Our team
Per Davidsson Director
Paul Steffens Deputy Director
Neil James Executive Manager | External Relations
Dean Shepherd Adjunct Professor
Karen Taylor Centre Coordinator
The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research is backed by an experienced research team, including international and national academics from various disciplines, and led by Professor Per Davidsson.
Postdoctoral fellows and research students
The following Postdoctoral Fellows are currently salaried members of staff for 12 - 24 months:
The following students undertake their research in ACE's area of interest and with varying degrees of financial support from ACE. They are enrolled in various QUT schools, faculties and/or institutes:- Rosnani Daud
- Jonas Debrulle
- Antonio Dottore
- Christophe Garonne
- Charmaine Glavas
- Scott Gordon
- Lauren Isaak
- Zuleyha Karaagac
- Julienne Senyard
- Kamal Sakhdari
- Ying Zhou
ACE researchers
The following researchers have their substantive positions in various QUT schools, faculties and/or institutes and conduct part or all of their research in ACE's area of interest and with varying degrees of support from ACE:
- Associate Professor Josephine Barraket
- Dr Jennifer Bartlett
- Dr Karen Becker
- Dr Pieter-Jan Bezemer
- Associate Professor Sam Bucolo
- Dr Henri Burgers
- Dr Luca Casali
- Dr Artemis Chang
- Associate Professor Carol Dalglish
- Professor Janice How
- Associate Professor Robyn Keast
- Dr Belinda Luke
- Dr Judy Matthews
- Dr Shane Mathews
- Dr Kavoos Mohannak
- Dr Mervyn Morris
- Dr Peter O'Connor
- Professor Rachel Parker
- Dr Sandeep Salunke
- Dr Sukanlaya Sawang
- Dr Marcello Tonelli
- Associate Professor Roxanne Zolin
Collaborators
The following colleagues are currently involved in joint research with ACE researchers:
- Professor Johan Wiklund, Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden
- Professor David Pickernell, University of Glamorgan, Wales
- Dr Lucia Naldi, Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden
- Professor Soenke Albers, University of Kiel, Germany
- Dr Dennis Proppe, University of Kiel, Germany
- Professor Leo Paas, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Professor Frederic Delmar, EC Lyon, France
- Dr Keith Perks, Brighton University, UK
- Professor Lloyd Harris, Warwick University, UK
- Professor Ray Fisk, Texas State, USA
- Associate Professor Jochen Wirtz, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Associate Professor Justin Jansen, RSM Erasmus University, Netherlands
- Professor Frans van den Bosch, RSM Erasmus University, Netherlands
- Assistant Professor Vareska van der Vrande, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Professor Frederic Kropp, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA
- Professor Teemu Kautonen, TSE Entre, Turku School of Economics, Finland
- Assistant Professor Andreas Kuckertz, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Associate Professor Frances Jorgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Dr Benson Honig, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
- Associate Professor Ted Baker, University of North Carolina, USA
- Associate Professor Francine Schlosser, University of Windsor, Canada
- Professor Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
- Professor Lorraine Uhlaner, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Professor David Audretsch, Indiana University, USA
- Dr Eric Hunter, Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden
- Martin Senderovitz, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Dr Eleonora Monaco, Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Pina D'Orazio, Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Professor Oyvind Ihlen, Norwegian Business School, Oslo University, Norway
- Professor Steve May, University of North Carolina, USA
- Associate Professor Stephane Tywoniak, Curtin University, Australia
- Professor Josef Pallas, Uppsala Uppsala, Sweden
- Professor Magnus Frostensen, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Professor Peter Kjaer, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- D.M. Semasinghe, Department of Commerce & Financial Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- Dr Mahamadou Biga Diambeidou, ICN Business School, University of Nancy, France
