Ute Stephan is Professor of Entrepreneurship at King’s Business School at King’s College London. Ute is recognized as a leading expert on the psychology of entrepreneurship, as a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow. She ranks among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in Business & Management based on citations to her work (Stanford study). She researches how individuals and societies may thrive through entrepreneurship, studying well-being, stress & health and social entrepreneurship, as well as how context (culture and institutions) shape entrepreneurship.

She regularly publishes in leading international journals and has won multiple international awards for her research, including the prestigious 2025 JIBS decade award. She has attracted over EUR 3.7 million in funding from the European Commission, UK government institutions, research councils, and charities. Her work has been featured in the Financial Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Times, Forbes, WIRED, BBC, and others. She serves as Associate editor at the Journal of Management and at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and on the editorial boards of AMJ, AMR, and JBV. Previously, she was editor-in-chief of Applied Psychology. See also www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ute-stephan