Dr Imran Hossain

Job: Lecturer in entrepreneurship

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: imran.hossain@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr. Imran Hossain is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at De Montfort University. He holds a PhD in entrepreneurship from the University of Leicester, an MBA from Essex, and a BA (Hons) from UEL. He is also an associate fellow of HEA. He teaches a wide range of modules related to entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Prior to joining DMU, Imran worked as a teaching fellow at the University of Leicester.

Research group affiliations

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

Publications and outputs

Hossain, I., Entrepreneurial Traits of the Rural Poor: An Ethnographic Story from Bangladesh. Jay Mitra (ed). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, 1st ed.: Palgrave.

Research interests/expertise

Informal entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Entrepreneurship Policy, Social Entrepreneurship

Areas of teaching

Entrepreneurship and innovation

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Leicester
  • MBA, University of Essex
  • BA (Hons), University of East London

Honours and awards

  • Best Poster Award: Second Place, R&D Management Conference, University of Strathclyde (2021).
  • Winner of Annual Doctoral College poster competition, University of Leicester (2020).

Externally funded research grants information

£5000 from GCRF to map out the entrepreneurial practices of the Bede people in Bangladesh (PI)

ORCID number

0000-0002-8782-447X

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