Call for abstracts & full paper submission instructions

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Call for abstracts is now closed – thank you for the submitted abstracts!

The next National Entrepreneurship Education Conference will be organized on 27-28 September 2023 in Turku. The theme of the conference is Critical and reflective perspectives on entrepreneurship education. You can submit a) a scientific abstract, b) a practical development work or c) a workshop proposal to the conference for evaluation.

Abstracts are invited to be sent to the following sub-themes:

  • Critical and reflective examination of entrepreneurship education
  • Entrepreneurship education and values
  • Entrepreneurship education as a multidisciplinary research field
  • Building an entrepreneurial culture in entrepreneurship education
  • Pedagogical experiments and new practices in entrepreneurship education
  • Cooperation between companies and educational institutions
  • Evaluation of entrepreneurship education
  • Future prospects of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship research
  • International issues of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship learning
  • Digital matters in entrepreneurship education
  • Sustainable development goals and entrepreneurship education

Writing instructions for abstracts:

  • The maximum length is 250 words
  • Maximum of 4 keywords
  • Anonymized abstract is sent as an e-mail attachment in Word format to the e-mail address: ykts2023(at)utu.fi
  • In the subject field of the e-mail, state: YKTS2023 and the title of the abstract
  • The e-mail message must state:
    1. Does the abstract deal with scientific research, practical development work/case or a workshop
    2. Sub-theme
    3. Title of the abstract (max 10 words)
    4. Authors’ names and organizations and corresponding author’s e-mail address

a) Scientific research:

  • The purpose of the study
  • Research questions
  • Theoretical framework
  • Methods
  • Key results
  • Theoretical contributions and practical implications

b) Practical development work:

  • Purpose of the development work?
  • What practice was sought for improvement/solution?
  • What previous practices and theories have been taken into account in the design phase?
  • How has the development work been carried out?
  • What are the key results?
  • The most significant further consequences/impact of this development work

c) Proposal for the workshop:

  • Purpose of the workshop
  • Implementation of the workshop
  • Key learning outcomes/results and their applicability
  • Related research

Important dates & information:

  • The deadline for abstract proposals is May 3, 2023 Note! The deadline has been extended until May 14, 2023
  • Notification of abstract acceptance: 16 June 2023
  • Registration opens: 16 June 2023
  • Sending the full manuscript for evaluation as a Word file: 31 August 2023
  • During the days, the best paper and the best practical development work will be awarded
  • More information: www.utu.fi/ykts2023

 

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

  • The maximum length of the article is 20 pages (inc. abstract, figures, tables, references)
  • The author(s) is responsible of correct spelling
  • Please use Times New Roman 12 pt, bold font for headings 12 pt
  • Use line spacing of 1.5 and leave one line between paragraphs
  • After the title, please mark the names and affiliations of the author(s) and the responsible author email address
  • Use APA (American Psychological Association) citation style
  • Do not use hyphenation or make special formatting in the text section
  • Note or endnotes should not be used
  • Figures and tables are as small as convenient
  • Author(s) are responsible of taking care of copyright issues

The following main and subheadings may be used:

  • Title (maximum 10 words), followed by Author information
  • Abstract (maximum 200 words) and keywords (4-6 keywords)
  • Introduction (that includes the aim of the research and the most important results)
  • Theoretical framework (that opens up key concepts and previous relevant research)
  • Methodology (justification of methodological approach, presentation of the research material/data, analysis methods and how the analysis was conducted, evaluation of ethics and reliability)
  • Results
  • Conclusions and discussion
  • References

Please, send the full paper for evaluation by 31 August 2023 as a Word document (ykts2023@utu.fi). Name the file by the last and first name of the responsible author and the abbreviation of the conference (Surname_Firstname_YKTS2023).  Please, add the name of the responsible author and the title of the full paper in the subject field of the e-mail message.