About
Kerryn Krige is a Senior Lecturer in Practice at the Marshall Institute, specialising in social entrepreneurship and the social and solidarity economy. She teaches on the Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship and the MSc Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at LSE, and is course convenor for the online certificate and one-week executive courses, in social enterprise.
She brings extensive experience from across the social entrepreneurship and non‑profit sectors, bridging theoretical and practice perspectives. Kerryn led the development of the social and solidarity economy policy for the South African government and the African Union, co‑founded the African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars, and previously headed the Network of Social Entrepreneurs at GIBS, University of Pretoria. Her research examines social entrepreneurship in diverse contexts, including two national mapping studies in South Africa and a six‑country study for the ILO. Current projects include a collaboration on social enterprise in Benin, and the development of new case studies using the Charles Booth archives as well as ventures supported by the 100X Impact Accelerator. She has served as an independent trustee on CSI, impact‑finance, and social enterprise boards, and currently sits on the board of research network EMES (https://emes.net/).