- Associate Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, University of Pretoria
Prof. Alex Bignotti heads the African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars, a scholarly community aiming to advance social entrepreneurship teaching and research in Africa and facilitate of training of scholars in the same field. Alex is currently a senior lecturer in social entrepreneurship at the University of Pretoria. He has a keen interest in entrepreneurship as a catalyst for social change. His research currently focuses on social entrepreneurship, especially in an African context. Under the same research umbrella, his earlier work has also focussed on entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial personality and entrepreneurship education, with a particular focus on the youth and disadvantaged individuals.
Experience
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–presentSenior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
Education
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2014University of Pretoria, PhD in Entrepreneurship
Grants and Contracts
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2022Strengthening the academic eco-system for social entrepreneurship as a catalyst to job creation and social and economic change
- Role:
- Project Lead
- Funding Source:
- VLIR-UOS
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2021Improving student entrepreneurship support at South African universities in order to mitigate youth unemployment
- Role:
- Partner
- Funding Source:
- VLIR-UOS
Professional Memberships
- Academy of Management
- Africa Academy of Management
- African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars (ANSES)
- EMES Network
- Catalyst 2030
- Impact Scholar Community
Contact Alex for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Pretoria, South Africa
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