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      Ms Sara Calvo

      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in Organisation Behaviour
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Management Leadership & Organisations
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 3652
      EMAIL: S.Calvo@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Sara Calvo is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and the Social Enterprise Champion at the Enterprise Development Hub at Middlesex University Business School. Her research interests include social enterprise, social innovation and the social and solidarity economy, the informal sector, ethnic minority enterprise, social enterprise support policy and visual research. She has carried out research in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She is also the co-founder and director of a social enterprise organisation, 'Living in Minca' (www.livinginminca.org) and a documentary filmmaker having participated in a number of international film festivals. Sara has published several papers in established international journals, book chapters and online websites.

        Qualifications:

        • ILM/SFEDI Cert Social Enterprise Advisor
        • PG Cert in Higher Education (HE)
        • PhD: 'Social Enterprises and ethnic minorities: a case study of the East London Olympic Boroughs'
        • MSc Social Research, University of Brighton
        • BA (Hons) Psychology, Salamanca University

        Languages Spoken

        Fluent in Spanish

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Teaching and Pedagogic interests:

        Teaching interests are in contemporary issues in social enterprise, social and solidarity economy, qualitative research methods, organisational behaviour and leadership and management.

        Current and previous modules include:

        • Managing Organisations (HRM1004)
        • Leadership and Management (HRM312)
        • Qualitative methodology (HRM4710)
        • Social Enterprise and Innovation (EDH@MDX)

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Research Interests

        • Social enterprise and social innovation
        • Entrepreneurship and education
        • SMEs and the informal sector
        • Social and solidarity economy
        • Circular economy, shared economies, bartering systems and complementary currencies
        • Cultural diversity, enterprise and socio-economic development
        • Disadvantaged communities and related social policies
        • Poverty alleviation and base-of-the pyramid business models
        • Disadvantaged communities and related social policies
        • Research Methods, Visual Research and filmmaking

        Published academic journal publications

        Calvo, S and Morales, A (2015) Sink or Swim: Social Enterprise as a panacea for NPOs in Tanzania? Journal of International Development (available online).

        Calvo, S. (2014) Ethnic minority organisations and the 2012 Games: A case study of the East London Olympic Boroughs. Journal of Local Economy, Vol. 29(1–2) 82–97.

        Sepulveda, L., Syrett, S. and Calvo, S. (2013) Social Enterprise and ethnic minorities: Exploring the consequences of the evolving British policy agenda. Environment and Planning C, Government and Policy, Vol.31, P.633-648.

        Published Books

        Calvo, S; Morales, A; Zikidis, Y (2016). The Social and Solidarity Economy: The world's economy with a social face. Routledge.

        Calvo, S (2016). Connecting Social Enterprise and Higher Education:Universities as drivers in the support of Social Enterprises in the United Kingdom; in Carvalho, L, Handbook Research on Entrepreneurial Success and its Impact on Regional Development, IGI Global.

        Online Publications

        Calvo, S; Morales, A (2014). Exploring Complementary Currencies in Europe. A comparative study of local initiatives in Spain and the United Kingdom. Accessed on http://www.livinginminca.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Complementary_Currencies.pdf, 10/02/15.

        Calvo, S; Morales, A (2013). The Social and Solidarity Economy in Ecuador: Opportunities and Challenges. Accessed on http://www.livinginminca.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/07/MINCA_ECUADOR.pdf, 10/11/14.

        Calvo, S; Morales, A (2013). Narratives of Social Enterprises: Examining Social Entrepreneurial Activities in Colombia. Accessed on http://www.livinginminca.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/07/MINCA_COLOMBIA.pdf, 10/11/14.

        Calvo, S; Morales, A (2013). Exploring the Dynamics of Social Enterprises in Tanzania. Accessed on http://www.livinginminca.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/08/MINCA_TANZANIA.pdf, 10/11/14.

        Sepulveda, L., Syrett, S. and Calvo, S. (2010) Social enterprises: new forms of engagement or exclusion for migrants and ethnic minorities? Third Sector Research Centre. Accessed on http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=HU/eq0AdTZM=, 01/05/12.

        CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

        VIII Encuentro de Investigadores Latino Americanos. Universidad MinutodeDios, Bogota, Colombia. 10-11 November 2014. Paper Presented: The Social and Solidarity Economy in Colombia and Ecuador.

        Social Innovation Seminar. Universities UK, 28th January 2014. http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/events/Pages/SocialInnovationseminar.aspx

        Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy, UNRISD, 6 to 8 May 2013. Paper Presented: Sink or Swim: Social Enterprise as a panacea for NGOs in Tanzania?

        If not for profit, for what and how? 4th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, University of Liege, Belgium, 1-4th July. Paper Presented: Exploring social enterprises in Tanzania.

        Social enterprise and education Conference, University of Bath, 21-23 October 2012. Social Entrepreneurship in Kenya, Hand in Hand, Nairobi, 12- 15 September 2012.

        Games and the City: Impacts and Legacies Conference. Paper presented: Are ethnic minority organisations involved within the 2012 Games? A case study of the East London Olympic Boroughs, University of Greenwich, UK. 2-3rd June 2011.

        Publication Feed

        London 2012: missed out on Olympics contracts? A case study of ethnic minority organisations in East London

        Calvo, Sara (2014) London 2012: missed out on Olympics contracts? A case study of ethnic minority organisations in East London. Local Economy, 29 (1-2). pp. 82-97. ISSN 0269-0942

        Sink or swim: social enterprise as a panacea for non-profit organisations?

        Calvo, Sara and Morales, Andres (2016) Sink or swim: social enterprise as a panacea for non-profit organisations? Journal of International Development, 28 (7). pp. 1170-1188. ISSN 0954-1748

        Ethnic minority groups and social enterprise: a case study of the East London Olympic boroughs

        Calvo, Sara (2013) Ethnic minority groups and social enterprise: a case study of the East London Olympic boroughs. PhD thesis, Middlesex University.

        Social enterprise and ethnic minorities: exploring the consequences of the evolving British policy agenda

        Sepulveda, Leandro and Syrett, Stephen and Calvo, Sara (2013) Social enterprise and ethnic minorities: exploring the consequences of the evolving British policy agenda. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 31 (4). pp. 633-648. ISSN 0263-774X

        Social enterprise and ethnic minorities

        Sepulveda, Leandro and Syrett, Stephen and Calvo, Sara (2010) Social enterprise and ethnic minorities. Working Paper. University of Birmingham: Third Sector Research Centre, Birmingham.

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Awards and Fellowship

        • Researcher Link Workshop in South Africa (British Council, 2015)
        • Learning and Teaching Project fund (Middlesex University, 2014).
        • Erasmus staff Grant at Middlesex University (deliver a course on SE at Granada University, 2014)
        • CEEDR, Middlesex University Business School, UK (ESRC PhD Studentship Award, 2009-2012).
        • Brighton University Grant 2007-2008 (MSc Social Research).
        • Salamanca University Grant 2002-2007 (BA Psychology).

        MEMBERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES

        CIPD Membership (2015-present)

        Chair- Social Enterprise Network UK (SERNUK)(2012-2015)

        UK Coordinator –EMES Research Network (2012-2015)

        REVIEWER AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

        Ad Hoc Reviewer for Routdlege (2015)

        Editor for Alternautas, A blog dedicated to Latin American critical development thinking (2015)

        Ad Hoc Reviewer for 'Antipoda', Revista de Antropología y Arqueologia, Revista de la Universidad de los Andes, Bogota (Colombia). (2014)

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        MEDIA EXPERIENCE

        Webinar, Ethnic Minorities and social enterprises: Lessons from London, organised by UnLtd (2014). Accessed on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc6txbGMHvo&spfreload=10, 12/10/14.

        Minca Films (2012-to date). Director of documentaries on poverty alleviation and social enterprise, community-based initiatives. For more details See http://www.livinginminca.org/minca-tv/

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