Personal Statement
David has several years’ experience in teaching and researching in both Entrepreneurship and Executive Education in the university sector. He is an active scholar in the field of entrepreneurship education and learning; hosting over 40 plus publications to date in journals, books, book chapters and conference outputs. David has published his work in journals such as “International Small Business Journal; International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Journal of Management Inquiry” to name but a few, serving as guest editor for such journals as International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (IJEBR) and Industry and Higher Education. David is a former Editor of the Journal of Action Learning: Research and Practice and currently serves as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Management Education (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-international-journal-of-management-education).

David is currently serving as a Board Member to the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (https://ecsb.org/ ), previously David has served on the Institute of Small Business (ISBE) Board where he was actively involved in building their scholarly community serving as Vice President for Communities / Scholarship. He currently acts as track chair for the newly developed “RMPI" (Research Methods, Practice and Inquiry/Impact) track. Coupled to this he holds a position on the British Academy of Management Research Methods Special Interest Group steering community, where he has developed and hosted many professional development workshops for research students, academics and practitioners at DBA and PhD levels of study. As a scholar in Entrepreneurship & Management Development, David through his research and teaching interests has developed a strong awareness for the importance of using innovative forms of teaching and research. This has been supported through three ESRC bursary awards which he was awarded in 2008, 2010 & 2012. David’s primary teaching duties are in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Doctoral Supervision.

Research Overview
David’s research interest is primarily in the field of Entrepreneurial Education and learning through action. His research activity is focused towards exploring practice-based, processual as well as dialogic approaches to entrepreneurship education encompassing reflexive learning and practical wisdom. David’s current work is focused towards exploring the role of dialogism as a pedagogical practice in entrepreneurship education. His research adopts a relational social constructionist perspective where he adopts a self-critical reflexive position to explore the practice of dialogism in pedagogical inquiry, utilising various methods such as action research, art-based methods and collaborative auto-ethnographic approaches as a means to better appreciate how we educate entrepreneurship students and practitioners.

Awards & Recognition
(2015) - Emerald Reviewer Award, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (IJEBR).
(2016) - Best Paper Winner, Entrepreneurial Practitioner Learning Track, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference.
(2022) - Best Paper Winner, Entrepreneurship Education Track, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship ISBE Conference.
(2022) - Best Conference Reviewer Award, RENT Conference.
(2024) - Outstanding Author Contribution, Emerald Literati Awards