Background
Unlike more traditional academic events, the conference will focus on problems and questions rather than on ready-made solutions and presentations of research findings.
This year there are two calls, one for research papers and the other for practitioner development workshops. Each author can appear in maximum of 2 abstracts/proposals. Regardless of the submission, the focus on questions, challenges and problems should be central throughout. All submitted proposals will be double blind peer-reviewed and feedback provided on submissions.
Following the unique format of the conference, please note that all sessions, regardless of type, will be expected to follow the same guidelines:
- Unplugged – no power point or PC, but whiteboards and flipcharts are provided
- Discussion – Each session shall be no longer than 40 minutes (maximum 10 minute unplugged presentation and 30 minutes interactive Q&A/discussion)
- All papers and briefings provided for a session will be read by delegates in advance.
Specific Guidelines for Research Paper Abstracts
All research papers should address ‘Questions we care about’. A Best Research Paper Prize will be awarded for the best question.
The ideal conceptual paper raises an interesting question, and through dealing with this question, arrives at a richer and possibly transformed challenge, which helps us perceive the question in a whole new way that we have not thought about before.
The ideal empirical paper formulates a question that needs to be researched and through the empirical analysis finds that the world may be much richer than we thought or might work in different ways than we thought, whereby we may need to ask different or new questions.
Abstracts should not exceed two (2) single-spaced pages, and may not exceed the maximum limit of 900 words. The author(s) name and information should NOT appear anywhere on the abstract. If you submit more than 2 abstracts, we will ask you to withdraw the additional abstracts.
Abstracts should include the following information:
- importance of the topic for entrepreneurship education practice
- questions, challenges and problems to be asked and addressed
- how you intend to engage the audience and what takeaways a delegate should expect for their own practice context from participation.
Abstracts should be structured under the following headings:
- Questions we care about (Objectives)
- Approach
- Results
- Implications
- Value/Originality
When submitting the abstract, identify the main theme addressed from the following list.
Sub-themes:
- Entrepreneurship education for non-business students
- Entrepreneurial “classrooms”
- Social and civic entrepreneurship education
- Pedagogical theories in entrepreneurship education
- Online and blended-learning approaches
- Engagement, impact and evaluation
- Innovations in assessment
- Values, ethics and critiques of entrepreneurship education
- Learning philosophies in entrepreneurship education
- Gender perspectives in entrepreneurship education
- Entrepreneurial universities
- Student incubator initiatives
- Entrepreneurship education policy
- Case studies in entrepreneurship education
Abstract Submission
The extended abstract submission deadline was 14 December 2016. The decision on the abstracts will be sent by 20 January 2017.
Best Paper Award
Full papers submitted by the deadline (19 March 2017) will be considered for the best paper award (sponsored by ECSB). The prize for best paper award is a free registration either to 3E or RENT Conference within two years of the award. For more information, please contact info@ecsb.org
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