May 28, 2025: GCSEN FEATURED AT ULSTER UNIVERSITY, MAGEE CAMPUS LECTURE, DERRY~LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND
USA State Department’s Inaugural Fulbright Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship and GCSEN President and Professor Mike Caslin was on hand to honor and provide concluding remarks for Dr. Laura Bradley-McCauley’s lecture “Exploring Social Enterprises: Catalysts for Economic and Social Change in a Modern World”, at Magee Campus, Ulster University.
Above: Dr. Laura Bradley-McCauley
The event recognized the GCSEN Ireland-UK-EU Advisory Board Member for her leading edge research on the emerging regional and global impacts of Social Entrepreneurship. Her well received honorary lecture explored global lessons learned for “Winning the Future for an All-Island Ireland”. Prof. Caslin’s remarks focused on the urgency for renewing career passion and purpose for increased peace and prosperity in historically marginalized and conflicted communities throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as a key part to lasting impact for the Nobel Prize winning Good Friday Peace Accords.
One of the 100+ academic, business, government, NGO and family guests stated,
“I found Mike Caslin’s closing comments very insightful. In particular when he said a key to finding your Social Entrepreneur within was to reflect on the key life questions: Who am I?, Why am I here? What do I know and need to know? And how do I act on this? This really got me thinking!
After a four-year spell in Ireland/Northern Ireland UK with a large American corporate company, I now have an opportunity to properly consider what I really should do next, instead of the typical default of 'get another job', which I’ve come to see as a quick knee-jerk reaction, not a portfolio career approach.”
Above: Mike Caslin on Stage with Dr. Laura Bradley-McCauley
Ulster University, Northern Ireland, has been recognized as the # 1 Best UK University by students in the Student Crowd University Awards 2024, and the #1 University for careers, services and job prospects. Additionally, Ulster University was named University of the Year 2024, by Times Higher Education, the top higher education institution in the UK and Ireland.
Above: Professor Caslin’s Photos from Derry~Londonderry:
On Magee Campus, a view of a“Derry Girls” mural with characters from the hit Netflix show, and a rainbow over the city.
