9:00 am - 5:00 pm 04/12/2025 - 05/12/2025
We are pleased to announce that the Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship (BCfE) will be running a two-day workshop aimed at Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and PhD students (PGRs) working in entrepreneurship research who are looking to develop a research strategy that embeds impact into their projects.
Date: 4 -5 December 2025 (2 days)
Time: 9am – 5pm (both days)
Cost: Free to attend. Book your place.
Place: Hope Street Hotel, 40 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9DA
To take part, you must register your place here, where you can also view the full agenda.
Event
The main aim of this free, two-day workshop is to provide a space where senior scholars with editorial experience, policy researchers, and present and past ESRC Case PhD students will work collaboratively with you to understand and address the future of entrepreneurship research through engaged scholarship.
It will consider methodological toolkits beyond traditional primary data methods and will provide you with insight into the opportunities and practical challenges of using secondary data, as part of a research design, to embed impactful research and attain advice on how to manage such challenges.
We encourage participants to learn from each other, engage in peer-review opportunities to present their research ideas, and develop critical thinking in dedicated developmental sessions.
Keynote Speakers
- Professor David Audretsch, Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University
- Professor Diane Holt, Chair in Entrepreneurship, Professor in Management and Organisations at Leeds University
- Professor Paul Jones, Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Swansea University
- Professor Robert Blackburn, Director of the Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship at University of Liverpool
- Professor Dilani Jayawarna, Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Liverpool, will be joined by PhD and post-PhD students, Thahfah Thaha (University of Liverpool), Dr Katherine Neary (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Lee Wainwright (Durham University).
Please submit your extended abstract (2,000 words maximum) summarising your research by email to Dr Zeineb Djebali, z.djebali@liverpool.ac.uk by 20 October 2025. Accepted abstracts will be presented during the workshop.