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Social entrepreneurship education is rapidly expanding. Given its often hands-on characteristics it lends itself to experiential teaching in which students research actual social or environmental problems, identify solutions for these, and then design their own business model, business plan, or start-up idea. Educators in such courses face several challenges. They need to make sure that the student work is well aligned with their syllabus, while at the same time they want to keep a close eye on student progress allowing them to give feedback when it is most useful, and finally they want to encourage peer learning between student teams. This PDW will share best practice examples and will allow participants to explore how they can implement these in their own course work. The PDW will first feature a panel of social entrepreneurship educators sharing their pedagogical approaches and best practices. A next segment introduces the SEISMIC App, an ERASMUS-funded project tool designed for collaborative social business model development, which has been successfully piloted across ten European universities. Finally, the workshop will conclude with interactive roundtable discussions, where participants can receive personalized guidance on integrating these methodologies and tools into their own curriculum. This PDW not only aims to enhance teaching strategies in social entrepreneurship but also strives to foster a community of practice among educators in this evolving field. Pre-registration is not required, and walk-ins are explicitly encouraged. 

Panelist: Kai N. Hockerts – Copenhagen Business School

Panelist: Nikolay Anguelov Dentchev – Vrije U. Brussel

Panelist: Abel Diaz Gonzalez – Maastricht U., School of Business & Economics

Panelist: Michel Ehrenhard – U. of Twente

Facilitator: Svenja Damberg – U. of Twente

Facilitator: Anne-Karen Hueske – Copenhagen Business School Department of Management, Society and Communication