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Based in Istanbul, ITU ARI Teknokent is a hub for R&D and innovation activities in Turkey. It supports improving and steering the synergy arising from Istanbul’s Technical University’s academic knowledge and R&D companies. ITU ARI Teknokent aims to impact the WeRin project by contributing to the project’s overall aim which is that within three years […]

After the launch of the regional scans on International Women’s Day on 8th March, 2022 (available here), the WeRin partners set about continuing their work on the Design and Deployment phase of the project. The WeRin research team, led by the University of Zagreb, Faculty of the Organization and Informatics with partners Amsterdam University of

By Dr. Sue Rossano-Rivero, FH Münster.  Our project has reached a very exciting stage of sense-making. After completing our research activities, the WeRin consortium has worked together to include other stakeholders in the research phase to complement our findings and make sense of what the research findings mean for the completion of our main goal:

In a recently launched report by the EU, called ‘A guide for fostering women’s entrepreneurship’, five key actions are identified that will encourage and nurture women’s entrepreneurship, leading to a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. We compare the @WeRinProject goals and actions against each of these five findings. 1. Raise awareness about Women’s Entrepreneurship and acknowledge the importance of

We’re excited and proud to share with you that the WeRin project has won an award in the first Social EU Awards. The awards run by Social EU is an EU project working to develop and test an innovative training approach and methodology for EU project managers on how to best use social media. WeRin

As part of our explorations on inclusive entrepreneurship and education in Europe, we asked four successful female entrepreneurs what supports their entrepreneurial journey. Here are the key messages from Phoebe Denham (Growth & Accelerator Programs, Netherlands), Nesrin Akın Öztabak (Bimcrone, Turkey), Anna Hülemeier (Techlabs, Germany) and Olivia Norman (Naivilo, Ireland). Listen to their insightful answers

We are delighted to bring you the second edition of our bi-annual magazine dedicated to Women Entrepreneurs in Regional Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (WeRin), a forward-thinking European initiative with a team of 14 partners who are passionate about increasing the share of female graduate entrepreneurs. Our second issue brings you insights from the recent Think Tanks

Momentum is one of Ireland’s leading innovation and entrepreneurship specialists, recognised as thought-leading strategists, facilitators, and educators in transformation through innovation. Founded in 2003, Momentum is a female-led and operated organisation and is very aware of the multitude of barriers faced by female entrepreneurs – lack of technical expertise, lack of role models, low self-confidence,

Drawing on the scientific and policy literature published between 2006-2021, we aimed to understand the current research on (women) entrepreneurship in higher education, gender inclusivity, and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems to present the most comprehensive insights into entrepreneurship education developments and entrepreneurial ecosystems that have a specific focus on gender inclusivity. Armed with this expansive literature

Recent research by the WeRin consortium has explored stakeholder views of gender inclusivity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A key observation from over 400 interviews across five European countries was that there are conflicting views on the need for women-only programmes and supports. Women only approaches have been applied as an inclusivity measure to increase the