We Celebrate Impactful Entrepreneurship Scholarship
OUR VISION
By 2030, entrepreneurship scholars in Europe are widely recognized for their contributions to societal and environmental well-being. Design Science in entrepreneurship is timely and cutting edge, producing well-grounded knowledge on pressing problems and novel opportunities. Our aim is to contribute to RRBM's vision 2030.
OUR PURPOSE
At the Center for Design Science in Entrepreneurship - DS:E - we believe that design science enables entrepreneurship scholars to combine cutting-edge research with real world impact. We enable entrepreneurship scholars to engage in design science research in three ways. First, we bring together design science experts from different disciplines to further develop the design science research paradigm for the entrepreneurship field. Second, we educate interested entrepreneurship scholars in doing high impact design science research. Third, we serve as a platform to match practice challenges with design science scholars to solve them.
OUR COMMUNITY
The DS:E is a community of practice with a shared interest and passion for combining cutting-edge research with real-world impact. As a community of practice, our members come together to share knowledge, actively contribute to the community and work together to solve real-world problems. The DS:E aims to foster contributorship (rather than formal membership) in the community. You can join the community by contributing in the areas of research, creating and bridging activities.
As a community, DS:E is guided by three action principles:
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Setting ambitious and realistic goals
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Taking responsibility for ourselves and others
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Creating a psychologically safe community
Empowering the Future of Management Research through Design Science!
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Join the Open Letter!
Open Letter: Let’s Make Design Science a Core Pathway in Management Research
We call on journal editors to embrace design science (DS) as a core methodology in management and organization research. Rooted in Herbert Simon’s "The Sciences of the Artificial", DS enables scholars to create actionable tools and solutions while advancing theory. It bridges the rigor-relevance gap by focusing on real-world impact.
Despite its success in fields like information systems and operations management, DS remains underrepresented in mainstream management journals. We urge editors to open clear pathways for DS work, such as appointing dedicated editors.
By supporting DS, journals can foster research that not only explains the world but helps design better futures for organizations and society. We invite you to join us in building this momentum.
Read the full Open Letter below and sign up via the button!
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