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Impact Seminar Series - Prof Sara Carter, Associate Principal (Learning & Teaching), University of Strathclyde

Research impact is becoming an increasingly important metric in the UK REF, though there is little guidance about how to do this. As the author of an exceptionally well regarded Impact Case for REF2014, Sara Carter will talk about how she has built impact into her research career, developing a compelling narrative to describe the process of engaged scholarship.

Biography:

Sara Carter is Associate Principal (Learning & Teaching) at the University of Strathclyde and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde Business School. Sara holds several external appointments. She is a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the First Minister of Scotland; the Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board; the Scottish Framework and Action Plan for Women in Enterprise Action Group; Non-Executive Director of Women's Enterprise Scotland; and a member of the Leverhulme Trust Research Awards Advisory Committee. Previously, she served on the UK Government's Women's Enterprise Task Force, and was awarded the OBE for services to women entrepreneurs in 2008. From 2006 - 2012 Sara was Editor and Senior Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. She currently serves on the editorial board of leading academic journals, including the Journal of Business Venturing. Her research examines the effects of business ownership on the individual, the economic wellbeing of entrepreneurial households, and the consequences of structural inequalities on resource access, particularly finance, on the SME sector. A summary of Sara's research can be found in the following book chapter: Carter, S, (2016) "The Effect of Business Ownership on People's Lives", in D. Audretsch and E. Lehmann (Eds) 'Companion to Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship', Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp.42-52.