Research & teaching
Researching how founder support shapes venture development.
My academic work connects virtual accelerators, business-model development, social enterprise, digital entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education.
Doctoral research
The Role of Virtual Accelerators in Fostering Business Model Development in Socially Driven Enterprises.
The study examines how participation in virtual accelerator programmes shapes business-model development. It focuses on how founders interpret support, learn from evidence and selectively revise elements of their venture.
The research draws on a longitudinal qualitative study of 15 ventures across three cohorts, with repeated interviews over the programme journey.
Research questionHow does participation in virtual accelerator programmes shape business-model development in social enterprises?
Research interests
Questions at the intersection of support, learning and technology.
Virtual accelerators
How online and hybrid support changes founder interaction, learning and programme delivery.
Business-model development
How ventures revise customers, value propositions, activities, resources and revenue logic.
Socially driven enterprise
How mission and financial viability interact during early-stage venture development.
AI-enabled founder support
How diagnostics, venture memory and decision support can extend accelerator personalisation.
Entrepreneurship education
How teaching can move beyond content toward experimentation and applied venture work.
Support organisations
How accelerators, incubators and universities design useful interventions and measure progress.
Selected recognition and output
Research translated into academic and practical contribution.
My current publication agenda develops the doctoral work into papers on virtual accelerator design, strategic learning and digitally mediated founder support.
Virtual Accelerators as Strategic Learning Spaces for Social Entrepreneurs: A Digital Reframing of Experiential Learning
University of Westminster Research Colloquium on Entrepreneurship and Society, powered by the Journal of Small Business Management.
Conference contribution on virtual accelerators and business-model development
Presented within the European entrepreneurship research community.
Interculturality Role in Startups Internationalization: Eligent Club’s Virtual Accelerator Programme Case
Published in E-REI, focusing on virtual acceleration and internationalisation.
University of Liverpool Management School PGR Award
Recognition of achievements during the 2025–26 academic year.
Teaching leadership
Entrepreneurship education built around action, reflection and quality.
As Course Director for MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Coventry University London, I coordinate course development and work across teaching, assessment and student experience.
I also lead modules in Innovation Management and Technologies and Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.
Teaching expertise
- Entrepreneurship and new venture creation
- Innovation management and technology
- Business models and commercialisation
- Strategic change and leadership
- Research methods and dissertation supervision
- Healthcare entrepreneurship and innovation
- International business and market entry
Research collaboration