Role and Responsibilities

Professor Alistair Anderson is Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Key External / Professional Roles

• Editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; Editorial Board member of 13 other journals;
• Rapporteur and reviewer for ESRC;
• Peer Reviewer for European Science Foundation
• Member of the Peer Review College of the Danish Council for Strategic Research;
• External Peer reviewer for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada;
• Honorary Professor at Aberdeen University; honorary fellow at Lancaster University.

Research Interests

Professor Anderson is theme leader for the Business and Enterprise theme within the Institute for Management, Governance and Society (ImaGeS)research institute. His research interests are primarily in the areas of:

• Entrepreneurship and small business
• Social aspects of entrepreneurship and SMEs

Key Funding

Federation of Small Business Professor of Small Business (2008-2010)