Refugee Entrepreneurship

Sibylle Heilbrunn is Professor of Organisational Sociology and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel. She was visiting professor at the University of Bremen, Germany, and currently holds a research fellowship at the Institute for Research of the Kibbutz at Haifa University. Additionally, she is an editorial board member of international journals in the field of management and entrepreneurship. Jörg Freiling is Full Professor and Head of the Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX) at the University of Bremen, Germany. Jörg is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at the University of Bremen. He is also co-organiser of the International Conferences on MDE and other entrepreneurship conferences in Europe. Additionally, he is an editor and editorial board member of many international journals.Aki Harima is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX) at the University of Bremen, Germany. She has been a visiting scholar at a number of international universities. Aki co-organises the International Conferences on Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship, and her research interests revolve around the transnational entrepreneurial activities of migrants, diasporas and refugees, start-up ecosystems, and support for vulnerable entrepreneurs.