European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Engaged entrepreneurship research in Europe

Small Acts, Big Changes: Connecting Social and Everyday Entrepreneurship

Aalto University School of Business Ekonominaukio 1, Espoo, Finland

"Everyday-everyone" entrepreneurship (EEE), which often manifests itself in low-growth, low-tech and low-innovation new ventures, can address important social challenges through grassroots initiatives that create meaningful local impact. Yet, while 99% of all entrepreneurial activities worldwide are argued to fall under EEE, and countless social entrepreneurship initiatives operate at community-based scales, research on both the mundanity […]

ISBE-ECSB Workshop on Minority Entrepreneurship and Social Change

Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus 9 Sighthill Court, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

This ISBE-ECSB collaborative workshop aims to draw greater attention to the often overlooked role of minority entrepreneurs and businesses. This interactive workshop aims to draw greater attention to the often-overlooked role of minority entrepreneurs and businesses in creating social change, both in positive and negative ways. It is a collaborative product of the ISBE Minority Entrepreneurship […]

1st CEENT conference

Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology 79 Traugutta, Gdańsk, Poland

The Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdansk University of Technology is warmly inviting you to participate in the 1st CEENT conference on 23-24 October 2025 in Gdansk, Poland. In 2025, two conferences: ENTIME and Entrepreneurship in XXI century have decided to join forces and meet under a new name: Central and Eastern European […]

10th Effectuation Conference: Effectual Impact: The Entrepreneurial Role in Connecting Society

Saxion University of Applied Sciences M. H. Tromplaan 28, Enschede, Netherlands

The 10th Effectuation Conference theme is “Effectual Impact: The Entrepreneurial Role in Connecting Society”.  Effectuation has inspired a generation of researchers and practitioners to see entrepreneurship through a different lens. By focusing on means at hand, letting go of preconceived plans, building through collaboration, and embracing uncertainty, aspiring entrepreneurs have earned a toolbox that catalyzed […]

1st Jagiellonian Seminar on Entrepreneurship – JSE2025

Kraków Kraków, Poland

The Jagiellonian Seminar on Entrepreneurship 2025 inaugurates a recurring forum for scholarly exchange on the most pressing contemporary issues and challenges in entrepreneurship research. Organized by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Institute of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, this seminar serves as a platform […]

23rd Nordic Conference on Small Business Research (NCSB)

Bodø Bodø, Norway

Since its inception in 1980 the NCSB conference has been a biannual event in the Nordic tradition characterized by an open atmosphere that encourages the exchange of ideas between researchers with research interests in the field of small business and entrepreneurship. The 2026 NCSB conference in Bodø, Norway will continue this tradition and welcomes papers from […]