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Halima Jibril serves as Assistant Professor (Research) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. She is Co-Investigator on the UKRI-funded Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC), a research centre dedicated to enhancing evidence-based practices in research and innovation funding policy.
Her research examines business innovation determinants, firm resilience, and performance drivers with dual focus on internal enablers and external business support systems. She specializes in rigorous evaluation of business support programmes using experimental and quasi-experimental methodologies, bridging academic theory with practical policy implementation across multiple government contexts.
Analysis of her 2019-2022 publications reveals consistent exploration of SME productivity dynamics amid digital transformation, pandemic recovery, and net zero transitions. Her work demonstrates methodological sophistication through mixed-methods designs and randomized trials, consistently targeting policy-relevant insights for economic resilience and innovation ecosystems.
Scientific Awards: No specific awards or fellowships were documented in the source material.
Halima supervises Master's dissertations in Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation while teaching Advanced Quantitative Research Methods at PhD level. Her grant portfolio includes leadership in the UKRI-funded IRC and multiple government-commissioned evaluations including the Evolve Digital programme for family firms and Cavendish Enterprise's Business Boost project, demonstrating strong policy engagement.
She operates within the Innovation and Research Caucus framework, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to translate research into actionable funding strategies for research and innovation ecosystems, with particular emphasis on evidence-based policy design.
