Short profile
Nora Zybura (née Block) completed her Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences and History at the University of Erfurt and the University of Ghent, Belgium. She then pursued a Master's degree in Sociology at the University of Mannheim, focusing on Methods of Empirical Social Research and Migration and Integration. As part of her Master's program, she spent a semester abroad at East Carolina University, USA.
Since April 2014, she has been a research associate at the Institute for SME Research.
Professional and Academic Resume
| Since April 2014 | Research Associate at the University of Mannheim, Institute and Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship |
| 09/ | Student Assistant at the Mannheim Institute of Public Health |
| 08–12/2012 | Studied Sociology at East Carolina University |
| 09/ | Studied Sociology (M.A.) at the University of Mannheim |
| 08/ | Summer School “Applied Multivariate Analysis” at the University of Utrecht |
| 09/ | Studied Social Sciences at the University of Ghent |
| 10/ | Studied Social Sciences and History (B.A.) at the University of Erfurt |
Awards and Scholarships:
- Baden-Württemberg Stipendium für Studierende für das Auslandssemester an der East Carolina University
Projects:
- Effective knowledge transfer between science and business in the Opole Voivodeship
- Promoting entrepreneurial culture at the University of Mannheim (as part of the initiative “Entrepreneurial Culture in Studies and Teaching (GuStL)” by the state of Baden-Württemberg)
- Entrepreneurial potential of people with foreign roots – developments, success factors, barriers
- MCEI – Mannheimer Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- MIGRANTINNEN gründen – Business start-ups by migrant women
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