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Dr. Denise Crossan

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Trinity Business School)

 crossand@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Denise Crossan was appointed to Trinity College's School of Business as Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship in January 2009. She is the Trinity Director of the Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship and is a member of the Trinity Civic Engagement Advisory Group. In June 2015 she was selected to join the European Commission's Groupe d'experts de la Commission sur l'entrepreneuriat social (GECES), as a member of the Academic & Think Tank Committee. The GECES acts as an advisory panel supporting the development of the European Commission's Social Business Initiative goals. In 2015/16 Dr Crossan will take up the role of Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues in Social Change, Lang Centre for Civic and Social Responsibility, in Swarthmore College PA. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast, she holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography and an MSc in Business Improvement, University of Ulster. In 2007 she completed her PhD entitled "Towards a Classification Framework for Not for Profit Organisations" from Department of International Business, University of Ulster, Magee. Dr Crossan's current research focuses on the following areas: mapping social entrepreneurship; measurement of social value and ethical practice in social entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurs as public service providers; international social entrepreneurship, student entrepreneurship and service learning in third level education.

Research Tags

  Innovation   Leadership   Nonprofit organisations   Social Enterprise & Social Entrepreneurship   Strategic management, strategy and marketing

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
European Commission's Groupe d'experts de la Commission sur l'entrepreneuriat social (GECES) June 2015
Member of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB); Social Entrepreneurship Research Group 2008
Member of the Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) 2007
Member of the International Society for Third Sector Research, ISTR 2005
Member of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organisations and Voluntary Action, International (ARNOVA) 2003
Giving Voice to Values: Education for Social Entrepreneurs in, editor(s)Gentile, Mary , Educating for Values-Driven Leadership Across the Curriculum: Giving Voice To Values, USA, Business Expert Press, 2013, [Crossan, Denise], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Ibbotson, P., & Bell, JD. , Social Entrepreneurs: the Hologram Effect, the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18, (4), 2011, p655 - 672, Journal Article, ACCEPTED
Crossan, D & Van Til, J, Towards a Classification Framework for Not For Profit Organisations: The Importance of Measurement Indicators, EMES Selected Conference Papers Series, EMES, 2009, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Ramsey, E., Swail, J., Ibbotson, P., Crossan, D. , Fostering entrepreneurial talent with "SPEED":case study evidence from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, ICSB Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 2008, 2008, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Regions in Competition and Co-operation: Opportunities for Cross-border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-Enterprises in, editor(s)Johansson, I. (ed) , Regions in Competition and Co-operation, Uddevalla, Sweden, 2005, pp51 - 64, [Bell, J., Crossan, D., Ibbotson, P. & Scharf, F. ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Towards a Classification Framework for SEs, Australian Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2005, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., The Creation of a Social eEconomy, Digital Inclusion Researcher's Network Conference, British-Irish Council: Knowledge Economy Sector Panel, Jersey, UK , 2002, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Ibbotson, P., Crossan, D., and Fahy, M. , Bridging the Digital Divide: Why SME Development Agencies need to take a long look in the E-Mirror, Irish Academy of Management, Dublin, 2001, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Bell, J., Ibbotson, Crossan, D. , The Export Capabilities of Micro-enterprises in the Border Region, 2001, Notes: [Commissioned by the Irish Exporters Association, Market Growth International, & Co-operation Ireland (CD Rom)], Report, ACCEPTED
Crossan, D., Van Til, J., Towards a Classification of Not-for-Profit Organisations: Empirical Findings, 37th ARNOVA Conference, Philadelphia, USA, November 2008, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
  

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Bell, J., Crossan, D., Loane, S., Scharf, F, Management Education: Towards Greater Relevance for the 21st Century, 2004, -, Notes: [CD Rom], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Scharf, F, Cross-border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-Enterprises, 2004, -, Notes: [CD Rom], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Bell, J.D., Ibbotson, P., Scharf, F., Barriers to Internationalisation among Irish Micro Enterprises, 2004, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Whelan, J. & Casey, J. , The Exporting Capabilities of Micro-Enterprises in the Border Region of Ireland, 2004, -, Notes: [6th McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, University of Ulster (CD Rom)], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Bell, J., Ibbotson, Crossan, D, The Export Capabilities of Micro-enterprises in the Border Region, 2001, Notes: [Commissioned by the Irish Exporters Association, Market Growth International, & Co-operation Ireland (CD Rom)], Report, PUBLISHED
Ibbotson, P., Crossan, D., and Fahy, M, Bridging the Digital Divide: Why SME Development Agencies need to take a long look in the E-Mirror, Irish Academy of Management, Dublin, September 2001, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Stevens, L., Borgerson, J. & Crossan, D. , Gender Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Conference Proceedings, 8th GMCB Conference, Edinburgh, 2006, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P, Towards a Classification Framework for Social Enterprises, Notes: [33rd Association for Research on Non-profit Organisations and Voluntary Action Conference, Los Angeles, USA (Conceptual paper)], Working Paper, ACCEPTED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
E-Tutor Certificate, Institute of Life Long Learning January 2006
SEDA Associate Teacher in Higher Education May 2005