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Assistant Professor

Sokeibelemaye Nwauche

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise

Personal Profile

Sokeibelemaye’s research interests focus on for-profit entrepreneurial venture, social enterprise/social innovation and nonprofits. Specifically, she focuses on the internal organizational dynamics of social economy organizations, their interrelationships with the private and public sectors and contribution to human well-being. Prior to joining ����APP, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto.

Honours/Awards/Accreditations

• 2026-2028: SSHRC Insight Development Grant (principal investigator). “Social Enterprise Resilience”.

Research Highlights

Nwauche, S., Shier, M.L. & Graham, J. R. Internal Partnership Dynamics Contributing to Intra and Cross–Sectoral Partnerships by Human Service Nonprofits in Canada, (forthcoming).

Shier, M.L & Nwauche, S. Creating an Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Environment in Human Service Organizations. (Forthcoming).

Nwauche, S. & Claeyé, F. (2024). Institutional Voids: An Impediment to Social Enterprises in the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 15(3), 1088-1110. Published online: 05 Sep 2022.

Nwauche, S. (2023). A Framework to Integrate Non–profits into Development Planning in South Africa. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 34: 1134– 1145.

Nwauche, S. (2022). An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Government–Non–profit Organisations Partnership in the Delivery of Social Services. Development in Practice, 32(5), 660– 670.