Research Publications 2025 — 5 academic papers with DOIs + 3 awards at ISBE Glasgow
The Year in Research: NURCE Publications 2025
NURCE scholars published multiple peer-reviewed articles in 2025, advancing knowledge across entrepreneurship, gender, and sustainability:
"Empowerment and collective action: feminist solidarity through women's entrepreneurship in Kyrgyzstan's community-based tourism"Authors: Shumaila Yousafzai, Nurlykhan Aljanova | Published: 6 March 2025 | DOI: 10.1108/IJGE-02-2024-0066
"Spinning the circle: unravelling the 'why?' behind social motivations in circular economy entrepreneurship"Authors: Juan D. Borrero, Shumaila Yousafzai | Published: 24 April 2025 | DOI: 10.1108/JEC-01-2024-0003
"Masquerade of power: women entrepreneurs reshaping gender norms in Kazakhstan's male-dominated sectors"Authors: Shumaila Yousafzai, Nurlykhan Aljanova, Wojdan Omran | Published: 18 September 2025 | DOI: 10.1108/IJGE-02-2024-0028
"Decolonizing entrepreneurship: navigating, resisting and transforming patriarchy through infrapolitics in Palestine and the Global South"Authors: Wojdan Omran, Shumaila Yousafzai | Published: 28 October 2025 | DOI: 10.1108/IJGE-04-2024-0115
"Beyond survival: tracing the processual arc of well-being among disabled entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan"Authors: Shumaila Yousafzai, Rana Zayadin, Aigerim Tarbagataeva, Mohammad Habib Abdullah | Published: 18 December 2025 | DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-04-2025-0459
🏆 The last paper received three awards at the ISBE 47th Annual Conference in Glasgow, UK: