Gustav Hägg - Entrepreneurship Education: Scholarly Progress and Future Challenges

The discussion around whether entrepreneurship can be taught is becoming obsolete as the number of entrepreneurship courses, specializations and degrees is rising at an unprecedented rate all over the world and the demand for entrepreneurial education teachers or instructors is constantly growing. The global community of entrepreneurial education proponents is enthusiastic about the possibility of spreading the idea of entrepreneurship, as it is believed to benefit societies and economies in addition to influencing human development on an individual level. The fervour is nurtured by public policies and the development of an enterprising culture in the public discourse. In this discourse, entrepreneurship is treated as a panacea for numerous social and economic problems.

This book is a solid reference point for all those who are interested in conducting research on entrepreneurial education or engaged in teaching entrepreneurship. It is a compendium of knowledge about entrepreneurial education as a research field, seen from the perspective of the last four decades, its complete contemporary history. It reviews the progress of the field from the outset to the present in terms of its socio-economic context, changes in the academic community, as well as its research focus and methodological development. This uniquely comprehensive book is a resource for both knowledge on entrepreneurial education research and inspiration for future studies within the field.

This timely and relevant book provides practical insights for educators when developing their teaching practice and will be of interest to entrepreneurship educators and entrepreneurship education researchers.

Gustav Hgg is Researcher at Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship, Lund University, and Assistant Professor at Malm University, Sweden.

Agnieszka Kurczewska is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz, Poland.

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Gustav Hgg and Agnieszka Kurczewska

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Names: Hagg, Gustav, 1983 author. | Kurczewska, Agnieszka, 1980 author.

Title: Entrepreneurship education : scholarly progress and future

challenges / Gustav Hagg and Agnieszka Kurczewska.

Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 |

Series: Routledge focus on business and management |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021014130 (print) | LCCN 2021014131 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781032048758 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032048765 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003194972 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: Entrepreneurship. | EntrepreneurshipStudy and teaching.

Classification: LCC HB615 .H2333 2022 (print) |

LCC HB615 (ebook) | DDC 658.0071dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014130

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014131

ISBN: 978-1-032-04875-8 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-032-04876-5 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-19497-2 (ebk)

Doi: 10.4324/9781003194972

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Gustav Hgg is a researcher at Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship, Lund University, and is currently an assistant professor at Malm University with a PhD in entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial learning focused on how reflective thinking can become more integrated in the learning process of student entrepreneurs. His research interests include theorizing learning in entrepreneurship education and the post-entrepreneurship education career of graduates through alumni research. He also has general interest for entrepreneurial decision making and the role of ethics in relation to entrepreneurship within the gig economy.

Agnieszka Kurczewska is a researcher in the field of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education. She holds a PhD in economics and is currently an associate professor at the University of Lodz in Poland, where she is also vice-rector with responsibility for external relations. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include entrepreneurship education, in particular experience-based learning, but also ethical side of entrepreneurial processes.

The discussion on whether or not entrepreneurship can be taught is becoming obsolete. The number of entrepreneurship courses, specializations and degrees is rising at an unprecedented rate all over the world and the demand for entrepreneurial education teachers or instructors is constantly growing. The global community of entrepreneurial education) and can be seen in many places where teaching and learning seek to develop more entrepreneurs as well as more entrepreneurially thinking individuals. Unquestionably, in the first two decades of the 21st century, entrepreneurial education has enjoyed a prosperous period in academia. It has seen tremendous growth as a research field and there is widespread exposure to entrepreneurial education and training among citizens at all levels.