I’m currently developing a PhD research project on how entrepreneurship can move beyond sustainability and actively regenerate biodiversity; particularly in ecologically rich but economically marginalised regions of the Global South. My work explores how to shift from market-driven offsetting models toward a contribution-based approach grounded in regeneration, care, and systems thinking. Hence, my research asks:

How can regenerative entrepreneurship be operationalised to deliver biodiversity-positive outcomes, while advancing socio-ecological wellbeing and economic transformation within planetary boundaries?

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My approach combines spatial analysis, systemic measurement, and participatory co-design to build tools that help evaluate and support biodiversity-positive entrepreneurship. This includes a proposed Systemic Measurement Framework designed to guide funders, educators, and policymakers in assessing the real impact of regenerative business models.

The research also investigates how entrepreneurs in constrained contexts enact ecological values, and how we can co-create educational toolkits to address what I call the biodiversity blind spot in entrepreneurship education. To regenerate biodiversity, we must reimagine entrepreneurship; not as a tool for extraction, but as a force for ecological and social renewal.

 

This research is currently in development as part of a proposed doctoral programme. If you’re interested in regenerative innovation, biodiversity policy, or collaborative research in this space, I’d love to connect. I am particularly passionate about the intersection between entrepreneurship and biodiversity conservation; a field I believe remains critically underexplored in academic discourse. These questions have shaped not only my research focus, but also my professional and personal journey. They fuel my motivation to pursue a doctoral degree dedicated to rethinking entrepreneurship as a regenerative, place-based force for ecological and social transformation.