Jasmine Jaim, Jahangirnagar University

Huriye Yeröz, De Montfort University

Bronwyn Wood, United Arab Emirates University

This special issue challenges the predominant narrative in scholarship on women entrepreneurs facing crises, which typically emphasizes their vulnerabilities and capacity to endure hardship. Instead, the call invites research that positions women entrepreneurs as active agents driving meaningful change across individual, familial, community, regional, national, and global levels.

The special issue seeks contributions examining both the positive and negative dimensions of entrepreneurship during crises, spanning the crisis period itself as well as pre- and post-crisis contexts. It aims to advance understanding of how gender intersects with entrepreneurship and crisis experiences, filling gaps in existing theory, empirical knowledge, and policy recommendations.

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Potential topics

• Crisis and entrepreneurial or societal opportunities
• Crisis and women entrepreneurs' identities, strengths and strategies
• Crisis and women entrepreneurs' contributions to society
• Crisis and a more gender equitable society through women's entrepreneurship
• Post-Crisis and women entrepreneurs in peacebuilding and regeneration
• Post-Crisis and impact of resilience
• Post-Crisis and women entrepreneurs' better work-life balance, improved wellbeing concern and healthier relationships with employees
• Crises, women's entrepreneurship and power relations
• Crisis and dark sides of women's entrepreneurship
• Women's entrepreneurship, crises, and entrepreneurial eco-systems
• Women's entrepreneurship, crises, and other-than-humans
• Women's entrepreneurship, crises and entrepreneurial education
• Women's entrepreneurship, crises, and feminist perspectives

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline