Communication science studies at the University Duisburg-Essen and economic studies at the Distant University in Hagen. Since 2006 researcher at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University and part of the research department ‘Innovation, Space & Culture’. Here, she leads the thematic priotity 'Migration & Innovation'. Above all, she considers how immigrants contribute to regional innovation systems, but also how migration as an phenomenon shapes innovative actions within countries, regions and institutions. Her special focus lies at concepts of empowerment of immigrants as employees as well as regional potentials of immigrant entrepreneurs. She was lead partner and partner of several national and EU projects on migration related issues and was giving her expertise to several German ministries and the Integration Commisioner of the German Federal Goverment on Immigrant Entrepreneurship. In addition, she is involved in topics of distrimination and migrations narratives within Europe.
She wrote her doctoral thesis at the University of Twente (Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability) in Enschede (NL) titled: „Human Capital and the Role of Networks – Migration, Inclusion and New Qualification for a Sustainable Regional Economy” and worked two years as a consultant in Bern, Switzerland.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1068 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-8624 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-david-8a065833/ | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexandra_David?ev=hdr_xprf&_sg=d5nHzwa3fDA8WN5Fd-eci8US49aC9O0eIT0ULlHbFKYPExT4xK2PV2zvlTNAYheMDXglZi3nXdSwSKA8K9ZNlFzZ |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Westphalian University, Institute for Work and Technology
Research Institute, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Senior Researcher
Research
Bridging the Gap Transnationally—Coupling Migrants' Informal and Formal Business Activities Through Hybrid Business Models
| Authors | Alexandra David, Judith Terstriep, Maria Elo |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Thunderbird International Business Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
What is refugee entrepreneurship?
| Authors | Alexandra David, Lukas R. Zaghow |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Refugee Entrepreneurship | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Does context matter?
| Authors | Judith Terstriep, Alexandra David, Michelle Richey |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Refugee Entrepreneurship |
Spatial perspectives on migrant entrepreneurship
| Authors | Alexandra David, Susann Schäfer |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An intersectional perspective on the impacts and responses of entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
| Authors | Alexandra David, Judith Terstriep, Susann Schäfer, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
How to attract migrant entrepreneurs to peripheral regions? Evidence from Poland
| Authors | Sabina Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Jolanta Maj, Alexandra David |
| Journal Name | International Entrepreneurship Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Much ado about refugee entrepreneurship? Refugees vs economic migrants’ entrepreneurial intention in Poland
| Authors | Alexandra David, Jolanta Maj, Maciej Filipowicz, ... |
| Journal Name | Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Regional framework conditions for future careers related to transport and mobility
| Authors | Alexandra David, Judith Terstriep |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Strategy and Management | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Riding the wave: resilient Polish migrant entrepreneurs navigating Brexit and COVID-19 in the UK
| Authors | Alexandra David, Judith Terstriep, Przemysław Zbierowski |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |