Past alumni
Over 200 doctoral students have completed the seminar, from different nationalities and universities around the world.
Did the SESAW Workshop change the way you think about or approach your work? If so, how?
How would you describe your experience at the SESAW Workshop?
Shreya Paudel, 2026
“I found the SESAW workshop to be comprehensive, engaging, and highly effective in providing a roadmap into the world of social entrepreneurship. The community of scholars and alums from the course doing greatly inspiring work add further value to the workshop”
Pedro Tonhozi de Oliveira, 2025
“I never thought it was possible to go into the depths of 50 articles in a single week. Somehow, Sophie made it not only possible but also enjoyable and memorable.”
“It encouraged me to deepen my engagement with systems thinking when talking about social entrepreneurship”
“It made me realize that some of my thoughts are shared across different people, and I am not the only crazy one.”
Papers Published
Several papers that contribute to the social entrepreneurship literature were first developed during this seminar.
A sample of these works are:
Tihic, M., Hadzic, M., & McKelvie, A. (2021). Social support and its effects on self-efficacy among entrepreneurs with disabilities. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16, e00279.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00279Salvi, E., Belz, F.-M., & Bacq, S. (2023). Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(2), 265-303. https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221115365
Moura-Romero C, Rojas-Córdova C, Pertuze JA (2024), "Paradoxical founders’ identity and its impact on social venture performance". Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. 20 No. 5 pp. 785–809, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-10-2023-0119
Jakob, E. A., & Sundermeier, J. (2025). A Taxonomy of Hybrid Value Logics—How Social Enterprises Combine Institutional Logics Differently. Business & Society, 00076503251350441