4 February 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CET): Celebrating 40th Anniversary of RENT: Insights from RENT Best Paper Winners – Ziad El-Awad

This is a short webinar (45 minutes including Q&A and discussion) as part of the webinars with previous RENT award winners. In addition to taking a trip down memory lane and highlighting the 40th Anniversary of RENT, it is primarily an opportunity for younger scholars to see examples of how people work with developing their papers and their careers.

Ziad El-Awad (American University of Beirut) won ISBJ Best Paper Award at RENT 2017 with the paper “Dysfunctional Heterogeneity: A Process Model of Learning in Cognitively Heterogeneous Teams” co-authored with Anna Brattström, and the presentation will be along the lines of: What was the paper about, What happened to the paper (did it get published in the same/another version), What happened to him afterwards (What is he researching now). 

Participation: This is a free webinar open to all, but registration is required.

11 February 2026 at 15.00-16.00 (CET): AI in Entrepreneurship Education with Basel Hammoda

Basel Hammoda (TalTech) will present some reflections on his article “Entrepreneurship Education at the Dawn of Generative Artificial Intelligence” published in Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy in 2023. Since then, the field and the technology has developed even further. He will also highlight a few AI related activities followed by Q&A and discussion.

Learn more about Basel

The article: https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231198799

Participation: This is a free webinar to ECSB member, registration is required. If you would like to become a member, visit https://ecsb.org/join-ecsb/

4 March 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CET): Social media for research impact with Marcel Bogers

Marcel Bogers will provide a 20–30-minute intro to one of the frameworks in his newly published book ‘Social media for research impact’ followed by a practical exercise where the participants will try it out.

Read more about the book: https://bit.ly/Social-Media-for-Research-Impact

More about Marcel: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/marcel-bogers/

Participation: This is a free webinar to ECSB member, registration is required. If you would like to become a member, visit https://ecsb.org/join-ecsb/

11 March 2026 at 15.00-16.00 (CET): How to organise 3E Conference?

Sebastian Planck (the organizer of 3E 2025 in Munich) and Michael Breum Ramsgaard (the organizer of 3E 2023 in Aarhus) will share their experiences from organizing the 3E Conference so that research groups who are thinking about applying know what they are getting themselves into. They will go through the process from applying to the finished conference as well as the organizing of a special issue in connection with the conference. There may also be some anecdotes and some behind the scenes insights.

Participation: The event is open to all, but registration is required.

16 March 2026 at 15.30-17.00 (CET) - ECSB SocChange SIG Webinar: 'A critical discussion of the role of social entrepreneurship in social change'

This webinar critically explores when social entrepreneurship drives real social change – and when it reinforces the inequalities and environmental harm of market systems. Leading scholars will offer brief insights followed by an open discussion on the potentials and limitations of social entrepreneurship, building on earlier conversations informed by Karl Polanyi.

Speakers: Frank Janssen, Sophie Bacq, Anne Sophie Sabbatuci, Vicky Nowak, Paola Raffaelli

Facilitators: Steffen Korsgaard & Verena Meyer

Participation: This is a free webinar open to all, but registration is required.

18 March 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CET): Celebrating 40th Anniversary of RENT: Insights from RENT Best Paper Winners – Emilee Simmons

This is a short webinar (45 minutes including Q&A and discussion) as part of the webinars with previous RENT award winners. In addition to taking a trip down memory lane and highlighting the 40th Anniversary of RENT, it is primarily an opportunity for younger scholars to see examples of how people work with developing their papers and their careers.

Dr. Emilee Simmons (Abertay University) won Mario Raffa Policy Paper Award at RENT 2022 for the paper “New thinking or the ‘emperor’s new clothes’?: A critique of entrepreneurial mindset and public policy”, and the presentation will be along the lines of: What was the paper about, What happened to the paper (did it get published in the same/another version), What happened to her afterwards (What is she researching now).

Learn more about Emilee 

Participation: This is a free webinar open to all, but registration is required.

21 April 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CEST): The evolution and future challenges of entrepreneurship education as a scholarly field

As a warm-up for the 3E Conference, Professor Diamanto Politis (Lund University and NTNU) will provide a webinar with the title: ”The evolution and future challenges of entrepreneurship education as a scholarly field”.

Learn more about Diamanto

Participation: This is a free webinar to ECSB member, registration is required. If you would like to become a member, visit https://ecsb.org/join-ecsb/

29 April 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CEST): Celebrating 40th Anniversary of RENT: Insights from RENT Best Paper Winners – Janice Byrne

This is a short webinar (45 minutes including Q&A and discussion) as part of the webinars with previous RENT award winners. In addition to taking a trip down memory lane and highlighting the 40th Anniversary of RENT, it is primarily an opportunity for younger scholars to see examples of how people work with developing their papers and their careers.

Janice Byrne (Ivey Business School, Western University) won Post-Doctoral Writing Workshop Award 2014–2015 with the paper “Passing the Marshall’s Baton: A Narrative Analysis of Gender in Family Business Succession”, and the presentation will be along the lines of: What was the paper about, What happened to the paper (did it get published in the same/another version), What happened to her afterwards (What is she researching now).

Learn more about Janice

Participation: This is a free webinar open to all, but registration is required.

6 May 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CEST): Celebrating 40th Anniversary of RENT: Insights from RENT Best Paper Winners – Katrin Smolka

This is a short webinar (45 minutes including Q&A and discussion) as part of the webinars with previous RENT award winners. In addition to taking a trip down memory lane and highlighting the 40th Anniversary of RENT, it is primarily an opportunity for younger scholars to see examples of how people work with developing their papers and their careers.

Katrin Smolka (Warwick Business School, the University of Warwick) won Post-Doctoral Paper Development Workshop Award 2019–2020 with the paper “How Military Innovation Leads to Civil Market-ready Products: The Case Of Drones”, and her presentation will be along the lines of: What was the paper about, What happened to the paper (did it get published in the same/another version), What happened to you afterwards (What are you researching now).

Learn more about Katrin

Participation: This is a free webinar open to all, but registration is required.

13 May 2026 at 15.00-15.45 (CEST): AI in qualitative analysis with Martin Lackéus

Martin Lackéus (Chalmers University of Technology) will share his experiences from using AI to analyze qualitative data. His statement “AI made my year” pretty much sums up his enthusiasm about using AI when analyzing.

About Martin: https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/lackeus/

Participation: This is a free webinar to ECSB member, registration is required. If you would like to become a member, visit https://ecsb.org/join-ecsb/