Affiliates Program

The ‘Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Society’ project at Copenhagen Business School is an externally funded research project supported by the Carlsberg Foundation Semper Ardens Advance funding scheme (grant number: CF22-1148). It is located at the Department of Business Humanities and Law at Copenhagen Business School. The project is governed by the principal investigator, Christina Lubinski, the faculty team, R. Daniel Wadhwani, Peter Koerver Schmidt and Hannah Knox Tucker, and the external Advisory Board, composed of Stephen Cummings (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Sarah Jack (Lancaster University, UK), Andrew Nelson (University of Oregon, USA) and Friederike Welter (University of Siegen, Germany). The project started on 1 May 2023 and is scheduled to end in 2029.

The purpose of the Affiliates Program is to enable external academic researchers, not funded by the project, to participate in the project’s activities, strengthen its scholarly community, and contribute to its reputation. The program was discussed at the Advisory Board Meeting on July 24, 2025, and is to be established by 1 October 2025. The affiliates program ends with the end of the project.

• The affiliates program is open to PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, early career and senior academics not funded by the project.

• Applications must be sent to the PI and include:

  • CV.

  • Statement of interest (max. 2 pages).

  • Recommendation from one current project member, sent directly to the PI.

• Applications are reviewed twice a year, and must be sent by email to the PI (cl.bhl@cbs.dk).

• The Advisory Board reviews all applications and decided on admission and the max. number of affiliates accepted per year.

• Initial term: 3 years, renewable upon request.

• Renewal: subject to review by the Advisory Board and Project Leadership, and demonstrated engagement.

• Affiliates hold no employment contract or financial entitlement.

Affiliates have the right to:

• Shared office space, subject to availability.

• Participation in the project’s seminars, workshops, and social events.

• Presentation of their research in project seminars and potential collaboration on publications.

• Use of the affiliation in CVs and bios.

• Listing on the project website.

PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and early career academics are expected to:

• Regularly participate in seminars and events.

• Contribute to project outputs.

• Promote the project, for example by sharing updates on social media (with LinkedIn as the project’s primary platform), acknowledging the project in professional bios or academic outputs, or including the project logo on presentation slides.

• Acknowledge the project in publications for which the affiliation was relevant.

Senior academics are expected to:

• Co-organize at least one academic event during the term.

• Promote the project in their professional networks.

• Contribute to mentorship or advisory support, where appropriate.

• Acknowledge the project in publications for which the affiliation was relevant.

Affiliates provide an annual contribution summary (max. one page, bullet-point style) outlining participation, outputs, and acknowledgments, submitted to the PI by 31 August.

Affiliates have

• No access to project funding or employment benefits.

• No governance authority.

• Renewal is contingent on Advisory Board review and evidence of active engagement.

• Affiliations may be terminated early in cases of inactivity or conduct inconsistent with project values. The final decision lies with the Advisory Board.