Professor Alex Nicholls, Oxford University
Dr Alex Nicholls is University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship within the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research interests range across several key areas within social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including: the nexus of relationships between accounting, accountability and governance; public and social policy contexts; impact investing; and Fair Trade.
As the first staff member of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in 2004, Nicholls has helped the Centre develop a global profile in researching and teaching social entrepreneurship.
Alex is the editor of Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change (Oxford University Press, 2006), the first book to present a wide-ranging, internationally-focused collection of key social entrepreneurship work from leading academics, policy makers and practitioners. His latest book is Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets (Palgrave MacMIllan, 2011), a co-edited collection which explores solutions to many of the current ‘wicked problems’ confronting the world. The collection argues that social innovation offers potential solutions to climate change, the crisis of the welfare state, health pandemics and failures, social dislocation and inequality, and educational failure.
Dr Alex Nicholls is University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship within the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research interests range across several key areas within social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including: the nexus of relationships between accounting, accountability and governance; public and social policy contexts; impact investing; and Fair Trade.
As the first staff member of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in 2004, Nicholls has helped the Centre develop a global profile in researching and teaching social entrepreneurship.
Alex is the editor of Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change (Oxford University Press, 2006), the first book to present a wide-ranging, internationally-focused collection of key social entrepreneurship work from leading academics, policy makers and practitioners. His latest book is Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets (Palgrave MacMIllan, 2011), a co-edited collection which explores solutions to many of the current ‘wicked problems’ confronting the world. The collection argues that social innovation offers potential solutions to climate change, the crisis of the welfare state, health pandemics and failures, social dislocation and inequality, and educational failure.
Co-Founder and Executive Director, AshokaU
Marina’s work in social entrepreneurship dates back over a decade. She started at Stanford University, leading the Future Social Innovators’ Network, the Social Entrepreneurs’ Challenge, and co-founding the university’s first minor in social innovation. Since then, Marina co-founded and leads Ashoka U, working with campuses to embed social innovation as an educational focus and core value of the university culture. Marina’s work has been featured on Social Edge, change.org, in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times. Marina was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Entrepreneurship, recognizing her work with Ashoka U.
Marina’s work in social entrepreneurship dates back over a decade. She started at Stanford University, leading the Future Social Innovators’ Network, the Social Entrepreneurs’ Challenge, and co-founding the university’s first minor in social innovation. Since then, Marina co-founded and leads Ashoka U, working with campuses to embed social innovation as an educational focus and core value of the university culture. Marina’s work has been featured on Social Edge, change.org, in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times. Marina was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Entrepreneurship, recognizing her work with Ashoka U.