Wojdan Omran-Farraj

Post Doc

Wojdan Omran-Farraj (post Doc) - is currently a PhD t at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK. Her doctoral thesis topic explores the epistemic injustices endured by internally displaced Palestinian women entrepreneurs situated in city and refugee camp environments in the West Bank. Based on her work thus far, she has presented her work at several conferences and co-hosted an online seminar. Bridging academic work to the mainstream and representing a Palestinian perspective, Wojdan also contributed to a documentary film on women’s entrepreneurship which premiered at Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) UK in 2020. Prior to starting her PhD studies, Wojdan's professional experience has been heavily based in academia as a lecturer of management at Birzeit University in Palestine where she also served the administration, most notably as director of the Alumni and Career Services Office. Her published work to date includes topics on organizational processes, gender and entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on marginalized groups. Wojdan is currently working with Nazarbayev University’s Research Centre for Entrepreneurship (NURCE) at the Graduate School of Business (GSB), which aims to advance transformative social value and impact through entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. Wojdan has also contributed to an integral aspect of this endeavour with a research team exploring the role of women entrepreneurs in community-based tourism across Kyrgyzstan.