I am a doctoral candidate in Entrepreneurship at the Department of Management Studies in Aalto University. I held an MSc in Entrepreneurship from Aalto University and a Bachelor of Business from Victoria University.

My research interest is in entrepreneurship in base-of-the-pyramid market, community entrepreneurship and informal entrepreneurship. My research has a strong qualitative focus with critical realist position. My current research topics include:

• Discourses of entrepreneurship in the context of poverty
• Community entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation
• Microfinance and entrepreneurship orientation