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Personal Statement
I am Paul Lassalle and I joined the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship as a lecturer in 2017. Previously, I held research and teaching positions at Sheffield Business School, University of Glasgow and University of the West of Scotland, where I gained my Ph.D in Migration and Entrepreneurship. I also currently hold a visiting position at SKEMA Business School (France).
Prior to undertaking my doctorate work in Scotland, I completed an MRes at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po- CNRS) and an MA in Political Science at Sciences Po Paris (France).
I am a member of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), the Regional Studies Association (RSA), the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Group and the American Association of Geographers (AAG), where I regularly attend and present my research work.
Finally, I am engaged in interdisciplinary and international collaborative research projects with colleagues from other universities (e.g. University of Kiel, Germany, Poznań University of Economics and Business)
Research Interests
- Migrant and Minority Entrepreneurship
- Contextualised entrepreneurship
- Internationalising ventures
- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Opportunity creation
- Diversity in Entrepreneurship
My recent research activities are concerned with the development of contextual approaches for understanding the entrepreneurial action within the structures in which they are embedded and operate. I am focussing on the developments of the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept from a multi-levelled and multi-layered processual perspective that explicitly links learning processes, opportunity creation and embeddedness in different networks with entrepreneurial action. I am especially interested in exploring the role played by entrepreneurial ecosystem on international entrepreneurship activities in migration and diversity contexts.
Expertise & Capabilities
Trained in qualitative research methods at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations at Sciences Po – CNRS (France), I have an experience of conducting research fieldworks in different industries and national contexts in order to deliver impactful research for policy-makers. I am engaged in multi-disciplinary and collaborative projects, bridging to other disciplines such as International Business, Geography and Sociology. My most recent fieldworks include:
- The role of support institutions on the development of the online Gambling entrepreneurial ecosystem in Malta (2016)
- Approximating and mapping ethnic entrepreneurship diversity in Glasgow (2016)
- Polish migrant entrepreneurs in Glasgow (Ph.D. thesis)
Teaching Interests
I have an experience of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates programmes in a variety of different disciplines such as Entrepreneurship, International Business and Social Sciences.
My current teaching include:
- International Entrepreneurship
- Internationalisation and Growth
- Research Methods
I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2013 and I am interested in developing new collaborative approaches to teaching (including international collaborative teaching projects, e.g. with the University of Kiel, Germany).
Academic / Professional qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research Supervisor Development Programme (Sheffield Hallam University)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of West of Scotland
… → 2015
Master of Research, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po - CNRS)
… → 2006
Master of Social Science, Sciences Po Paris
… → 2006
External positions
Visiting Professor, SKEMA Business School
External Examiner, University of Gloucestershire
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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Migrant Entrepreneurship in Scotland
Mwaura, S., Drakopoulou Dodd, S., Lassalle, P., Levie, J. & Stoyanov, S.
National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses Limited FSB
27/04/18 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
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Ethnic Minority Enterprise in Scotland
Mwaura, S., Carter, S., Levie, J., Stoyanov, S. & Lassalle, P.
1/07/17 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
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Research output
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Trailing wives and constrained agency among women migrant entrepreneurs: an intersectional perspective
Lassalle, P. & Shaw, E., 7 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Approximating entrepreneurial superdiversity: reconceptualizing the superdiversity debate in ethnic minority entrepreneurship
Yamamura, S. & Lassalle, P., 17 Aug 2020, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 46, 11, p. 2218-2239 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Best Paper in the “Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups” Track at the 40th ISBE Conference 2017, Belfast
Lassalle, Paul (Recipient) & Sakura Yamamura (Recipient), 8 Nov 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)