Biography
Holly Ritchie is a (post-doctorate) research fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), part of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). In 2013, she obtained her PhD (Cum Laude) at the ISS. She also works as a independent development consultant. She has a background in finance, international development (MA) and enterprise development with experience in Afghanistan (10 years), Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, South Sudan, the Middle East and Brazil.
Dr. Holly Ritchie has a strong interest in institutions, gender, and innovation in ‘fragile’ economic development. Her research and work has looked in particular at (poorer) women’s enterprise participation in marginalised, conflict and refugee settings. She focuses on social inclusion/integration in business and value chains, and looks ahead to social outcomes from economic empowerment.
International Institute of Social Studies
- ritchie@iss.nl
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
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Work
- Holly Ritchie (2019) - Challenging the Status Quo from the Bottom Up? Gender and Enterprise in Somali Migrant Communities in Nairobi, Kenya - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2019) - Investigating Gender and Enterprise in “Fragile” Refugee Settings: The Use of Critical Realism to Explore Institutional Dynamics and Change - doi: 10.4135/9781526494917 - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2018) - Exploring Refugees and ICTs: Innovating Towards Inclusion and Integration in Fragile Environments? - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2018) - Gender and enterprise in fragile refugee settings: female empowerment amidst male emasculation—a challenge to local integration? - Disasters, 42 - doi: 10.1111/disa.12271 - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2017) - Negotiating Traditional Norms and Barriers in Women’s Fragile Economic Development in Afghanistan - doi: 10.4324/9781315690759-6 - [link]
- Georgina M. Gómez & Holly A. Ritchie (2016) - The institutional foundations of civic innovation - doi: 10.4324/9781315676913-2 - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2016) - At the Frontier of Economic Development: Unravelling Institutional Change in Fragile Environments - doi: 10.1057/9781137557599_12 - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2016) - Institutional Innovation and Change in Value Chain Development: Negotiating Tradition, Power and Fragility in Afghanistan - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2016) - Unwrapping institutional change in fragile settings: women entrepreneurs driving institutional pathways in Afghanistan - World Development, 83 - doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.007 - [link]
- Holly Ritchie (2014) - Rethinking ‘entrepreneurship’in fragile environments: Lessons learnt in Somali women’s enterprise, human security and inclusion
