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Drs. S. Stoker (Saskia)

Telephone:
0614640840
Email:
s.stoker@hva.nl
Work address:
Fraijlemaborg, Fraijlemaborg 133, 1102 CV Amsterdam
Postal address:
Postbus 526,1000 AM Amsterdam
Room number:
3.058
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Saskia Stoker is a lecturer-researcher at Faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Applied Sciences of Amsterdam. She teaches research methodology, and on the topic of diversity and inclusion. Furthermore, she is a thesis supervisor and a coach to student ambassadors diversity & inclusion working at the University of Applied Sciences of Amsterdam.

Stoker did a sociological master's degree specializing in gender and sexuality at the University of Amsterdam. In her PhD research, "Embedding women entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial industries" at the Vrije Universiteit, she is investigating how women entrepreneurs can be better embedded in the entrepreneurial environment. Her PhD project is supervised by Prof. Dr. Svetlana Khapova of the Vrije Universiteit and AUAS lector Dr. Ingrid Wakkee.

In the first three of five sub-studies, she used data from project WeRin, the project of which she was project leader. WeRIn was a 3-year project to create inclusive entrepreneurship education. More information can be found on the WeRIn website (https://werinproject.eu/), LinkedIn page or twitter account.

Saskia Stoker's doctoral research began in December 2021 and is expected to finish in December 2025.

Themes

Diversity, inclusion and entrepreneurship

Gender and entrepreneurship

  • From women entrepreneurs doing things better, to better things for women entrepreneurs
    Stoker, S., & Wakkee, I. A. M. (2024). From women entrepreneurs doing things better, to better things for women entrepreneurs. Unpublished. In ISBE Conference 2024
  • The Double-Edged Sword effect of Women-Only Business Networks
    Stoker, S., Kör, B., & Wakkee, I. A. M. (2024). The Double-Edged Sword effect of Women-Only Business Networks. In Diana Conference 2024
  • Pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities is not a choice
    Stoker, S., Rossano-Rivero, S., Davis, S., Wakkee, I., & Stroila, I. (2024). Pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities is not a choice: the interplay between gender norms, contextual embeddedness, and (in)equality mechanisms in entrepreneurial contexts. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-12-2022-1139
  • Navigating The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Unveiling The Confirming And Restricting Power of Women Entrepreneurs’ To Create Belonging And Embeddedness With Their Agency
    Stoker, S., Wakkee, I. A. M., & Cruz Garcia , A. (2023). Navigating The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Unveiling The Confirming And Restricting Power of Women Entrepreneurs’ To Create Belonging And Embeddedness With Their Agency. In RENT conference 2023
  • From Perception to Practice: Integrating Gender Inclusivity in Business Incubators
    Been, C., Stoker, S., & Wakkee, I. A. M. (2023). From Perception to Practice: Integrating Gender Inclusivity in Business Incubators. In 3E conference Denmark Aarhus
  • Vooronderzoek Kennisontwikkeling Diversiteit en Inclusie in relatie tot Studensuccess
    de Coninck, L., Snabilie, M., Bouzaggou, S., van Geffen, E., Zeewijk, S., Eckmeyer, K., Steffens, H., Tahsin, T., & Stoker, S. (2023). Vooronderzoek Kennisontwikkeling Diversiteit en Inclusie in relatie tot Studensuccess: Onderzoeksverslag en Organisatievoorstel.
  • “Is there a fit?”
    Stoker, S., & Martens, J. (2022). “Is there a fit?”: An investigation of gendered vocabulary in entrepreneurship education and its effect on students. Paper presented at 3E 2022 - Entrepreneurship Education Excellence: from Outcome Assessment to Individual and Societal Impacts , Dijon, France.
  • Regional Scan of the Current State of Gender Inclusivity
    Stoker, S., Wakkee, I., & Martens, J. (2022). Regional Scan of the Current State of Gender Inclusivity: The Netherlands. Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
  • Understanding Current Research on Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
    Stroila, I., Rossano-Rivero, S., Stoker, S., & Wakkee, I. (2022). Understanding Current Research on Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Literature Review Report.
  • Towards an understanding of inclusive ecosystems
    Stoker, S., Rossano-Rivero, I., Rossano, S., Davis, S., & Wakkee, I. (2021). Towards an understanding of inclusive ecosystems. Paper presented at RENT XXXV. Turku, Finland, Turku, Finland.
  • The Position of Female Entrepreneurs and Women in Tech
    Stoker, S., Wakkee, I., Martens, J., Lucassen, I., Visser, V., & Steeman, S. (2021). The Position of Female Entrepreneurs and Women in Tech: A research aimed at identifying obstacles and opportunities for female entrepreneurs and women in tech in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Lectoraat Ondernemerschap.
  • I’m not your stereotype: gendering entrepreneurial education (EE)
    Stoker, S., Wakkee, I., & Martens, J. (2021). I’m not your stereotype: gendering entrepreneurial education (EE). In 3E Conference - ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2021 (pp. 1-17)
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