Paper development sessions are at the heart of this conference. Speakers and participants will act as discussants in their areas of expertise. We plan to collect contributions for a special issue of a leading journal.
The paper development workshops are open to everyone, with a particular encouragement for early-career researchers and doctoral candidates to participate and gain valuable feedback and experience in a supportive and welcoming setting.
Driving sustainable transitions through public policy and innovation—How macro-level actors seek to orchestrate ecosystems to achieve eco-social transitions and deliver sustainable innovation.
Enabling transformation by, a) Driving sustainable industrial renewal and organisational change—How to organise industrial renewal and drive organisational change; b) Facilitating digital transformation and sustainable innovation – through a focus on combinative, disruptive or radical innovation.
Capturing innovation opportunities—How individuals, users, entrepreneurs, and other micro-level actors, ideate, create and innovate.
Examining innovative circular business models and practices that reduce waste and promote the reuse of resources, contributing to sustainable development.
Advanced low-carbon technologies and their role in enabling sustainability innovations. Exploring the role of digitalization and advanced technologies—such as AI, blockchain, IoT, digital platforms, and others—in driving sustainability innovations, supporting circular economy models, inclusion, and/or enabling greener business practices across industries and borders.
Factors affecting energy transition, climate risk and investments.
We have a broad understanding of these areas, so contributions from all aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship research are welcome. Early-stage doctoral researchers are particularly encouraged and welcome to present their research proposals.
Please use the registration link below to let us know about your tentative titles and co-authors. Registration will close 8 May 2025 and the submission deadline for papers or presentations will be 25 May 2025, so your discussant can provide effective feedback.
The discussants are editors, associate editors, and editorial board members of the main journals in innovation and entrepreneurship and outstanding scholars who have published in FT50, AJG-4*, and 3* journals. The aim of the session is to offer positive and constructive feedback. Our last meeting in Vaasa was attended by discussants representing, among others, the following journals:
→ Academy of Management Journal
→ Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
→ Journal of Business Venturing
→ Journal of International Business Studies
→ Research Policy
→ Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
→ British Journal of Management
→ International Journal of Operations and Production Management
→ Journal of World Business
→ Technological Forecasting & Social Change
→ Technovation
We aim to bring together a similarly distinguished group of contributors and discussants with an equally broad range of interests and perspectives.
Some of our participating editors will use this space to explore special issues.