Dr Gary Bosworth

My research focuses on rural and regional entrepreneurship and innovation.  I strive to understand how processes and patterns of entrepreneurship are shaped by social, cultural and environmental characteristics in more rural and peripheral regions. I firmly believe that the functions of rural businesses extend beyond the purely economic and that we must recognise their key roles as actors of both change and continuity across rural communities.  

I am currently a member of DEFRA's rural academic panel and co-chair of the ISBE Rural Entrepreneurship Network as well as a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association. I am also on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Depopulation and Rural Development Studies and an Associate Fellow of the HEA. 

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• Brewing at the time of Covid: the impact of the pandemic crisis on UK craft breweries and its implications for the sector and local economies, Cabras, I., Shakina, E., Waehning, N., Sohns, F., Bosworth, G. 20 Feb 2023, In: Regional Studies
• Developing a framework for radical and incremental social innovation in rural areas, Vercher, N., Bosworth, G., Esparcia, J. 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Rural Studies
• Resilient SMEs and Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the UK craft brewing sector, Waehning, N., Bosworth, G., Cabras, I., Shakina, E., Sohns, F. 8 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
• Rural co-working: New network spaces and new opportunities for a smart countryside, Bosworth, G., Whalley, J., Füzi, A., Merrell, I., Chapman, P., Russell, E. Jan 2023, In: Journal of Rural Studies
• Universities and innovation strategies in rural regions: The case of the greater Lincolnshire innovation programme (UK), Salomaa, M., Charles, D., Bosworth, G. 1 Feb 2023, In: Industry and Higher Education
• All hubs and no spokes? Exploring the potential of hubs to sustain rural and regional development, Bosworth, G., Salemink, K. 26 May 2022, In: Local Economy
• How rural coworking hubs can facilitate well-being through the satisfaction of key psychological needs, Merrell, I., Füzi, A., Russell, E., Bosworth, G. 27 Jan 2022, In: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
• Applying Neo‐Endogenous Development Theory to Delivering Sustainable Local Nature Conservation, Marango, S., Bosworth, G., Curry, N. 1 Jan 2021, In: Sociologia Ruralis
• Innovation in agricultural and county shows: conceptualising the e-eventscape, Bosworth, G., Ardley, B., Gerlach, S. 8 Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management
• Migration practice as creative practice: an interdisciplinary exploration of migration, Hack-Polay, D., Mahmoud, A., Rydzik, A., Rahman, M., Igwe, P., Bosworth, G. 13 Jan 2021

Anoesjka Natasja Timmermans Preparing undergraduate students for Lifelong Learning Lessons learned from Entrepreneurship Education Start Date: 30/11/2021 End Date: 30/09/2022

I am the deputy director of iNCITE and module lead for the Masters programme "Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship".  

• PhD February 24 2009
• MRes
• MA (Hons)

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• iNCITE Research Centre
• ISBE Rural Entrepreneurship Network