Navigating Your Future: Increasing capacity and stimulating interest in developing entrepreneurship research with impact, University of Liverpool

Workshop invitation & call for abstracts 

 Programme Overview

The main aim of the two-day workshop is to provide Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and Doctoral students (PGRs) working in entrepreneurship research with an opportunity to develop a research strategy that embeds impact early into their projects. It will provide a space where senior scholars with editorial experience, policy researchers, and present and past ESRC Case PhD students work collaboratively with ECRs and PGRs to understand and address the future of entrepreneurship research through engaged scholarship. It will consider methodological toolkits beyond traditional primary data methods and gain 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.

With guest speakers

Prof David Audretsch (Indiana University), Prof Diane Holt (Leeds University), Prof Paul Jones (Swansea University), Prof Robert Blackburn (University of Liverpool),

Prof Dilani Jayawarna (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 (Leeds University).

Programme Dates: The workshop will take place on the 4th and 5th December 2025.

Programme Venue: University of Liverpool Management School. (Sessions will take place at Hope Street Hotel).

Registration Fees: ECRs and PGRs are not required to pay registration fees for attending the workshop; however, they are responsible for their travel costs. Accommodation is included for all participants travelling from outside the Liverpool City Region (day 1 of the workshop), and a limited number of bursaries are available for ECRs/PGRs travelling from far and wanting to stay in Liverpool the day before the event.

Applicant Background: The two-day workshop is targeted at EGRs and PGRs who are currently engaged in or keen to understand how to contribute to entrepreneurship research through engaged scholarship.

To find out more and register here