Postgraduate research students

Mia's research looks at arts-based social enterprises across Scotland and how they contribute to the areas they are based in, across various spatial dimensions. She is particularly interested in how arts based social enterprises contribute to economic development, and the relationship government policy has within this. Mia uses historical research methods in conjunction with qualitative data within her work to map the growth and support of creative entrepreneurs over time within Scotland.

Mia's research sits within the Entrepreneurship, Development and Political Economy research cluster.  

Mia has also worked on the Authentic Leadership Pedagogy project with Dr Aleksandra Bavdaz which focuses on connecting business practice of leadership into higher education settings, along with part time work within Widening Participation. 

• Professor Jillian Gordon

• ASBS Mobility Grant (2024) to attend the University of Queensland, Australia as a visiting scholar in January - March 2025

• Clarke, M., Gordon, J. and MacKenzie, N. G. (2025, 10th February - 14th February). The journey of creative entrepreneurs, embeddedness, and legitimation on the road to value creation [Paper presentation]. Australasian Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence, Melbourne, Australia.

• MGT1005 - Introduction to Management
• MGT4018 - Research Methods
• MGT4091 - Integrating Business and Management in Practise 
• MGT5180 - International Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Memberships

Member of the Innovation and Research Caucus.

Previous Scholarships & Grants

• Rest of UK Excellence Scholarship (2016-2020), awarded by University of Glasgow to first degree students who gained AAA or better at first sitting of A Levels.
• Saltire Scholar (2019) jointly awarded by Entrepreneurial Scotland and Capital Theatres, Edinburgh.
• Adam Smith Business School Scholarship to Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University (2018), awarded on a competitive basis with all costs of study and travel covered.

Mia also previously served as Vice President Education of Students' Representative Council (GUSRC) in academic year 2021-22, presenting work in post across the University of Glasgow, and abroad at Université libre de Bruxelles and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. A link to an example of her work in post around Decolonising the Curriculum can be found here.