Slides from Gothenburg and Sarpsborg
The last week I have presented my research on two occasions - in Gothenburg (GR Utbildning breakfast meeting) and in Sarpsborg (Norwegian conference on...
Some differences between problem-based learning and entrepreneurial learning
I often hear the statement or question whether entrepreneurial education (or EL - entrepreneurial learning - as it is called in Sweden despite being...
Sundsvall – Sweden’s most entrepreneurial municipality?
I would love to be able to say that my beloved hometown Gothenburg is the most entrepreneurial municipality in Sweden. But after having spent...
Teaching the teachers in entrepreneurial education
Last week I was the teacher for half a day in a course in "entrepreneurial learning" for school teachers in western Sweden. We discussed...
Can emotional intensity levels better explain impact of entrepreneurial education?
The inconclusive results of all attempts made by researchers to determine the impact of entrepreneurial education has vexed me for long now. See examples...
Are students the new oil of innovation systems?
Will students be regarded as a primary resource to rely heavily on in tomorrow's national and regional innovation systems? Today they are rather regarded...
Slides from presenting my research in Rome, Malmö and Umeå
This month I have been around presenting my research on entrepreneurial education on a couple of occasions, summarizing the findings from my newly finalized...
Altruism in education: A paradox driving learning
In my newly finalized licentiat dissertation (find it here), one of the concepts I propose is that of an "altruistic paradox", in that we get...
“Creation Education” – Defining and classifying action-based entrepreneurial education approaches
One of the five main propositions in my newly finished dissertation (read it here) is a classification of four different approaches to action-based entrepreneurial...
Summarizing four years of research into entrepreneurial education in my dissertation
So. Finally after four years my licentiate thesis is finalized, titled "Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies - An Action-Based Approach and Classification in Education". The dissertation is...
Summarizing my lic thesis – pre-print feedback anyone?
So after four years I'm approaching licentiate degree with my thesis almost finalized, "Entrepreneurial Competency Development in Education - a Tool-Based Approach". By this...
Some bad and some good news in entrepreneurial education
Here is an 8 min presentation I will give at Academy of Management conference next week in Florida, USA. You can watch me rehearsing...
Just proven: Strong emotions make us more entrepreneurial!
I have just finished writing up my first article based on the study I do on the students at our master program in entrepreneurship...
The methodological dead-end in entrepreneurship education research
I am becoming increasingly disturbed by the objectivist natural science inspired methods applied in the domain of entrepreneurship education. Increasingly, the positive effects (or...
Mental tools in entrepreneurship are shaping entrepreneurial minds
Zooming in on my licentiate thesis, I have now decided on the main study object of my research (for the time being at least):...
How VCPs help bridging between entrepreneurship education and technology transfer
A couple of months ago I submitted an article outlining five major bridging capabilities of a VCP, bridging between entrepreneurship education and university technology...
The hunt for treatment effects of entrepreneurship education
Lately it's been quiet on my blog. I have been busy doing a lot of interviews with students at our VCP here in Gothenburg....
The limitations of self-selection based innovation systems for increasing regional competitiveness
The quest for increasing regional competitiveness by building various kinds of innovation support systems very seldomly takes the people populating these innovation systems enough into...
Folder describing venture creation programs uploaded for the IEEC conference in...
Having been invited to join the IEEC conference by video link, I take the opportunity to share with you the folder we produced in...
Using value creation and the quest for immortality as a way...
Thank you Kieran Egan for putting me on the right track to the next step in my PhD thesis process. It took three years...