Dr Doaa Althalathini

• Research Methods
• The Entrepreneur
• Business in Society
• Professional Practice
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Innovation, Change and Organisation

In recognition of my commitment to student support and inclusive teaching, I was shortlisted for the Oxford Brookes Students' Union Best Academic Advisor Award for three consecutive years (2021–2023) and for the Diverse and Inclusive Education Award in 2024. I am committed to creating an engaging, inclusive, and research-informed learning environment that supports students' academic and professional development.

I supervise postgraduate, MBA, and PhD students across a range of entrepreneurship and business management topics, with expertise in qualitative research methods. I also support postgraduate research through my role as a Postgraduate Research Tutor (Professional Doctorate), contributing to the development of the Professional Doctorate programme and the support of doctoral researchers within the Business School. I welcome enquiries from prospective doctoral students interested in entrepreneurship in contexts of conflict, displacement, and institutional change, refugee entrepreneurship, women's entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

My research explores entrepreneurship in contexts of conflict, displacement, and institutional change, with a particular focus on refugee entrepreneurship, women’s entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in fragile and conflict-affected settings. I am interested in how individuals and communities create and sustain entrepreneurial activity despite structural constraints, and how institutions, gender, and socio-political contexts shape entrepreneurial opportunities and outcomes. Using qualitative research methods, I have examined entrepreneurship across the UK, Palestine, Iraq, Oman, Egypt, and other contexts in the Middle East. I work closely with policymakers, practitioners, and community organisations to ensure my research informs policy and practice, particularly in relation to inclusive entrepreneurship, refugee integration, and business support.

Research Grants:

• Agrant of £9,836 towards researching "Refugee entrepreneurship and integration: a multiple embeddedness approach" (2022-24), funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants.
• Santander Scholarships (2019-20) of £1,000 towards Visiting Researcher at ISDC as in Berlin, Germany.

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Member, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
• Committee Member, ISBE Gender and Enterprise Network (GEN). Member
• British Academy of Management (BAM).

• Development Studies Association (DSA) Annual Conference (2026).
• Diana International Research Conference (2026).
• Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference (2018, 2023).Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT) Conference (2021, 2023).
• Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting (2020, 2024).
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference (2019).
• British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference (2018).

My research has been supported by competitive funding, including a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant and an Oxford Brookes Business School Small Research Grant. I serve on the Committee of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Gender and Enterprise Network and am a member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. I also review for leading journals in entrepreneurship and management and have acted as a reviewer for research funding schemes, including the British Academy and ESRC. In 2021, I received the Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award for my article, Navigating Gaza’s Conflict through Women’s Entrepreneurship, published in the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship.