As part of research into coworking and home-based businesses, Annabelle Wilkins recently participated in two coworking events in Winchester and London. Winchester Jelly is a free event in which freelancers come together for social contact and to work alongside other home-based workers in a friendly and supportive environment. It is …
Research by Darja Reuschke on the importance of housing for self-employment has been featured on the Understanding Society website. The research linked data from Understanding Society and the Household Panel Survey. It revealed how a person’s housing situation can affect their chances of entrepreneurism by tracking people over a 20-year period. Read more about …
The ILS Dortmund is recruiting self-employed workers and business owners who work mainly from home or use their home as the base for their business, in the Kreuzviertel in Dortmund. If this is you and you are interested in taking part in the research, please contact Cornelia Tippel
Darja Reuschke presented results from the ERC WORKANDHOME project at the European Urban and Regional Studies Conference in Crete on 15th September 2016. EURS-HBBs
Darja Reuschke was invited to give a talk at a workshop on local entrepreneurship and business start-ups in Glasgow on 20th September 2016. The event was part of the CAN DO PLACES campaign supported by the Scottish Government. The event was aimed at local government and policy makers and was …
Darja Reuschke was invited to give a seminar at the Luxembourg Institute for Social and Economic Research (LISER) in Esch, Luxembourg, on 2nd November 2016. Darja presented results from her ERC WORKANDHOME project and discussed future research collaboration with LISER. LISER-2-Nov-2016
The briefing paper shows that Home-based businesses in cities are more likely to display turnover growth and are more likely to become an employer than those in commercial premises. The majority of microbusinesses are, or have been, run from the owner’s home. It argues that measures to ease planning and …
Darja Reuschke gave a seminar on home-based businesses in regional development at the Centre for Economic Development Research (CRED) at the University of Cumbria on 24th February 2015 in Carlisle. @UoCResearch 24th February 2016: “Home-based businesses in regional development?”Speaker: Dr. Darja Reuschke https://t.co/altMgvMYfR — Diane Cox (@dianecox61) February 8, 2016 …
Launch of the Microbusiness Portal on 21st January 2016 in Edinburgh at St Andrews House, Scottish Government Launch @Microbusiness15 website https://t.co/lefwPdykfb Source of research evidence for policymakers & practitioners pic.twitter.com/hZgnsT2fq0 — Maarten van Ham (@maarten_van_ham) January 22, 2016