Researchers
Dr. Meike Stephan
Phone: 02 71-7 40 50 01 Fax: 02 71-7 40 15 00 1 E-Mail: Dr. Meike Stephan Room: US-A 127/1 Office Hours: by Appointment |  |
Felix Becker
Phone: 02 71-74 05 24 8 Fax: 02 71-74 01 52 48 E-Mail: Felix Becker Room: US-A 127/1 Office Hours: by Appointment |  |
Biography & Research
Felix Becker graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor's degree (B. Sc.) in economics from University of Bonn. He then gained practical experience in business management in the areas of project management and consulting in various companies. In 2020 he completed his Master of Science in "Entrepreneurship and SME Management" at the University of Siegen. His master's thesis dealt with entrepreneurship in multigenerational family businesses. His current research ties in thematically with this and he is investigating how entrepreneurship, especially in SMEs, is changing and evolving in the digital era.
Jessica Espinoza Trujano
External Researcher
E-Mail: Jessica Espinoza Trujano
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Biography & Research
Jessica Espinoza Trujano holds a double degree in International Business Management from ESB Business School at Reutlingen University and Dublin City University. She is an external PhD candidate researching the transformative impact potential of gender lens investing under the supervision of Univ.-Prof.in Dr. Friederike Welter at University of Siegen. Her research interest lies at the intersection of female entrepreneurship, and finance and investing. Most recently, she contributed two empirical research papers to the Special Issue on Gender Lens Investing of the Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment.
She is a member of the International Association of Feminist Economics (IAFFE) where she also serves as Chair of the online events committee, and of Diana International Research Institute. She is also a gender lens investment practitioner, having worked in the international field of entrepreneurship, finance and investment for over a decade. In her current role as CEO of the 2X Collaborative, a global industry body for gender lens investing, she aims to bring theory and practice more closely together in the field of finance and female entrepreneurship.
