (Sept 5)
Stanford Social Innovation Review "Market-Oriented and Mission-Focused: Social Enterprises Around the Globe" with Johanna Mair and Marieke Huysentruyt (Oct 2016)
Press release "Social Enterprises and UK Economy" with Emma Folmer and Inna Kozlinska (Oct 2016)
Financial Times, November 6, 2014 "Women earn less than men even when they set the pay" - discussion of my research on the gender pay gap in social enterprises; also covered Fortune on Dec 11, 2014 and by further magazines and websites including Marginal revolution (Nov 7, 2014) the Big Think (Feb, 2015), and Co.Exist (Feb 18, 2015) also: Dedicated blog posts in LSE Business Review (Sept 9, 2015), Network for Business Sustainability (Apr 28, 2015), Nonprofit Quarterly (Sep 15, 2015), and SEFORIS(Sept 10, 2015), Faculti Interview with the authors (Jun 15, 2016)
Economic Voice, October 1st, 2014 "New research outlines the ingredients for a successful big society" - discusses my cross-national research on institutions, culture and entrepreneurship including whether larger welfare states crowd-out or crowd-in social entrepreneurship
Blog with Emma Folmer, Is it possible for social enterprise to thrive post the UK elections? June 2015, link to blog
Blog with Lorraine Uhlaner, New research outlines the ingredients for a successful 'Big Society', October 2014, link to blog
Learning from Positive Outliers: Four Business Practices for Resilient Banking, November 2014, Blog for Industry and Parliamentary Trust, London, link to blog, also published as Aston University press release
Invited presentations (policy, practitioner, academic speaking)
2024
European Commission, SME Assembly 2024, Nov 18-20, 2024, Budapest, Invited speaker on Sustainable Enterprise panel, and for Policy workshop 'The future ways of working: Mental Health Burden'
The Past and Future of Entrepreneurship Research, University of Siegen, 5 July 2024
Oxford Residence Week for Entrepreneurship Scholars, Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Measuring Progress Seminar Series, STATEC, National Institute of Statistics and Economy, Luxembourg, March 21st, 2024, online research talk "Wellbeing and Entrepreneurship: What we know and what we still need to know", recording: https://youtu.be/fq7vbWDAPPM
2023
European Commission, SME Assembly 2023, Nov 15-18, 2023, Bilbao, Expert Roundtable Sustainable Enterprise
Malta Enterprise Festival Oct 6, 2023, Malta, Keynote "Mindful Entrepreneurship" (link)
ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference, "Entrepreneurship & the Pandemic", The Shard, London, 21 June 2023
Keynote "Culture and Innovation", LERU Enterprise & Innovation (ENTE) Policy Group Meeting, March 7, 2023
"Light and Dark Sides of Religion in Social Entrepreneurship", L.I.F.E. Research Conference, April 6, 2023
EmpreSomos Central Amercia, Entrepreneurship and Wellbeing, June, 2023
Oxford Residence Week for Entrepreneurship Scholars, Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Academic presentations: Aston Business School
2022
European Commission, SME Assembly 2022, Nov 28-30, 2022, Prague, Expert Roundtable Sustainable Enterprise
Oxford Residence Week for Entrepreneurship Scholars, Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, June 2022
Health and Entrepreneurship Conference, October 6 & 7, 2022, Chicago, USA
A better tomorrow? Work and Well-being in the Entrepreneurial Society, Steninge, Sweden
'Why and how should social entrepreneurs engage with policy maker?' Impact Hub, OECD, Webinar, March 2022
"The resilience of women-led businesses and women social entrepreneurship" King's Entrepreneurship Institute Event with the leader of the Labour party Sir Keir Starmer MP and the Shadow Chancellor of theExchequer Rachel Reeves MP, March 8, 2022
Economic Behavior and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Cooperation, Consumption and Entrepreneurs, IAAP Webinar, Insights from Economic Psychology
Spring Abilities Institute, Webinar
Inequality and Social Entrepreneurship, Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE), National Assembly, Brazil
TransCampus, TU Dresden-King's College Showcase for Saxon Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
Academic presentations: NEOMA Business School (Paris, France), Manchester University Business School
2021
European Commission, SME Assembly 2021, Nov 16, 2021, Expert Roundtable Sustainable Entrepreneurship: SMEs in Europe after the pandemic and in view of the Green Deal, listen to the highlights in this podcast
Erasmus Entrepreneurship Event & Valedictory Address for Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 26. Nov. 2021
"Evidence Building for Policy Making Sandbox: Reflecting on SE policy", invited contribution to Jorden Social Enterprise Summit, 29. Nov. 2021
Invited ECSB Webinar "New outcomes and new methods in entrepreneurship research: Understanding and Researching Entrepreneurial Well-Being and Recovery", 19 May 2021
The Social Economy & Entrepreneurship post-Covid, Social Impact Hub Policy event, June 29th online
International Expert Podcast “How does the Covid pandemic affect small and medium-sized enterprises? Which economic policy measures can strengthen their resilience in the future?” European Commission & Institute fuer Mittelstandsforschung (IFM Bonn) here
Global Entrepreneurship Network UK (GEN UK), Wellbeing - Flying Lessons for Women Entrepreneurs, 8 March 2021, online, recording here
89 London, The Effects and Consequences of Covid-19 on SMEs, 23 Feb 2021, recording
Westminster Business Forum, Jan 26, 2021, Priorities for supporting new businesses to start-up and scale-up in the UK
Academic presentations: University of Exeter, University of Kassel, IFM Bonn & University of Siegen, European Business School, Middlesex University
2020
Global Entrepreneurship Week, "Entrepreneurs' Well-being and Resilience: Why you should care about your well-being as an entrepreneur, and how you can do that" , Nov 20, 2020
Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Issue Forum, Health, Health Care Access and their Impact on Entrepreneurship: Landscape and Policy Considerations, Oct 29, 2020
European Commission, SME Assembly 2020, Expert Roundtable, The impact of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs, Society and Policy in Europe, Nov 17, 2020, recording of the roundtable, summary of insights
Oxford University, Happiness Institute, UK: Happiness Festival 2020 in support the WHO COVID-19 Relief Fund, 24-26 July 2020; What do we know about the 'Well-being of Entrepreneurs'
OECD, Paris, France (invited expert, Expert Workshop on Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship)
Academic presentations: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Warwick University, Warwick Business School, UK
2019
MIT – King’s Summit on Health Entrepreneurship, UK http://mitkingslondonsummit.com/
Academic: Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School, Newark, USA; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Psychology, Germany
2018
Academic: WU Wien/Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria; Victoria University Wellington, Faculty of Psychology, New Zealand; University of Sydney, Business School, Australia; University of Queensland, Business School, Australia; University of Adelaide, Business School, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, Business School, Australia; Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic; London South Bank University, UK
2017
European Commission, Expert Group for Social Entrepreneurship (GECES), Brussels, Belgium
Academic: University of Oxford, Said Business School, UK; Ivey Business School, Western University, London, ON, Canada; KU Leuven, Flanders Business School, Belgium; University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Invited speaker Journal of Business Venturing, Special issue Workshop, Entrepreneurship and Well-being, Sveninge, Sweden
Ghent University, Business School, Belgium
University of Bath, Centre for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, UK
University of East Anglia Business School, Norwich, UK
2016
National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, Singapore
EAWOP (European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology) Early Career Summer School, Aston Business School, UK
EFEISIS Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Brussels, Belgium
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, Aston University
Japan Foundation & Kobe University, London, UK
2015
London School of Economics (LSE), UK
ESSEC Business School, France
European Commission and OECD Expert Workshop on ‘Strategies and Policies to Scale-up the impact of Social Enterprises’, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS Enterprise Research Conference, London
UnLtd SEE Change Scale & Growth Conference, Nottingham.
Social Entrepreneurship Exchange Network, Birmingham
EFESEIIS Stakeholder Workshop, Warsaw, Poland
2014
UK Parliament, House of Commons, Policy Breakfast, London, UK
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands,
University of Reading, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Workshop, UK
International Forum on the “Development of Social Enterprises in China”, Shanghai, China
2010-2013
European Commission, Europe 2020 strategy conference, Brussels, Belgium.
Ivey Business School, Network of Business Sustainability (NBS) Industry Leadership Council, Toronto, Canada
University of Stavangar, Norway.
Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK
Birmingham Leadership Foundation, Enterprise Adventure programme, Birmingham.
ESRC Seminar Series “Reconstructing Social Enterprise”, Sheffield Hallam University
CIPD South Yorkshire, Sheffield, UK
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
ESRC Festival of Social Science Event, Entrepreneurial leadership, Sheffield, UK.
Conference & workshop organization
International Advisory Committee, European Congress for Work and Organizational Psychology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK May 2021
Creating and Measuring Social Impact: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities, Sept 3rd, Joint KCL-Social Enterprise UK event, for SE UK members https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-and-measuring-social-impact-strategies-challenges-and-opportunities-for-social-enterprises-tickets-65647827419
Navigating the stresses of being an entrepreneur: A happiness workshop, July 2nd, 2019, 17.30-21.00, more information
Co-organizer, 2nd SEFORIS Conference “Inclusion and Innovation in Society”, March 16-17, 2017, Brussels, Belgium www.seforis.eu/news/2017/3/14/final-conference-all-deliverables-available
Organizer SEFORIS International Social Enterprise Conference “Insights from and for social entrepreneurs: Global Patterns, Local Realities” December 9th, 2016, Birmingham, see the highlights of the conference in the video on the right hand side and at www.seforis.eu
Member Scientific Committee: “Health of Small Business Owners/Entrepreneurs” Conference, Montpellier Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam, September 2016
Member of Conference Board: 4th International Institute of Work Psychology Conference, June 24-26, 2014
Member of Conference Organising Committee: International Employee Ownership Conference, University of York, April 2-4, 2014
Organiser and speaker: Employee Ownership and Staff Motivation, University of Sheffield, November 6, 2013, joint organiser with Prof. Peter Marsh, U. Sheffield.
"Advances in the Psychology of Entrepreneurship", Conference, Sheffield, June 29- July 1, 2012, funded and sponsored by the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, The University of Sheffield, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and NIP-WAOP (organizer with Marjan Gorgievski, see here for final report, and the resulting special issue)
Organiser and Workshop Chair: European Entrepreneurship Conference, 2-day international conference, practitioner-academic collaborations, Dresden, Germany, September 19-20, 2003