Staff
Paul Lassalle
MA, MRes
Research Student
Tel: +(44) 141/ 848 3496
Fax: +(44) 141/ 848 3395
e-mail: paul.lassalle@uws.ac.uk
Paul Lassalle obtained his MA diploma at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po) in 2006. His parallel MRes study at the Centre for Sociology of Organisations (CSO) concerned the hypermarkets sector in Poland with a particular focus on the work conditions and HR management in the context of Polish economic transition.
Currently, Paul is a research student in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of the West of Scotland Business School. He conducts research on Polish Entrepreneurs in Scotland, their experiences of starting-up and their business strategies.
Other academic interests: youth movements in Poland, labour market in post-communist countries.
Publications
‘Polish Entrepreneurs in the Glasgow Area: Migratory and Business Strategies’ in ‘Studia Migracyjne - Przeglad Polonijny’, published by the Polish Academy of Sciences, (Special Issue on Migrations between Poland and the UK), with Ewa Helinska-Hughes and Pr. Michael Hughes, May 2011.
‘Polish migrant entrepreneurial strategies in the UK’, with Pr. Michael Hughes, Ewa Helinska-Hughes, conference proceedings, 'Challenges of Europe: Growth and Competitiveness - Reversing the Trends’, Split-Bol, May 2011.
‘Re-theorising Ethnic Entrepreneurial Strategies’ with Ewa Helinska-Hughes and Pr. Michael Hughes, ISBE Conference, London 2010.
ISBE e-magazine version available at: http://www.isbe.org.uk/ethnicentrepreneurialstrategies
'The trajectories of Polish immigrant businesses in Scotland andtherole of social capital’ with Ewa Helinska-Hughes, Michael Hughes, Igor Skowron. Conference paper, "Entrepreneurship and Growth of Family Firms”, Cracow University of Economics, June2009.
'Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs: communities, social capital, actors' strategies' Paper presented at Loughborough University, Workshop: 'EU nationals in the UK Labour force: Economic Migrants or Free-Moving Citizens of the EU?' November 2008.
'Both restless and conventional : Polish far right youth movement Mlodziez Wszechpolska' (with Marek Naczyk), Conference paper, BASEES Annual Conference, Cambridge, March 2008.
