Educating for Impact: Entrepreneurship Education as a Catalyst for Economic Development – call for book chapters

Book editor: Chux Gervase Iwu. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.  

Deadline: 14 February 2025

How to submit

Today's fast-paced, interconnected world needs entrepreneurs more than ever. Entrepreneurial education affects economic development, technology, and personality. To solve society's most intractable issues, it has become more important to foster inventive thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem-solving. In "Educating for Impact: Entrepreneurship Education as a Catalyst for Economic Development," this edited collection explores how entrepreneurship education might support sustainable development and economic growth. Scholars, executives, and instructors discuss how entrepreneurship education might boost long-term economic development in various environments in this book. New entrepreneurial teaching methods, effective implementations, challenges, and theoretical underpinnings should be studied. The concepts in this selected book may assist education and economic development professionals bridge theory and practice. 

When students are equipped for today's economy, they may become inventive, community- and economic-beneficial leaders. Business owners, entrepreneurs, and universities are crucial to the entrepreneurial environment. Beyond teaching business basics, entrepreneurship education teaches critical thinking, problem-solving, and opportunity-seizing.. This book will serve as a critical resource for educators, policymakers, and stakeholders interested in enhancing entrepreneurship education to drive economic development. 
 

Scope and Topics

Contributions are invited on (but not limited to) the following themes:

• Conceptual Foundations  
• Innovative Pedagogies and curriculum development
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems  
• Global and Local (Glocal) Perspectives  
• Impact Measurement  
• Future Trends  
• Policy Implications
• Technology and Entrepreneurship Education

Submission Guidelines

Interested in contributing to the recommended chapter? Provide a 500-word abstract detailing its objective, approach, and relevance to the book's theme. Please submit these details: 

• Chapter Title (Tentative)
• Author(s) Name(s), Affiliation(s), and Contact Information  
• A brief bio (150 words max)  

Important dates

• 14 February 2025 - Abstracts due
• 1 March 2025 - Notification of acceptance
• 13 June 2025 - Full papers due
• June - July 2025 - Peer review and feedback
• 29 August 2025 - Revised papers due
• 30 September 2025 - Full manuscript submitted to Emerald

Please note: Chapters accepted must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.