Empowering Change: A Comparative Exploration of Women Social Entrepreneurs’ Motivations and Challenges Across Three Nations

Tuesday 2 June 2026, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Venue

LT12 LUMS, Lancaster, UK, LA1 4YX

Open to

Postgraduates, Staff

Registration

Registration not required - just turn up

Event Details

The Academy for Gender Equality and Social Justice Research in Organisations is pleased to host Dr Dhara Shah from Deakin Business School between the 1st - 5th June 2026. As part of the Academy’s research seminar series

Dr Dhara Shah will be presenting her latest work on “Empowering Change: A Comparative Exploration of Women Social Entrepreneurs’ Motivations and Challenges Across Three Nations”. This will be a hybrid event. She is also available for informal drop-in sessions during her time here in LUMS.

During her stay at LUMS she will be based in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy and is more than happy to have meetings with colleagues and PhD students who may have a mutual interest in this work. Please contact either myself or Dhara directly to book some time together d.shah@deakin.edu.au.

Speaker

Dr Dhara Shah

Deakin Business School

Dhara is the Director of the Women and Inclusive Entrepreneurship Hub, a Deakin Business School–led international alliance with Lancaster University Management School (UK), Symbiosis International University (India), NEOMA Business School (France), Lund University (Sweden), and Ulster University (UK). It focuses on supporting women entrepreneurs and marginalised groups facing economic, social, cognitive, physical, and emotional barriers, as well as social entrepreneurship broadly.

Contact Details

Name Sophie Alkhaled
Email

s.alkhaled@lancaster.ac.uk