In the UK, research shows that 17% of active spin-outs have at least one female founder, and only 7% have all female founders compared to 75.5% of spin-outs with all-male founders. We can probably all agree that women are not less entrepreneurial than men. So how do we get more women entrepreneurs? As KTOs, what can we do to remove the barriers (existing or perceived) that might exist to get a more equal spin-out founder representation at our research institutions?
In this Tea with ASTP, Professor Simonetta Manfredi, Director of Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Oxford Brookes University, will talk about research she and her team have conducted into female entrepreneurship. Simonetta will base her talk on the findings in the publications “The Spin-out Journey: Barriers and Enablers to Gender Inclusive Innovation”, and "Academic Entrepreneurship: Early Career Researchers Perspective" (both publications can be accessed under Women and Spinouts: A Case for Action at Oxford Brookes University Research Reports).
These publications are part of a wider project funded by the EPSRC’s Inclusion Matters initiative, looking at the participation of women scientists, engineers and mathematicians in university spinout companies.
There was ample opportunity to learn from colleagues through the workshop sessions or more formally through speakers either sharing their years of experience or their state of the art research. Well worth attending.
John Gleeson
University of Limerick, Ireland
Excellent organisation, multifarious activities, great atmosphere… I can't say enough about how well it is tailored to the needs of technology transfer professions.
Tamara Čolić Milosavljević
Centre of Technology Transfer - University of Belgrade, Serbia
Always simply inspiring! That is ASTP.
Filip Auinger
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Organisation and speakers were great, so enthusiastic about their work and very good at transferring their knowledge.
Sarka Bartova
Research Centre Rez, Czech Republic
Was great to meet counterparts in my profession who may share my experiences, but who may also have other ideas and approaches.
Tim Moser
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands
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