PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship

Copenhagen Business School; København; On-site; DKK 338,000 - 412,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully salaried

Tuition fees included

Office space

Travel funds

Job summary

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship within the Department of Business Humanities and Law. The three-year program includes teaching obligations and international research opportunities, with a starting date of 1 February 2027.

The PhD will bridge entrepreneurship, organization, technology, and responsible innovation, aiming to produce impactful insights for academia, universities, policymakers, and industry.

Qualifications

• Master's level education (3+2 Bologna) in humanities or social sciences.
• Master academic English in writing and speaking.
• Background in humanities or social sciences with applications to entrepreneurship.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research within Responsible Entrepreneurship under CBS supervision.
• Engage with the PhD programme including research courses and international conferences.
• Teaching responsibilities of CBS Department of Business Humanities and Law as part of the PhD programme.

Skills

Academic English

Interdisciplinary research

Research design

Education

Master's degree

Job description

PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship at CBS

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the field of Responsible Entrepreneurship at the Department of Business Humanities and Law. Expected starting date is 1 February 2027.

About Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL) at CBS
Department of Business Humanities and Law explores how people, organisations, institutions, and societies shape business. Its core research themes include entrepreneurship, business ethics, leadership, governance, culture, learning, business history, and business law from commercial and societal perspectives. The department comprises three academic units and nine research groups.

BHL Faculty have research backgrounds in various areas of political science, sociology, philosophy, history, anthropology, theology, aesthetics, design and innovation, leisure management, cultural economics, leadership and strategy, pedagogic study, law, and other fields. What unites faculty is an overriding concern for the organization of the human within its multiple environments: work, technology, nature, economy, civil association, the state, and corporation. BHL also participates in numerous interdisciplinary cross-CBS activities. In line with this concern, the PhD should demonstrate a capacity to bridge several of these environments and place the human at the heart of the project. Further information about the department and its research environments is available here:www.cbs.dk/bhl

Teaching responsibilities of the Department include undergraduate and graduate teaching in entrepreneurship, innovation and responsible business.

PhD project
We invite applications for a PhD position in responsible entrepreneurship, broadly understood as research that examines how entrepreneurial activities, practices, and ecosystems can contribute to addressing societal and environmental challenges while remaining attentive to their potential unintended consequences. The project is deliberately open in scope, allowing candidates to develop an original research agenda at the intersection of entrepreneurship, organization, technology, and responsible innovation. We particularly welcome theoretically ambitious and empirically grounded proposals that explore how changing societal expectations, new technologies, and new forms of entrepreneurial support are reshaping who can participate in entrepreneurship, how entrepreneurial capabilities are developed, and how value and opportunities are created and distributed.

The PhD project will be embedded in a collaborative research environment and should aim to generate insights relevant both to entrepreneurship scholarship and to entrepreneurs, universities, policymakers, investors, and organizations supporting entrepreneurship.

Examples of research areas a scholarship might cover:

• AI and responsible entrepreneurship — how artificial intelligence changes entrepreneurial practices, decision-making, venture development, and responsibility.
• AI and entrepreneurial ecosystems — how AI-enabled tools and infrastructures reshape entrepreneurial support, advising, mentoring, and access to resources.
• Inclusive entrepreneurship — how entrepreneurial ecosystems can broaden participation and reduce barriers faced by underrepresented or resource-constrained entrepreneurs.
• Responsible entrepreneurial ecosystems — how ecosystems balance economic development with social, ethical, and environmental objectives.
• Entrepreneurial capability building — how entrepreneurs develop knowledge, judgment, skills, and agency through interactions with technologies and support organizations.
• Responsible innovation and emerging technologies — how entrepreneurs navigate the opportunities, uncertainties, and ethical challenges associated with new technologies.
• Entrepreneurship and societal challenges — how entrepreneurial action contributes to, or potentially exacerbates, challenges related to sustainability, inequality, inclusion, and societal transformation.

Universities and entrepreneurship — how universities, incubators, accelerators, and other support organizations can foster more responsible and inclusive forms of entrepreneurship.

About the PhD program
The three-year PhD programme at CBS gives you the opportunity to conduct research under the supervision of CBS’s associate professors and professors, supported by research related PhD courses. The programme is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time at another research institution as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD programme, https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/phd-programme .

CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are in high demand.

CBS is committed to ensuring excellence, transformative and relevant teaching and research. Candidates who wish to join us must be interested in working in an organisation of this type and it is expected that the applicant shows an interest in joining the department's research environment. You can read more about the department's research here: www.cbs.dk/bhl.

Application and admission requirements
The department will give priority to applicants with high grades from their universities.

To be considered the applicant must

• have a basic education at master's level (corresponding to the 3 + 2 Bologna process)
• have a weighted grade point average of at least 8.2 on the Danish 7-point grading scale for the bachelor's and master's degree combined or alternatively a weighted grade point average must be at least 9.5 for the master's degree alone. If the grade point average is not met, documentation for being in the top 40% of the class is also accepted. In rare cases, the grade requirement can be waived.
• have a relevant educational background in the humanitiesorsocial sciences
• have completed the master's programme before starting the PhD programme at CBS
• master academic English at a high level in writing and speaking

The application (see link below) must include a five-page PhD project description. The project description must include:

• a presentation of an original research question
• a description of the initial theoretical framework and method
• a presentation of the proposed empirical material

In addition to the project description, copies of the following must be included in the application package:

• diploma for bachelor's and master's degree or other certificates at an equivalent level as well as the grade transcripts
• documentation for being in the top 40% of the class (if grade requirements are not met)
• A list of articles and publications (if applicable)
• one example of a selected written work (e.g. master's thesis)
• documentation of English language skills is not required for the application but may be requested if the applicant is shortlisted for interviews.

Forfurther informationplease contact Head of Department Pia Bramming, e-mail:[e-mail] , or EEL Unit Director Christian Garmann Johnsen, e-mail:[e-mail] ,

Employment and salary
A PhD scholarship runs for a period of three years, and includes teaching obligations corresponding to 416 work hours. The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The monthly salary is currently approximately DKK 30,264 up to DKK 36,877 depending on seniority and a pension contribution totalling 18,07 %. The scholarship includes tuition fees, office space, course and travel costs (according to the current CBS agreement).

Salary level and employment take place in accordance with the Ministry of Finance's agreement with the Academics' Central Organization.

Recruitment procedure

The Recruitment Committee comprised of tenured faculty shortlists at least two-five applicants to be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.

Applicants shortlisted for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and will receive the result of their personal assessment later. When the assessment committee has finished their work selected applicants will be invited for an interview. Please note that a positive assessment does not automatically result in an interview. Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.

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