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Research project

Fawaka - Impact-driven entrepreneurship education for children

1 December 2020 - 1 July 2022

Children in a classroom.

Fawaka Entrepreneurship school introduces impact-driven entrepreneurship to children in Amsterdam. They start projects in which children can gain knowledge about sustainability and develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Around 400 children (age 9-12 years old) will follow a Fawaka program in 2021. Together with Amsterdam Impact, the Impact Entrepreneurship Program of the City of Amsterdam, AUAS monitors the impact, using a mixed methods approach with focus on questioning the participating children and their parents.

Parallel to the research in Amsterdam, a possible follow-up of this project internationally is explored. The aim is to form an international research consortium on impact-driven entrepreneurship education for children. AUAS and the City of Amsterdam are identifying potential consortium partners from around the world.licatie in voorbereiding.

Als vervolgstap hebben Amsterdam Impact, Fawaka Ondernemersschool en de Hogeschool van Amsterdam ook het initiatief genomen voor een samenwerkingsproject met internationale partners, waarin kennis over soortgelijke programma’s wordt uitgewisseld en verder ontwikkeld. Doel is dat een internationaal onderzoeksconsortium ontstaat rond het thema impactgedreven ondernemerschapsonderwijs voor kinderen.

Themes

Entrepreneurship Education – Social Entrepreneurship

Team

  • Maarten Hogenstijn
  • Claudia Cuypers
  • Ingrid Wakkee
Visit the research group Entrepreneurship for more information