The RMIT Entrepreneurial Academics Network (REAN) connects academics interested in entrepreneurial outcomes and skills at all stages of their careers to build a community of practice and cultivate an entrepreneurial culture within the RMIT ecosystem.
The network works collaboratively to enhance entrepreneurial skills, research commercialisation, and knowledge sharing, creating a supportive community that promotes innovation and entrepreneurial success within and beyond RMIT University.
The following themes reflect areas of focus across REAN. Members may engage in multiple themes, contributing to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the University.
The RMIT Entrepreneurial Academics Network will cover important themes including but not limited to:
Focuses on developing critical entrepreneurial competencies, and essential skills for innovation, and strategic thinking among academics.
Covers strategies and success stories for transforming academic research into market-ready solutions by bridging the gap between discovery and enterprise, ensuring real-world impact, value creation, and market engagement.
Focuses on creating synergies between RMIT’s Melbourne, Vietnam, and Barcelona campuses to promote cross-campus entrepreneurial initiatives, collaborations, and shared resources for a dynamic ecosystem.
Covers the integration of entrepreneurial curriculum and pedagogy into teaching and learning, enhancing both academic practice and student entrepreneurial outcomes.
Explores the challenges and opportunities for female academics in entrepreneurship research and education, providing support and advocacy for gender equity in the entrepreneurial space.
Facilitates meaningful connections between experienced entrepreneurs and emerging academics, promoting knowledge exchange and professional growth.
Supports academics to balance entrepreneurial pursuits with academic career demands, ensuring long-term professional growth and wellbeing.
Associate Professor Afreen Huq
School of Management
Dr. Ashenafi Biru
School of Management
Membership in the RMIT Entrepreneurial Academics Network is open to all academics interested in integrating entrepreneurial mindset and skills into their endeavours and would like to connect and learn from like-minded peers and industry professionals.
Academics who are interested in joining the network can contact network leaders via email:
REAN is supported by the following Enabling Impact Platforms:
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| Global Business Innovation | Working with researchers around the world to unlock the value and impact of innovation. |
| Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Fabrication | Transforming specialised materials into high-performing products. |
| Biomedical and Health Innovation | Managing health challenges across the globe. |
| Design and Creative Practice | Applying an inventive, exploratory approach to real-world problems through interdisciplinary research, within and beyond design and creative practice. |
| Information in Society | Helping society to understand, shape, and adapt to the disruptions caused by new data sources and information technologies. |
| Social Change | Focuses on transformative research in the areas of digital society, quality of life, global mobility and research practice for social change. |
| Sustainable Technologies and Systems | Leveraging sustainable technologies and systems to solve national and global environmental, social and economic challenges in the areas of energy, water, food and circular economy. |
| Urban Futures | Researching how cities can be more resilient, sustainable and regenerative. |
EIPs enable economic, environmental, societal, health and cultural impact with government, business and the community through research and innovation.
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
