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Laurel Steinfield (BComm, MSc, DPhil) is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ivey Business School, University of Western. Her work focuses on inequities and explores (social) innovations/enterprises that can improve livelihoods.
She has over 15 years of experience working in and with social enterprises/entrepreneurs, and conducting research that examines gender lens impact investing, entrepreneurship in Eastern/Southern Africa, women economic empowerment initiatives, and solutions to improve climate resilience among vulnerable communities.
As a transformative consumer research scholar and former Associate Professor of Marketing at Bentley University (USA), she views social innovations/enterprises as a key mechanism with which to address intersectional injustices and to achieve the sustainable development goals.
Programs Taught
- PhD, Theoretical Contributions and their Evolution in Marketing & Consumer Behavior, Bentley University
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Marketplace, Bentley University
- Doing Market Research for Social Impact, Bentley University
- Marketing for Non-Profits and Social Enterprises, Bentley University
- Essentials of Marketing Strategy: Insights, Design and Impact, Bentley University
- Introduction to Marketing and Operations, Bentley University
- Graduate-level Consumer Behavior, Bentley University
- MBA Culture & Global Markets, University of Oxford
- MBA Introduction to Marketing, University of Oxford
Teaching
- New Venture Project
- Innovating for Impact (MSc)
- The Art of Social Entrepreneurship (HBA)
Programs Taught
- HBA
- MSc
Education
- DPhil (PhD), University of Oxford, Management Research, UK
- MSc, University of Oxford, Management Research, UK
- BCOMM Honors, Queen University, Canada
Honours & Awards
- Responsible Research in Business & Management Honor Roll for article, Steinfield et al. (2021) Across time, across space, and intersecting in complex ways: a framework for assessing impacts of environmental disruptions on nature-dependent prosumers. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 40(2), 262-284.
- Worshipful Company of Marketors Award for outstanding DPhil dissertation
Experience
- SeeHer and AEF's Education Module for Improving Representation of Women and Girls in Advertising, Intersectionality Module Co-creator (2021-present)
- Empowering Women Together Research Project, Co-Investigator (2013-2016)
- University of Oxford, Institute for Science, Innovation & Society, Research Assistant (2010-2011)
- Harvard University, Center for International Development's Entrepreneurship Finance Lab Study, African Project Coordinator (2008-2009)
- Business Partners Ltd (Venture Capital Firm), Researcher (2007-2008)
- Matchboxology (social enterprise), Project Manager (2006-2007)
- Canada's International Institute of Sustainable Development Internship at the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (South Africa) (2005-2006)
- The Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada, Project Support Coordinator (2005)
- Business Development Bank of Canada, Coordinator, Consulting Services (2003-2004)