Funding

Funded projects and studentships

External research funding across UK, Turkish, Canadian and European funders, spanning regional export decline, technology access for under-represented founders, Industry 5.0 readiness, and three funded doctoral studentships.

Awarded

Funded work

Roles are stated per project. Amounts converted to sterling at approximate August 2026 rates where originally awarded in euros or Canadian dollars.

Awarded funding by source

Aston University2024–2027 · Supervisor

Doctoral studentships × 3 — £167,288
Digitalisation and nonlinear internationalisation; ethnic minority business growth in the West Midlands; new technologies for the Sustainable Development Goals.

TÜBÏTAK2025–2026 · Host supervisor

Industry 5.0 readiness — £12,300
Cross-national strategic roadmap for Turkish and British automotive and manufacturing industries, with Dr Ahmet Çalık.

The British Academy2025–2026 · Co-Investigator

Empowering green women entrepreneurs — £18,880
ISPF ODA Challenge-Oriented Research Grant.

Midlands Engine2022–2023 · Co-Investigator

Regional export decline — £50,000
An explorative study on the export decline of Midlands Engine areas.

European Institute for Export Compliance2018–2019 · Fellow

Export compliance — £17,000
Post-doctoral research fellowship (€19,637).

Thompson Rivers University & University of Regina2017–2019 · Investigator

International entrepreneurship — £15,500
Three emerging researcher grants and a SSHRC President's SEED Fund award (CAD $19,800 combined), including fieldwork in Iran, Zimbabwe and New Caledonia.

Doctoral studentships

Three funded places, three research agendas

Aston studentships secured in 2024 fund doctoral work on digitalisation in nonlinear internationalisation strategies, the growth and internationalisation of ethnic minority businesses in the West Midlands, and new technologies in service of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Each is supervised directly and connects to a research story on this site.

Fieldwork

Where the projects have gone

SSHRC and Canadian institutional funding supported comparative fieldwork with entrepreneurs in Iran, Zimbabwe and New Caledonia. The British Academy award supports work on women entrepreneurs in the green economy, and the TÜBÏTAK fellowship funds cross-national Industry 5.0 research with Turkish and British manufacturers.

The technology-access story →

Project media

Fieldwork and workshops

Knowledge exchange and research seminars connected to the funded projects.

UK–Brazil knowledge exchange on women's entrepreneurship, 2026

Research seminar, Bucharest University of Economic Studies