BIO

Jarrod Ormiston is an Associate Professor in the Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Discipline at the University of Sydney, and a Visiting Fellow at the Transdisciplinary School at UTS. 

Jarrod’s teaching activities focus on entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability. His research focuses on working with social enterprises and impact investors to enhance their impact, supporting refugee and migrant entrepreneurs, educating entrepreneurs from marginalised backgrounds, and understanding the role of emotions in entrepreneurship. Jarrod's PhD explored the role of impact measurement as a transdisciplinary practice in the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investment.

Jarrod has worked as a consultant to the NSW Government, the Australian Government, the OECD, and the United Nations on entrepreneurship and education. Prior to his work at UTS, Jarrod worked at Maastricht University, the University of Sydney, Deloitte, and in various management roles in the Australian and Latin American non-profit and education sectors.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia28 Mar 2022 - present
  • Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship
    Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands1 Apr 2017 - 1 Feb 2022
  • Lecturer
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2 May 2016 - 13 Apr 2017
  • Sessional Lecturer/Researcher
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Mar 2012 - 1 May 2016

DEGREES

  • PhD (Social Entrepreneurship)
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Feb 2012 - 16 May 2016
  • BCommerce (Liberal Studies) (Honours First Class)
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Feb 2005 - 30 Nov 2009

CERTIFICATIONS

  • University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) / Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO)
    Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands3 Jul 2018 - present

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Industry Projects