Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Learning

This research area addresses how people learn entrepreneurship and how this process can be fostered and improved through innovative teaching methodologies. Additionally, the research investigates the impact of entrepreneurship education on the career behaviors of alumni and the surrounding entrepreneurial ecosystem. Furthermore, our research seeks to understand the role of cultural and contextual factors in shaping entrepreneurial learning experiences.

We focus on areas where there is a need for theoretical and empirical research to inform teaching practices and educational policy. By examining the long-term effects of entrepreneurship education and training, we aim to identify best practices that can be adopted by educational institutions globally. Some of the research projects in this area include:

• Dynamics of learning in entrepreneurial ecosystems 
• Experiential learning pedagogy in venture creation programs
• Alumni engagement 
• Sustainable entrepreneurship education

Our most recent publications:

Alsos, G., Hägg, G., Lundqvist, M., Politis, D., Stockhaus, M., Williams Middleton, K., & Djupdal, K. (2023) Graduates of venture creation programs – where do they apply their entrepreneurial competencies. Small Business Economics, 60(1), 133-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00641-6

El-Awad, Z. (2022). Explore or exploit? Unpacking the situational conditions and cognitive mechanisms underlying entrepreneurial learning in the new venture development process. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 35(1–2), 162–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2143573

El-Awad, Z., Gabrielsson, J., Pocek, J., & Politis, D. (2024) Unpacking the early alumni engagement of entrepreneurship graduates. Journal of Small Business Management, 62(3), 1219-1252. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2022.2125979

Gabrielsson, J., Galan, N., & Politis, D. (2024). Learning pathways to entrepreneurial passion in venture creation programs: A configurational study of experiential and temporal conditions, Journal of Business Research, published ahead online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114944

Gabrielsson, J., Landström, H., Politis, D., & Sörheim, R. (2024). Entrepreneurship education scholarship in the 1990s and Early 2000s: A historical analysis of the Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference. Management & Organizational History, 1-22, published ahead online: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449359.2024.2393714

Hägg, G., Politis, D. & Also, G. (2023). Does gender balance in entrepreneurship education make a difference to prospective start-up behaviour? Education + Training, 65(4),630-653, https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-06-2021-0204

Landström, H., Gabrielsson, J., Politis, D., Sörheim, R. & Djupdal, K. (2022) The Social Structure of Entrepreneurial Education as a Scientific Field. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 21(1),61-81. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2020.0140

Landström, H., Gabrielsson, J., Politis, D., & Sörheim, R. (2022) What’s interesting in entrepreneurial education research? Identifying conversants sharing common interests in the field. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(9), 104-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-07-2021-0599

Neergård, G-B, Aaboen, L., & Politis, D. (2022). Enabling entrepreneurial empowerment through a three-day entrepreneurship camp. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, published online ahead-of-print, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F25151274211070457

Pocek, J., Politis, D., & Gabrielsson, J. (2022). Entrepreneurial learning in extra-curricular start-up programs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(2), 325-345. 

Politis, D., Aaboen, L., Eide, A.E., & Haneberg, D.H. (2024). Re-viewing entrepreneurial universities through alumni engagement. Small Business Economics, 63(2), 655-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00863-2

Porras-Paez, A., & Schmutzler, J. (2019). Orchestrating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in an emerging country: The lead actor’s role from a social capital perspective. Local Economy, 34(8), 767-786. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219896269

Winborg, J., & Hägg, G. (2023) The role of work-integrated learning in preparing students a corporate entrepreneurial career. Education + Training, 64(4), 674-696. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-05-2021-0196