Professor Vadim Grinevich PhD (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Vadim Grinevich is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Innovation at the University of Bradford School of Management.
Vadim Grinevich is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Innovation at the University of Bradford School of Management.
Vadim’s key expertise is in the field of academic entrepreneurship, innovation and university-industry links. His research develops an inclusive approach which helps shed light on the nature and extent of entrepreneurial activities by academics with different intersectional profiles, from both STEM and non-STEM disciplines and across different types of universities. Vadim is also interested in digitally enabled sustainable entrepreneurship. He has published in top journals including Research Policy, Small Business Economics, Journal of Technology Transfer, Environment and Planning C, International Journal of Management Reviews, and Gender, Work & Organizaton. Vadim’s research has been supported by UK Research Councils, British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship Fund, European Commission, NESTA and local and devolved administrations.
Throughout his career, Vadim has held key leadership roles. He co-directed the Management Research Centre at the University of Wolverhampton, which is the research arm of the Wolverhampton Business School. He was Faculty Director of Graduate School at Business, Law and Art & Social Sciences at the University of Southampton. He was also directing the Centre for Inclusive and Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Southampton Business School. Vadim uses all his knowledge, experience and skills to help further enhance the profile of the entrepreneurship & innovation education and research in his home and affiliated institutions, with particular emphasis on the co-creation of value for communities, individuals and organisations locally, nationally and internationally.
Vadim holds a PhD in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge where he was a Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar. He was a Regional Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at Washington, D.C., and held research positions at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge-MIT Institute and Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies. Vadim is a Chair of the European Academy of Management Doctoral Colloquium. He is also internationally affiliated with the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, Pakistan, and was previously a Visiting Professor at Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Ege University, Turkey.