Responsibilities

Fernando is currently a doctoral researcher (PhD research) and associate lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS) based within the Centre for Enterprise (CfE). Fernando is also a part-time lecturer at University of Cumbria.

Background

Fernando took his BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design at Kingston University, MSc in Manufacturing at Cranfield University where he specialised in ‘Sustainability and Design’ and MRes in Management and business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School where he specialise in entrepreneurship, sustainable development and education. Fernando has worked on numerous research and projects where he was involved in design (graphic design, concepts for furniture & product, eco-design and concepts for sustainability) and research/training (in entrepreneurship, sustainable development and education).

Research

His doctoral research linking two area of education with growing concern: entrepreneurship education and education for sustainable development. In short, this research investigates the effects and associations of trainees’ learning with attitude (perceived benefit and usefulness of learning), perceived behavioural control (self-efficacy), perceived social norms, intentions to exploit learning, general self-efficacy, motivation (intrinsic, extrinsic and amotivation), locus of control and perceived innovativeness. This research in short, adapted the theory of planned behaviour and technology acceptance model as theoretical backdrop to facilitate the development of the overall conceptual model. Research methodology: structural equation modelling (quantitative methodology). He has interest in promoting entrepreneurship and green/social entrepreneurship (awareness building and ideas generation) through education. Workshops developed for MMUBS were around the following areas: thinking styles and management, creativity, opportunity identification, entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, guerrilla marketing, bootstrapping, basic marketing strategies, presentation and visioning workshops. Moreover, his interest extends to improving, redesigning and creating modules, workshops and programmes (macro/micro levels). For this reason, his secondary role at MMUBS a designer/consultant in training design. As influence by his research in entrepreneurship, Fernando Lourenço is beginning to take on board a range of freelance projects (please visit www.lencoproductions.com).

Thesis Title:

Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Development: Promoting ‘Altruistic Capitalism’