Full Time Researchers
Nikolay A. Dentchev
Chairholder
PhD
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nikolay.dentchev@vub.be
Nikolay is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. He is the chair holder of the Solvay Business School (VUB), Chair for Social Entrepreneurship (founded in 2015 by Wolters Kluwer, Close The Gap and Euroclear) at the VUB and coordinator of NV Actief (KBC, Trividend, and Unizo) at KU Leuven. These two initiatives focus on encouraging social and student entrepreneurship.
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Drs.
Philippe Eiselein
Ph.D. student (2015-2020)
Social Entrepreneurship Business Models
philippe.eiselein@vub.be
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Philippe has been working on the business models of social entrepreneurs and their capabilities of scaling. He's looking into the pathways for scaling social impact, how conflicting values can be managed, stakeholders can be engaged and what is necessary for social entrepreneurs to overcome their financial challenges.
Drs.
Abel Diaz Gonzalez
Ph.D. student (2016-2020)
Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Networks
adiazgon@vub.be
Abel has been working on the social entrepreneurship ecosystems and their support networks. His research focuses on how to develop/build supportive ecosystems in support of social entrepreneurs. He wants to study different types of ecosystems and levels, including research on exemplary supportive ecosystems already operating. His research will cover several places in Latin America (Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia), which are ideal settings to see evidence of the most pressing social challenges and where a lot of work is needed for supporting social entrepreneurs.
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Claudia Alba Ortuño
Ph.D. student (2018-2022)
International support for enterprises in the BOP
claudia.alba.ortuno@vub.be
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Claudia recently joined the SE Chair Team as a PhD student. She is currently in her first year and is expected to work on four papers about international support for enterprises in the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP). She will be working on the vulnerable entrepreneurs from an ecosystem/international point of view.
Drs.
Jason Roncancio
Ph.D. student (2017-2021)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Jason has recently joined the Chair team as a PhD student. Congratulations!
Part time
Researchers abroad
Romel Brun
Joint PhD student on "Sustainable business models at the Bottom of the Pyramid " between UCB, Bolivia and VUB, Belgium.
Jorge Salas Vargas
Joint Ph.D. student on "Developing entrepreneurial competencies at Bottom of the Pyramid " between UCB, Bolivia and VUB, Belgium. His previous research had a focus on Economic growth and economic development models using DSGE and SVAR. He is also interested in research are related to quantitative methods in Business and Big Data in business applications.
Andrea Gabriela Samaniego Diaz
Joint PhD student on "Frugile Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid" between ESPOL, Ecuador and VUB, Belgium
Neda Muzho
Joint PhD student on "Green Energy" between UNWE,Bulgaria and VUB, Belgium
Volunteers
Volunteers
Cedric Piens
cedric.piens@gmail.com
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Cedric is a VUB student in educational sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His main contributions have evolved over the last years, ranging from supporting the Chair's main activities (workshops and events) to contributing to the Fair 's success by means of recruiting volunteers.
2019 - 2020 : Volunteer manager
2018 - 2019 : Intern
2017 - 2018 : Volunteer
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Founding Partners
Olivier Vanden Eynde
Founder & Managing Director
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Close The Gap
Charlotte Shaw
CSR Manager
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Euroclear
Martine Hendrickx
CSR
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BNP Paribas Fortis
