Staff

(Estonia) is Associate Professor of Management at Tallinn University. She is head of the global Master’s programme of Social Entrepreneurship and a mentor in the online Social Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. Having worked for public, private and non-profit sector, she possesses competences relevant for international collaboration and management consultancy. She is a board member of the social enterprise The Skill Mill Limited.

PhD (Singapore, Hungary) is associate professor at Tallinn University. His main interest is the situation of vulnerable people in the community and innovation of the service sector through ICT based technology. In addition, he works in several development programmes in different countries emphasising creative solutions in low- and middle-income countries.

(Lithuania) is a lecturer of social entrepreneurship at Tallinn University. She has PhD in Management Science. Audrone's research interests are a social enterprise, social impact and social impact assessment. She is a member of EMES - an international research network for social enterprises.

(Estonia) has been among the key persons developing the practices of impact management and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea region since 2006. He leads a research and consultancy agency Stories For Impact. Jaan was a co-founder and chairman of the Estonian Social Enterprise Network (in 2012-2019). He is a popular public speaker and trainer in Estonia and internationally.

(Scotland) has had a career focused on developing multi-disciplinary public services, primarily within the justice system. He has established an international network, sharing practice and ideas with criminal justice agencies including the National Partnership for Juvenile Services (USA) and academic and practice institutions in Europe. In 2013 he founded The Skill Mill Limited – a multi award-winning Social Enterprise dedicated to the employment of young ex-offenders in environmental work – with teams established and developing across the UK using Social Impact Bonds. He has been appointed as leader for Let's Do It World's World Clean Up Day for the UK. He has been named an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by King Charles III for services to young people.

(Netherlands) is professor for sustainable labour participation of vulnerable groups (in particular refugees) at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (HU) and is academic staff member at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Utrecht University (UU). He obtained his PhD in International Development Studies at Utrecht University and has extensive international experience in research and training for both private and public sector organisations. His current research mainly focuses on issues related to scaling the societal impact of social enterprises, in particularly related to work integration.

Teele Pehk (Estonia) is a social innovator, working in the name of democracy innovation and post-growth societies.

(Estonia)  is Professor of Social and Population Policy at Tallinn University. Lauri does research in Ageing and Social Policy. His current project is 'SHARE- Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.' His research fields include: pensions, social exclusion, legislation, assessment, redistribution, public policy analysis, discal policy and taxation.