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BHAAI1097U An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

This course introduces students to organizational social entrepreneurship, a process by which opportunities to create public goods are identified and created. Being an “essentially contested concept” (Choi and Majumdar, 2014) social entrepreneurship is best understood as a cluster concept covering different applications ranging from the launching of social enterprise start-ups to the transformation of industry sectors towards sustainability. In the course we will analyze the antecedents of social entrepreneurship. An essential part of the course will be an introduction to core concepts of social entrepreneurship such as the theory of change, social impact measurement tools, and hybrid organizational form selection. To supplement academic learning with hands-on project experience students will work in teams on a specific social entrepreneurship problem.

Please note that due to its nature as a blended intensive programme (BIP) the course has several virtual components: Two obligatory “pre-assignment” online sessions (in early and mid June) in which you get introduced to the course and where group work begins. There are two weeks presence on-campus classes. Finally, the last week will again be online sessions at the end of the course in which we prepare for your exam project. These virtual sessions are an integral part of the course.

Online: 9, 16, 26 June, 2026 & 7 July 2026

On site: 22. June, 2026 – 09 July, 2026