Special Issue Editor(s)

Huriye Yeröz, De Montfort University, UK 
huriye.yeroz@dmu.ac.uk

Sibel Ozasir Kacar, Radboud University, The Netherlands
sibel.ozasirkacar@ru.nl

J. Miguel Imas, Kingston University, UK
j.imas@kingston.ac.uk

Paul Lassalle, University of Strathclyde, UK
paul.lassalle@strath.ac.uk

In this special issue, we argue for entrepreneurial (im)mobilities that are more sensitive to space and time and critical to taken-for-granted assumptions. We can no longer presume similar answers to the fundamental questions of ‘what and who can move and stay,’ ‘for what reasons,’ ‘from where to where,’ ‘how to move and enterprise,’ and ‘with what effects.’ The emerging complexity and dynamism necessitate asking these questions critically again and seeking new theories to understand entrepreneurship in this era. The focus on (im)mobilities encourages expanding conceptual boundaries and understanding of connectedness and interdependencies between entrepreneurial humans and animals, spaces, times, regulations, power relations, and ethical concerns in a broader sense. We call for inquiries to extend our understanding of ‘entrepreneurial (im)mobilities: ideas, people and things on the move.’

Specific inquiries may include but are not limited to the following:

• Within which institutional, economic, political, and societal contexts do entrepreneurial activities take place by the entrepreneurial actors on the move? How do they navigate, interact with and enact context?
• How do the (im)mobilities of ideas, people, and things create and shape entrepreneurial opportunities, resources and processes?
• How should entrepreneurial support mechanisms and ecosystems (incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces, hubs, etc.) be (re)designed considering (im)mobilities of ideas, people, and things?
• How do entrepreneurial (im)mobilities shape entrepreneurial teams and networks?
• How is entrepreneurial education (re)designed along the entrepreneurial (im)mobilities?
• How do (im)mobilities regulate the (re)production and demise of entrepreneurial identities?
• What identity markers and politics become more or less significant for entrepreneurial actors on the move, policymakers and other institutional constituents? When and with what consequences do they enact (or not) their salient identity markers (i.e., gender, class, race, ethnicity, religion, (dis)ability, sexuality and otherwise axes of difference), values, beliefs, and emotions?
• How, when, and to what extent does entrepreneurship become a position of power for entrepreneurial actors on the move?
• How do entrepreneurs on the move respond to crises, such as economic and social inequalities, political disputes and conflicts, and environmental disasters?
• How do entrepreneurial (im)mobilities influence the framing of entrepreneurship as emancipation and peacebuilding?
• What is the dark (and the bright) side of entrepreneurial (im)mobilities considering the ethics of entrepreneurship?
• How do different meta-theoretical approaches, such as (post)colonial, transnational, and posthuman, inform research designs in entrepreneurial (im)mobilities? What challenges and opportunities do each bring, and how do we deal with them?
• How can various entrepreneurship research streams strengthen each other to produce a critical dialogue about understanding and studying entrepreneurial (im)mobilities?

To address these issues, we welcome conceptual and empirical papers that advance the theoretical understanding of ‘entrepreneurial (im)mobilities’ with different levels of analysis and various methodological approaches: quantitative, qualitative, and intervention. This includes novel approaches such as nethnographic, visual, performative, GPS, and sensor data-based methodologies that can capture ideas, people, and things on the move and over time.

Submission Instructions

Meet the Guest Editors Paper Development Workshop (PDW)

The guest editors will organise a special PDW to develop the ideas and papers for submission. The workshop will be in a hybrid format (at the Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, and online). All interested contributors can present their work (at any stage of development) for discussion and feedback. Participation in the PDW is neither a guarantee of acceptance of the paper for the special issue nor a requirement to consider papers for inclusion in the special issue. For more information about the workshop, please contact Huriye Yeröz (huriye.yeroz@dmu.ac.uk) and Sibel Ozasir Kacar (sibel.ozasirkacar@ru.nl).

Working Timeline:

• June 15, 2025: Extended abstracts for Paper Development Workshop (PDW)
• August 15, 2025: Confirmation of acceptance to the PDW workshop
• October 2, 2025: PDW SI Workshop Online
• October 3, 2025: PDW SI Workshop at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, The United Kingdom
• December 31, 2025: Submission deadline
• Publication: 2026

Please see full information on the call for papers.

Journal: Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Collection: Ecosystemic & Network Perspectives in International Entrepreneurship
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Summary: The Journal of International Entrepreneurship invites submissions for a new Collection on “Ecosystemic and Network Perspectives in International Entrepreneurship.”

This Collection aims to explore the dynamic role of ecosystems, networks and the internationalization of entrepreneurial firms in the field of international entrepreneurship. The goal is to deepen our understanding of how ecosystemic and network perspectives can advance the study of international entrepreneurship, particularly in how these frameworks support the growth and success of entrepreneurial ventures across borders.

Link: https://link.springer.com/collections/fdgfibfecf

Special Issue Editor(s)

Catherine Brentnall, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
C.Brentnall@mmu.ac.uk

David Higgins, University of Liverpool, UK
dhiggins@liverpool.ac.uk

Karen Verduijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
karen.verduijn@vu.nl

Ulla Hytti, University of Turku, Finland
ullhyt@utu.fi

This Special Issue will build on and extend the calls made in ERD and elsewhere that entrepreneurship educators engage in collective reflexivity (Berglund & Verduijn, 2018; Dodd et al., 2023). We aim to provide a space to re-think, re-imagine and transform theory, practice and research in EE. Conceptual, theoretical and empirical papers are welcome and imaginative methodological and philosophical perspectives are encouraged. Potential questions could connect to, but are not limited by, the following suggestions:

• What is preventing us from doing things differently? How do certain structures, frameworks and models in Entrepreneurship Education help to maintain the ‘old world’, a dominant but dying system?
• How can these (paradoxes, contradictions and messy entanglements?) be opened up, grappled with and waded through in Entrepreneurship Education? Which beliefs, practices and assumptions are particularly problematic in Entrepreneurship Education? What must we stop doing and why?
• How can alternative philosophical and theoretical foundations inspire transformed research and practice in Entrepreneurship Education? What conceptual innovation and theorising can be mobilised to transform how we think about and approach Entrepreneurship Education? What are the specific processes, activities and assumptions that can be composed and recomposed to transform Entrepreneurship Education?
• To what extent (and in what way(s)) are Entrepreneurship Education policy and programmes reflecting the need for transformation?
• What are the most promising new/transformed practices (e.g. cooperation, commons thinking and practices, bio-regionalism, healthy information ecologies, spiritual, decolonial and indigenous sensibilities), and their consequences for Entrepreneurship Education?
• What are ‘best case scenarios’ (e.g. relating to sense making, capability, legitimacy and meaning) being pursued in Entrepreneurship Education? How can Entrepreneurship Education support the development of a more just and regenerative economy?
• (How) Does Entrepreneurship Education, for better or worse, interact with existential issues such as peace, democracy, health, well-being, food and energy system transformation and such like?

Submission Instructions

The special issue timeline:
– A launch of the call at 3E, the ECSB’s Entrepreneurship Education conference, being held in
Munich, May 2025.
– An ‘EE in a Time Between Worlds’ workshop seminar at IEEC 2025 in Manchester.
– A ‘Meet the Editors’ session at ISBE, Glasgow.
– A ‘Meet the Editors’ session at RENT, in Enschede, the Netherlands, November 2025.
– Three online workshops in April, September and December 2025.
– Two virtual writing retreats to support non-traditional writers in 2025/2026.

Articles must be submitted by 26 April 2026.

See the full call at Entrepreneurship Education in a Time Between Worlds: Transforming Theory, Practice and Scholarship

Special Issue Editor(s)

Michiel Verver, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
m.j.verver@vu.nl

Juliette Koning, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
j.koning@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Stefanie Mauksch, Leipzig University, Germany
stefanie.mauksch@uni-leipzig.de

Maud van Merriënboer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
m.van.merrienboer@vu.nl

Natalia Vershinina, Audencia Business School, France
nvershinina@audencia.com

We invite submissions for a special issue exploring how anthropology can deepen our understanding of entrepreneurship as a socially and culturally embedded practice. We welcome conceptual, empirical, and methodological papers engaging with anthropological insights and ethnographic approaches to entrepreneurship.

Topics of interest include:

• Anthropological theories and thinkers enriching entrepreneurship research
• Ethnographic and multimodal methods
• Critical perspectives on power, exclusion, and neoliberalism
• Contextual studies on religion, family, community, and identity
• Decolonization and inclusive entrepreneurship

An online Paper Development Workshop (PDW) will be held on 30 October 2025 15:00 – 17:00 CET to support authors in developing their work. Interested? Submit an abstract (max. 600 words) that outlines the argumentation of the manuscript, including its conceptual, contextual, empirical, and/or methodological bedding by 16 October 2025 to m.j.verver@vu.nl and vanmerrienboer@rsm.nl. Submitters will receive further information about the PDW.

Note: Participation in the PDW is not required nor a guarantee of paper acceptance for the special issue.

Full papers for the special issue are due by 1 July 2026.

For the full call for papers, please visit: https://shorturl.at/3UbDD

Join us in advancing interdisciplinary conversations at the intersection of entrepreneurship and anthropology!