On 16th December 2016, Annabelle Wilkins participated in the 2016 Symposium of the Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS) at the emlyon campus in Paris. The symposium on Work and Workplace Transformations brought together academics and practitioners interested in work and workplace transformations, in particular at the level of collaborative …
Darja Reuschke was invited to present at the University of Edinburgh Sociology Seminar Series on 7th December 2016. Darja presented on The Home as Business: Macroeconomy and Microspaces. Follow this link to watch the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynQG8XXqOBI&feature=youtu.be
On 7th November 2016, Markieta Domecka and Annabelle Wilkins attended the launch of the Centre for Inclusive and Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CISEI). Based within Southampton Business School, CISEI undertakes research on socially inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation. It engages with stakeholders from the business, social entrepreneurship and academic sectors in order to empower …
The Digital Workplace for Innovation and Participation project (DigiWIP) is looking for experts in business finance, open innovation, entrepreneurship and business policy to discuss existing and future web-based platforms for innovation and collaboration. DigiWIP asks how existing digital platforms can be redesigned to enable new ways of working and collaboration between …
On 30th November Ana Basiri attended the Midlands Intelligent Mobility Conference at Loughborough University. This conference brought together industry, government and academic sectors to review the strategies, challenges and opportunities of making transport services in the UK more intelligent, adaptive, personalised, automated and environmentally friendly. The conference placed travellers and …
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 …