Iulia Stroila is a Research Associate and Lecturer at the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre. She works on regional and international projects concerning entrepreneurship and community engagement in rural areas, inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems, and female entrepreneurship. Iulia is currently the project manager of RestART Europe and the lead researcher of WeRin. In her past attributions, she was the project manager of ARDENT. Iulia holds a BSc in Business Administration at The Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, and a MA in International Marketing and Sales at the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Since 2020, Iulia has pursued her PhD at the Entrepreneurship Commercialisation and Innovation Centre of The University of Adelaide, Australia, a collaborative PhD programme with the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. In her research, she focuses on the well-being of entrepreneurial ecosystems-the ability of ecosystems to support the quality, diversity, resilience, and opportunity and choice provision for entrepreneurship. Accordingly, she investigates how ecosystems worldwide can focus more on inclusive, sustainable, and high-growth forms of entrepreneurship.

Curriculum Vitae:

• 2019 - Junior Account Manager (Vertex Security LLC; New York City, USA)
• 2019 - MA in International Marketing and Sales, FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• 2017 - Online Marketing Intern (ChillBill GmbH, Vienna, AT)
• 2017 - BA in International Business and Economics, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
• 2016 - Exchange year at The University of Bremen, Germany
• 2015 - Accounts Receivable Intern (Office Depot SRL; Cluj-Napoca, RO)

Publications & Conference presentations:

1. Stoker, S., Stroila, I., Rossano-Rivero, S., Rossano, Davis, S., & Wakkee, I. (2021, November 17-19). Towards an understanding of the lack of inclusivity in entrepreneurial ecosystems [Paper Presentation]. UIIN Conference (Amsterdam, NL). Link
2. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2022, May 18-20). Unpacking Typologies of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Well-Being: A Configurational Approach [Paper Development Session]. NCSB-21st Nordic Conference on Small Business Research Conference (Kolding, DK).
3. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2022, May 18-20). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Well-Being: A Multidimensional, Multilevel Configurational Conceptualization of Ecosystem Health [Paper Presentation]. NCSB-21st Nordic Conference on Small Business Research Conference (Kolding, DK).
4. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2022, February 26-27). Managing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: configurations of well-being [Paper Development Session]. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Winter School 2022, Utrecht University School of Economics (online).
5. Stroila, I. (2021, December). The Importance of Well-Being in Assessing the Health of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems [Magazine Publication]. ENPACT. Link
6. Stoker, S., Stroila, I., Rossano-Rivero, S., Rossano, Davis, S., & Wakkee, I. (2021, November 17-19). Towards an understanding of inclusive ecosystems [Paper Presentation]. RENT XXXV (Turku, FI).
7. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2021, February 9-12). Mapping Well-Being in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework [Paper Development Session]. ACERE 2021: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference (online).
8. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2021, April 26-27). Managing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: configurations of well-being [Paper presentation]. 4PDS 2021: IV Paper Development Seminar (online).
9. Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2021, June 8-12). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Well-Being: A Conceptualization And Research Agenda [Paper Development Session]. Babson Pre-conference Workshop 2021: 41^st Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (online).
10. Stroila, I. (2020). Drivers and Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship: Does National and Regional Context Matter? Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-31514-6. Link
11. Stroila, I. (2020, December 4-6) Drivers and Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship: Does National and Regional Context Matter? [Paper presentation] EURAM Conference (online).
12. Stroila, I. (2020, February 4-7) Higher Education Institutions as Support Mechanisms to Women Entrepreneurship. ACERE Conference-PhD Workshop. Adelaide, Australia.