Dr. Denise Crossan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trinity Business School
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.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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]
Crossan, D., Ibbotson, P., & Bell, JD. , Social Entrepreneurs: the Hologram Effect, the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18, (4), 2011, p655 - 672
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
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
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Towards a Classification Framework for SEs, Australian Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2005
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. ]
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
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
Bell, J., Ibbotson, Crossan, D. , The Export Capabilities of Micro-enterprises in the Border Region, 2001
Bell, J., Morrow, T. & Crossan, D. (Eds.)(ed.), 6th McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Conference Proceedings, University of Ulster, Magee , 2003
Crossan, D., Van Til, J., Towards a Classification of Not-for-Profit Organisations: Empirical Findings, 37th ARNOVA Conference, Philadelphia, USA, November 2008
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bell, J., Crossan, D., Loane, S., Scharf, F, Management Education: Towards Greater Relevance for the 21st Century, 2004, -
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Scharf, F, Cross-border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-Enterprises, 2004, -
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P., Whelan, J. & Casey, J. , The Exporting Capabilities of Micro-Enterprises in the Border Region of Ireland, 2004, -
Crossan, D., Bell, J.D., Ibbotson, P., Scharf, F., Barriers to Internationalisation among Irish Micro Enterprises, 2004, -
Bell, J., Ibbotson, Crossan, D, The Export Capabilities of Micro-enterprises in the Border Region, 2001
Stevens, L., Borgerson, J. & Crossan, D. , Gender Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Conference Proceedings, 8th GMCB Conference, Edinburgh, 2006
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
Crossan, D., Bell, J., Ibbotson, P, Towards a Classification Framework for Social Enterprises
Research Expertise
Recognition
Awards and Honours
E-Tutor Certificate, Institute of Life Long Learning
SEDA Associate Teacher in Higher Education
Memberships
European Commission's Groupe d'experts de la Commission sur l'entrepreneuriat social (GECES)
Member of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB); Social Entrepreneurship Research Group
Member of the Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN)
Member of the International Society for Third Sector Research, ISTR
Member of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organisations and Voluntary Action, International (ARNOVA)