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Research Development Manager
+44 (0)207 133 5105
s.bagwell@londonmet.ac.uk
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Interests and Expertise
- Black and ethnic minority SMEs
- SMEs and regeneration
- Local economic development initiatives
- Urban policy and regeneration
- Project management and funding strategies
- Evaluation practice and policy
Sue Bagwell has a background in community and economic development , project management, and research, and has experience of working in the voluntary sector, local government and as a freelance consultant as well as higher education. She has an MSc in Entrepreneurial Studies and a Diploma in Social Research and Evaluation.
Her research interests include Black and Ethnic Minority SMEs, SMEs and regeneration, local economic development initiatives, urban policy and regeneration, project management and funding strategies, evaluation practice and policy
Current/recent projects and awards
- 2005 Management and Marketing study for the Arsenal Workspace Conversion Project, Arsenal Regeneration Team
- 2004-9 Evaluation of the City Fringe City Growth Strategy, City Fringe Partnership
- 2004-6 Training and Education for Regeneration Professionals, Higher Education and Innovation Fund; (with J. Foord and J.Lewis)
- 2003-4 The influence of culture on Vietnamese business practice Nuffield Foundation 2002-3 Vietnamese businesses in London Business Link for London
- 2002-3 Turkish businesses in London, Business Link for London
- 2002-4 Economic and cultural heritage development in Hai Duong EU Asia Urbs Programme
- 1996-2001 Continuing Vocational Education for SMEs Higher Education Funding Council for England
- 1998-2001 Womens Enterprises Electronic Networks EU DG 23
Publications
Journal articles
- 2008 forthcoming ‘Transnational Family Networks And Ethnic Minority Business
Development: The Case Of The UK Vietnamese Nail Shop’ International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
- 2008 ‘Creative Clusters and City Growth’ Creative Industries Journal 1(1) 31-46
- 2007 'Skills needs for regeneration professionals' Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 1(2) 191-204
- 2006‘Vietnamese Businesses: Cultural Influences and Intra-cultural Differences’ Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy vol 24, pp51-69
- 2004 'Ethnoscapes as Spectacle: Reimaging Multicultural Districts as New Destinations for Leisure and Tourism Consumption' (with Stephen Shaw and Joanna Karmowska) Urban Studies Vol 41, No 10
- 1998 Marketing Continuing Vocational Education To Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Key issues for Higher Education Institutions, Innovations in Education and Training International, Vol. 35, Number 3.
Reports
- 2006 City Fringe Partnership City Growth Strategy Evaluation Programme: Baseline Report (with Graeme Evans, Galina Gornostaeva, Jane Lewis and Sharon Lambley)
- 2005 Market and Management Study for the Bramall Centre, A Feasibility Study prepared for the Arsenal Regeneration Team (with Jo Lewandowski)
- 2005 The Training Needs of Regeneration Professionals,(with Jane Lewis, Jo Foord, Graeme Evans)
- 2003 Vietnamese Businesses in London Business Link for London pp 34
- 1998 Marketing vocational lifelong learning to small and medium sized enterprises a case study in Promoting vocational lifelong learning: a guide to good practice in the HE sector', HEFCE Sept.