Haya also co-chairs the Gender and Enterprise Network (Special Interest Group of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship). Her overall research focuses upon the intersectionality of gender, entrepreneurship and empowerment, and their collective impact on sustainable development. She has secured over one million GBPs in research funding from EU, UK and other funding bodies, and currently is the Principal Investigator of two RCUK funded projects (ESRC – DfID and ESRC – AHRC). Her research is published in leading international entrepreneurship journals and books, and she is a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Small Business Journal and the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship.