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Dr Robert Newbery

Dr Robert Newbery is a Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Innovation in Newcastle University Business School and leads the Entreperneurship Research Group as part of the University's KITE institute. With a background as an engineer and rural enterpreneur, he has experience in evaluating and supporting initiatives ranging from te world.s largest business plan competition (YouWin!) for DfiD to the award winning ICURE programme for the SETSquared partnership. His PhD explored the role and innovative rural supply chain micro-franchise scale-up project in Kenya for Comic Relief. His current research related to entrepreneurship and farmers in the developing and developed context; evaluating and measuring the impact of entrepreneurship initiatives; and critical approaches to entrepreneurship ecosystems.