Professor Katerina Nicolopoulou (FRSA, SFHEA) is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the College of Business Administration and the Director of the new Global Research Cluster for Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Leadership at Ajman University. She engages with students across UG, MBA and DBA levels via teaching and supervision, and supports the strategic direction and development of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Entrepreneurship to create impact for the community, students, stakeholders and the University. She has previously been a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at Strathclyde Business School, where she held Research Leadership roles as Director of Research, Global DBA Director, Academic Mentor for a Doctoral Training Centre, Strategic Research Sub-theme Leader and Director of a Research Group. She has extensive teaching experience at MBA, MSc, Doctoral-level and Executive Education courses and has taught internationally, across Europe (UK, France), Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong), and the GCC (UAE, Oman and Bahrain). She has also been Professor in Management at Edinburgh Business School, Senior Enterprise Fellow at University of Southampton and Research Fellow at INSEAD Business School. She is an experienced doctoral supervisor, examiner and reviewer, and has supervised successfully a number of doctoral students to completion. Professor Nicolopoulou has published in Human Resource Management (FT50 list), British Journal of Management, Journal of Small Business Management, R&D Management, European Management Review, Organization & Environment, Business & Society, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and has edited seven journal Special Issues, including for Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, European Management Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, as well as six books with E. Elgar, Routledge and Palgrave. She is an Associate Editor for the journals Gender, Work and Organization, as well as the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. She is also a Trademark Inventor (UK Trademarks Registry) and has Invention Disclosures for innovative models of entrepreneurship development in diverse global contexts. Additionally, she has held practitioner roles in Strategic Affairs and Planning, and Corporate Social Responsibility for 5 years; she has been successfully engaged in mentoring and advisory of several entrepreneurs in different countries, and has co-developed ventures from within an entrepreneurial family business context.

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