Session theme: Making Your Mark: How to Develop a Meaningful Theoretical Contribution
TBC
Vision:
The aim is to enable doctoral researchers to be confident, successful, and excited about their doctorial journey choices. This space is about being open and having innovative minds come together to learn, share, and network in a safe environment.
Mission:
We are curious minds, that strive for success and recognition. We will be confident through discussion, knowledge sharing, and celebrating success. As per the doctoral researcher’s definition.
Values:
To share information that will help inspire doctoral researchers to thrive in their doctoral journeys. Knowing what matters as a doctoral researcher is key to having a successful research journey.
Provider Information
BAM Council's Sub-Committee of BAM Academic Cereer Development (ACD)
Who Should Attend?
Doctoral Students
The event speaks to Sections A1 and A2 as detailed in the BAM Framework
Guest Speaker
Dr Bridget Irene
Dr Bridget Irene is a Senior Lecturer at the Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Her scholarly interests range widely, encompassing entrepreneurship and focusing on the culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competencies, family businesses, entrepreneurship education, and the informal economy.
Her PhD research contributes to the already established discourse on gendering entrepreneurship and provides explicit feminist perspectives highlighting the inadvertent reinforcement of women’s subordination to men in the context of entrepreneurial endeavours.
- Email:
- [email protected]
Chaired by
Olamide Falehin
Olamide Falehin is a doctoral researcher and associate lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Her PhD explores trust in entrepreneurship and the experiences of African minority entrepreneurs in the West Midlands. She represents postgraduate researchers on the UWS PGR Doctoral College Board and with the British Academy of Management (BAM), and her work has been recognised with awards, including the Best Development Paper and Best Reviewer Awards at the BAM conference. Beyond academia, she supports SMEs in building sustainable businesses.
Benefits of attending
- Network with other doctoral students and academics all in one place
- Educational purposes (learning new skills)
- Knowledge sharing
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
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Registration closes on 28th May 2026 at 23:59 BST
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Cancellations
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