Renata Osowska
Renata Osowska

Dr Renata Osowska PhD, SFHEA

Lecturer

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  R.Osowska@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Renata Osowska graduated in business management at the University of Wroclaw (Poland) with an MSc in Public Administration. She also studied law at Christian Albrecht’s University in Kiel, Germany (Erasmus Scholarship) before moving to Scotland where she completed her fully funded PhD in Entrepreneurship at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She also completed PgCert in Business Research Methods (UWS, Scotland), PgCert in Learning and Teaching in HE and PgCert in Blended and Online Education (ENU, Scotland).

Renata is an internationally awarded researcher in entrepreneurship and small business development specialising in investigating the influence of culture and socio-economic environment on entrepreneurial behaviour, including entrepreneurial mobility and society. She is a Research Lead and dissertations coordinator for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group and a Deputy Research Degrees Lead at the Business School. She acts as a school representative at the Academic Board and recently she was appointed as REF2029 PCE co-lead for the School. Renata currently supervises two Ph.D. candidates (having already supervised candidates to completion) and is keen to hear from anyone interested in undertaking doctoral study within her areas of interest.

Renata has extensive teaching experience in F2F, blended, online and TNE education. Currently, she is a module leader for the Ug Exploring Entrepreneurship module and programme leader for BA Business & Enterprise (online). Previous to lecturing at ENU, she worked in different industries in Poland, Germany, Ireland and England before taking the role of an associate lecturer at the UWS, teaching various topics on entrepreneurship and business research methods.

Renata is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, RSA Fellow and a member of various academic organisations. She is the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Country (ESCB) Vice President for the UK, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups SIG executive member and an Associate Editor for Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review (EBER). She also co-founded the Small Business and Enterprise Research Group (SBERG) at Napier and
co-leads Business Innovation and Future Workforce theme at Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions (CBISS).

School

Themes

Events

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Honorary member of Hong Kong Homeschool Association
  • Scottish Parliament CPG Wellbeing Economy
  • Scientific Committee Member for International conference on Decision making for small and medium-sized enterprises, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
  • ECFED Central and South Latin America scientific committee member, Mexico

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Organiser of TBS Research Student Conference
  • ECFED session chair
  • RENT (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) session chair
  • Organising Committee Member for 12th European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) Conference

 

Editorial Activity

  • Section Editor- Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review (EBER)

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Validator for Digital Business Programme (BCU)
  • Aston University external examiner for non-standard modules in innovation and enterprise

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Royal Â鶹ÉçÇø of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) Fellow
  • HEA Senior Fellow
  • Winner of the Enterprise Award - Â鶹ÉçÇø's Above and Beyond Awards 2018-19
  • Best Reviewer Award RENT 2018
  • Nominated for the Collaborative Practice Award - Â鶹ÉçÇø's Above and Beyond Awards 2017-18
  • Jose Maria Veciana Best Paper Award at the RENT XXX conference
  • Best Paper Award on Critical Perspectives in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Business School internal funding reviewer
  • Reviewer for Research Development Fund (RDF) ENU

 

Invited Speaker

  • Understanding Business Purpose – A systems thinking approach in the context of SMEs
  • BINUS University International Lecture Week - Guest Lecture
  • Invited guest presenter at the Evolve conference 2021
  • EE Explore invited roundtable speaker
  • European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) Invited Webinar Speaker

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • ISBE SIG Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups (EMG) Executive member
  • Company Director
  • Elected Board Member of the Residents Group 21st Century Gracemount

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Organiser and facilitator of Public Lecture on Post-Growth Entrepreneurship
  • Member of Edinburgh Can B
  • Environmental Awards Judge
  • Migration and Mobility Research Network conference co-organiser

 

Reviewing

  • Reviver for Industry and Higher Education
  • Invited discussant for ECSB Conference Goes Online
  • Binus International Lecture Week - PhD Colloquium
  • Reviewer for Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED)
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB)
  • Reviewer for International Review of Entrepreneurship (IRE)
  • Reviewer for Small Enterprise Research (SER)
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (IJEBR)
  • Reviewer for Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT)
  • Reviewer for Academy of Management (AOM)

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting scholar at Leuphana University, Germany

 

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In search of intellectual stimulation: understanding the relationship between motivation, deep learning and stimulation in the HE classroom

Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Osowska, R. (2017)
In search of intellectual stimulation: understanding the relationship between motivation, deep learning and stimulation in the HE classroom. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2017.51001
One of the key educational notions measured in the National Student Survey (NSS) is intellectual stimulation. This study aimed to find out Higher Education (HE) engineering st...

The Enterprise Challenge – The Value of Short-term Mobility Experience

Other
Osowska, R. (2017)
The Enterprise Challenge – The Value of Short-term Mobility Experience

Exploring Entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland.

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R. (2017, March)
Exploring Entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland. Presented at ECSB (European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) webinar, Online
Abstract not available.

Help wanted: Exploring the value of entrepreneurial mentoring at start-up

Journal Article
Van Saane, S. H., Brodie, J., Van Saane, S., & Osowska, R. (2017)
Help wanted: Exploring the value of entrepreneurial mentoring at start-up. Industry and Higher Education, 31(2), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422217691666
The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to investigate the added value of mentoring for entrepreneurs during the start-up phase. This small-scale exploratory r...

Exploring the attitudes towards entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R. (2016, November)
Exploring the attitudes towards entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland. Paper presented at RENT XXX Conference, Antwerp, Belgium
Abstract not available.

The effect of culture on female entrepreneurship motivations

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R., Kapasi, I., & Jackman, L. (2016, June)
The effect of culture on female entrepreneurship motivations. Paper presented at Fifth International Workshop Entrepreneurship, Culture, Finance and Economic Development, Lyon, France
Abstract not available.

The development of entrepreneurial culture in a transition economy: an empirical model discussion.

Book Chapter
Osowska, R. (2016)
The development of entrepreneurial culture in a transition economy: an empirical model discussion. In D. Bögenhold, J. Bonnet, M. Dejardin, & D. Garcia Pérez de Lema (Eds.), Contemporary Entrepreneurship Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Innovation and Growth (259-273). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28134-6_17
This conceptual paper will focus on the presentation of the model developed from empirical, qualitative research covering 20 years of analysis on the relationship between cult...

Understanding entrepreneurship in a transforming society. Problem, Issue, opportunity? A longitudinal perspective

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R. (2015, November)
Understanding entrepreneurship in a transforming society. Problem, Issue, opportunity? A longitudinal perspective. Paper presented at RENT XXIX Conference, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract not available.

The development of entrepreneurial culture. An empirical model discussion

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R. (2014, July)
The development of entrepreneurial culture. An empirical model discussion. Paper presented at Fourth International Workshop on Entrepreneurship, Culture, Finance and Economic Development, Klagenfurt, Austria
Abstract not available.

Value or belief? Differences in attitude towards entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland

Presentation / Conference
Osowska, R. (2012, November)
Value or belief? Differences in attitude towards entrepreneurship in a transforming society. The case of Poland. Paper presented at ISBE Conference, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract not available.

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