Dr. Richard Martina

Researcher

Richard is a researcher at the Centre for Economic Transformation at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He uses design science approaches and theories from the psychology domain to study entrepreneurship topics. He seeks to develop actionable knowledge for practitioners. Richard holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Maastricht University.

Richard is currently studying the evolution of opportunities through network orchestration (CONESU), stakeholder salience and engagements in multi-sector collaborations (DoE Het Samen), and educational escape rooms (UNLOCK). He has published in among other Entrepreneurship Education, and Pedagogy, Small Business Economics, and Sustainability. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for different journals and conferences.

Themes

Entrepreneurship Education – (Collaborative) Business Models

Projects

Education

Internship thesis supervision, AMSIB

Publications

Scientific Publications

Makri, A., Vlachopoulos, D., & Martina, R. A. (2021). Digital Escape Rooms as Innovative Pedagogical Tools in Education: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability, 13(8), 4587. http://doi:10.3390/su13084587

Martina, R. A., & Göksen, S. (2020). Developing Educational Escape Rooms for Experiential Entrepreneurship Education. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, Special Issue: Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/2515127420969957
Martina, R. A. (2019). Toward a theory of affordable loss. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00151-y

Professional Publications

Tercanli, H. (ed.), Martina, R. A. (ed.), & Ferreira Dias, M. (ed.) (2021). Educational escape rooms in practice: research, experiences, and recommendations (e-book); http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30995
Martina, R. A. (2019). Ondernemend leren in de slimme stad: een evaluatie van de Subsidie Stadslandbouwers en Voedselinitiatieven van gemeente Amsterdam, rapport voor gemeente Amsterdam (onder embargo)
Oskam, I., Lepelaar, M., de Leede, A., Martina, R., Goedkoop, D., van der Velden, N., & de Jong, M. (2019). Recurf-UP! Een nieuwe bestemming van textielafval: van biocomposiet tot designproduct. (Publicatiereeks HvA Faculteit Techniek). Amsterdam: Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Conferences

Martina, R. A. & Webb, K. E. (2021). Collaboration in educational escape rooms in different online environments. Professional Development Workshop presented at 3E Conference 2021, online.

**Nominated for Best PDW**

Oskam, I. F. & Martina, R. A., (2020). The Degree-of-Engagement diagram: a tool for supporting collaborative business modelling for sustainability. Presentation at the 2020 Boundary Spanning Champions Online Forum by University-Industry Innovation Network

**Runner-Up Best Tools**

Göksen, S., Martina, R. A., & Sormani, E. (2020). Developing Escape Rooms for Entrepreneurship Education. Paper presented at USASBE 2020, New Orleans, USA.