London Metropolitan University Research Institutes
 

Sue Bagwell




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Research Development Manager

+44 (0)207 133 4103

s.bagwell@londonmet.ac.uk

Interests and Expertise

  • Black and ethnic minority enterpreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship and regeneration
  • Local economic development policy and initiatives
  • Urban policy and regeneration
  • Evaluation practice and policy
  • Project management and funding strategies

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 in 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 entrepreneurship, SMEs and regeneration, local economic development initiatives, urban policy and regeneration, evaluation practice and policy, and project management and funding strategies,

Current/recent projects and awards

  • 2012 Evaluation of the West London Tri-borough Healthier Catering Commtment
  • 2011 Survey of Business Support Needs of Design Businesses for Design Nation
  • 2011 Evaluation of Metropolitan Works ERDF Capital Project
  • 2011 Evaluation of Tesco's Community Alcohol Project (CAP), Tesco
  • 2011 The Impact of European Cultural Routes on SMEs innovation and competitiveness, Council of Europe
  • 2009 Evaluation of the ESRC Skills and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities Initiative, ESRC
  • 2009 Fast Food Outlets in Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust 
  • 2006-8 Collaborator in international Research Programme ‘Ethnic Neighbourhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption’, Cities Innovation Program (StIP), Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies (NICIS) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • 2004-9 Evaluation of the City Fringe City Growth Strategy, City Fringe Partnership
  • 2005 Management and Marketing study for the Arsenal Workspace Conversion Project, Arsenal Regeneration Team
  • 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

  • 2012 (in press) Shaw, S. and Bagwell S. ‘Ethnic Minority Restaurateurs and the Regeneration of “Banglatown” in London's East End’, in V. Aytar and J. Rath (eds.) Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Rise of Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption, New York: Routledge, in press.
  • 2011 'The role of independent fast-food outlets in obesogenic environments: a case study of East London in the UK' Environment and Planning A 41, 2217-2236
  • 2008 ‘Transnational Family Networks And Ethnic Minority Business
    Development: The Case Of Vietnamese Nail Shops in the UK'     International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 14 (6) pp377-394 Winner of the 2008 Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Paper Award
  • 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.
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Reports

  • 2012 Evaluation of Islington Community Alcohol Partnership: Final Report, Tesco plc
  • 2011 Evaluation of Islington Community Alcohol Partnership: Baseline Report, Tesco plc
  • 2011 Design-Nation: Research on the Demand for Future Services,
  • 2011 (forthcomming) 'Measuring the Cultrual Routes' impact and SMEs performance' Section 5.3 in Impact of European Cultural Routes on SMEs’ innovation and competitiveness, The Council of Europe 
  • 2011 (forthcomming) 'The Hansa Cultural Route', in Part II Impact of European Cultural Routes on SMEs’ innovation and competitiveness, The Council of Europe
  • 2009 Fast Food Outlets in Tower Hamlets and the Provision of Healthier Food Choices (with Simon Doff), Tower Hamlets PCT
  • 2009 City Fringe Partnership City Growth Strategy Evaluation Programme: Final Report (with Jo Foord, Jane Lewis and Sharon Lambley)
  • 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.

 






 

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