Management Practice Associate Professor
Director of the MSt in Entrepreneurship programme
BA, MA (University of Nottingham), PhD (University of Cambridge)
My research interests include entrepreneurship, lean startup and pivoting, gender, application of sociological approaches to broaden our understanding of entrepreneurial activity, and entrepreneurial strategy. I’m passionate about understanding how research can improve the delivery and impact of entrepreneurship education to educate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Professional experience
Monique’s research includes the study of entrepreneurial teams, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship and gender, and the use of sociological approaches to broaden our understanding of entrepreneurial activity. Monique leads the EVER project, which is a longitudinal qualitative study of the teams within Accelerate Cambridge. This project aims to understand the strategic decision-making of early ventures and how teams pivot over time.
She is also currently working on a project exploring the impact of gender on entrepreneurship in the gaming industry. Monique has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and her thesis focused on applying philosophy to archaeology to look at the nature of knowledge creation of the past.
Previously, she worked on the design and implementation of a survey-based tool to measure the impact of entrepreneurial education (as part of multiple EU-funded projects) and remains passionate about understanding how research can improve the delivery and impact of entrepreneurship education to educate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Monique is also the Deputy Director of the MSt in Entrepreneurship. She currently teaches Prototyping and Product Development, and Research Methods.
Selected publications
- Boddington, M. (2024) “Reshaping gendered norms in entrepreneurship: incorporating gender identity and entrepreneurial practice.” Gender, Work and Organization (DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13075) (published online Sep 2023)
- Yousafzai, S., Henry, C., Boddington, M., Sheikh, S. and Fayolle, A. (2022) Research handbook of women’s entrepreneurship and value creation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Boddington, M. and Kavadias, S. (2018) “Entrepreneurial pivoting as organizational search: defining pivoting in early stage ventures.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1): 12065 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12065abstract)
- Boddington, M. and Barakat, S. (2018) “Exploring alternative gendered social structures within entrepreneurship education: notes from a women’s-only enterprise programme in the United Kingdom.” In: Yousafzai, S., Fayolle, A., Lindgreen, A., Henry, C., Saeed, S. and Sheikh, S. (eds.) Women entrepreneurs and the myth of ‘underperformance’: a new look at women’s entrepreneurship research. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.141-158 (DOI: 10.4337/9781786434500.00020)
- Boddington, M.I. (2016) “‘Boys’ things and girls’ things’: understanding the gendered order of entrepreneurial practice.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1): 13960 (DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2016.13960abstract)
- Boddington, M. and Barakat, S. (2015) “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a measurement of entrepreneurship education: understanding programme affects and demographic variability.” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 35(16): 7
- Barakat, S., Boddington, M. and Vyakarnam, S. (2014) “Measuring entrepreneurial self-efficacy to understand the impact of creative activities for learning innovation.” International Journal of Management Education, 12(3): 456-468 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2014.05.007)
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