Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Jarrod Ormiston
Universities & Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney
Areas of Interest
- Social entrepreneurship
- Impact investment
- Social impact measurement
- Refugee entrepreneurship
- Indigenous entrepreneurship
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Informal economy
Biography
Dr. Jarrod Ormiston is a Senior Lecturer at the TD School (Transdisciplinary Innovation) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). His research and teaching focus on social entrepreneurship, impact investment, and supporting marginalized entrepreneurs, including refugees and migrants.
He previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Social Entrepreneurship in the Department of Organisation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship (OSE) at Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics. Prior to his work at Maastricht University, Jarrod worked as a lecturer at the University of Sydney, as an analyst in Growth Solutions at Deloitte and in various management roles in the Australian and Latin American nonprofit and education sectors. He has also worked as a consultant on entrepreneurship and education to the Australian Government, the OECD, and the United Nations.
Jarrod’s PhD, which he obtained from the University of Sydney, explored the role of impact measurement as a transdisciplinary practice in the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investment.