Richael Connolly is a Government of Ireland Scholar and PhD candidate at Cork University Business School. Her research interests include sustainable entrepreneurship, small business and entrepreneurship with specific interest in artisan/craft entrepreneurship and micro-business, as she has run her own artisan food business for 15 years. Her current research involves local food systems, artisan food entrepreneurship and business growth in a post-growth context from a critical realist perspective. She obtained her BComm and MSc in entrepreneurship from Cork University Business School.