About STEER
STEER (Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Education and Research) is a cross-disciplinary research group focusing on technology and science-based entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education.
Our research investigates new ways to teach and empower nascent STEM entrepreneurs and examines emerging trends in entrepreneurship education in these contexts.
Our team studies the educational and contextual factors affecting the rates of STEM entrepreneurship, both nationally and internationally.
STEER brings together expertise from industry, research and education to investigate entrepreneurship education in an increasingly technology-driven world.
Roisin is (STEER project lead) is an Associate Professor (B) in the Kemmy Business School specialising in entrepreneurship education and pedagogy. She is also the innovation lead for the Immersive Software Engineering programme.
Chris is the course director of the Immersive Software Engineering programme. His research crosses areas of computer science, teacher education, and curricular innovation.
Clare is the Education and Public Engagement Program Manager in Lero. She holds an BA (Mod) from Trinity College Dublin, an ALM from Harvard University and PhD from University of Limerick. Her research interests include responsible software engineering and computer science education.
Alessandro is a PhD student in the STEER research group. His research examines factors affecting technology entrepreneurship on an international level, and the ethical complexities inherent in technology and science-based entrepreneurship.
Ricardo Figueiredo Belchior is an Assistant Professor and Integrated Researcher at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management (University of Lisbon). His research explores entrepreneurial cognition, decision‑making, innovation management, and strategy. With his strong quantitative background, he will support the project by bringing ethics and entrepreneurship under a quantitative lens.
Don Kaluarachchi is a PhD Student in the STEER research group. His research examines the responsible integration of technology-enabled tools in entrepreneurship education, with a particular focus on how emerging technologies can enhance entrepreneurial learning in higher education.
Christina O'Connor is an Associate Professor (A) in Marketing and the PhD Director in Kemmy Business School. Her research specialises in marketing intelligence, business development and pedagogy. Christina contributes with her expertise in market insights, strategic development, and entrepreneurship education
STEER was established in 2025 as a Lero Platform project facilitated by Immersive Software Engineering. The current project is funded by industry and Research Ireland.
