Research Agenda

My research agenda centers on the practical issues and applications of social entrepreneurship as a means towards a world that is both prosperous and equitable. In theory, the potential for social entrepreneurship as a means to address social concerns in an economically sustainable fashion is limitless. In practice, it is a puzzling morass of competing agendas, conflicting ideals, and baffling complexity.

I have a particular interest in how this complexity intersects with the expressed beliefs of communities of faith.

Selected Publications

“A Ladder to Nowhere? – A Research Agenda for Funding Social Enterprise” in Lehner (ed.) “A Research Agenda for Social Finance”', Elgar

"The Voice of the Constituent: Participatory Development and Opportunity Identification in Social Entrepreneurship" (2018) International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.63–75.

“The SBA 7(A) Loan Program and the American Social Entrepreneur.” (2018) in Lindgreen, Maon, Vallaster, Yusofzai & Palacios-Florencio (ed.) - Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Analyzing, Designing, Implementing, and Monitoring for Socially and Environmentally Responsible Entrepreneurship, Routledge