Karen Williams Middleton

Professor at Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Karen Williams Middleton is Professor (bitr.) of Entrepreneurial Learning at the Division of Entrepreneurship and Strategy. Her research focuses on development of entrepreneurial identity and behavior through entrepreneurship education and training, with specialization within technology-based, nascent scale venturing processes.  She has been a long-time faculty at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship, and the director and master program head (MPA of Entrepreneurship and Business Design) since 2022.  Karen's work contributes to policy and practice, integrating entrepreneurship education and university technology transfer.

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2024

Mitigating the role of prior entrepreneurial experience and exposure through entrepreneurship education

Torgeir Aadland, Gustav Hagg, Mats Lundqvist et al
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 30 (11), p. 19-44
Journal article
2024

Making the whole university entrepreneurial – decades of legitimacy-building through Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Technovation. Vol. 132
Journal article
2023

Graduates of venture creation programs - where do they apply their entrepreneurial competencies?

Gry Alsos, Gustav Hagg, Mats Lundqvist et al
Small Business Economics. Vol. 60 (1), p. 133-155
Journal article
2023

Anchors of Sustained Entrepreneurial Careers

Mats Lundqvist, Martin Stockhaus, Karen Williams Middleton
Other conference contribution
2023

What’s in a name? Women’s use of professional titles of entrepreneurial role.

Stephanie Raible, Karen Williams Middleton, Sally Jones
Other conference contribution
2023

Investigating the Gendering of STEM University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Sally Jones, Karen Williams Middleton
3E CONFERENCE – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference, p. 78-78
Other conference contribution
2023

Insightful co-creation: a mechanism of more sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems?

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
3E CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, Book of Abstracts - 3E Conference – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference. Vol. 2023, p. 87-87
Other conference contribution
2023

Mitigating the lack of prior entrepreneurial experience and exposure through entrepreneurship education programs

Torgeir Aadland, Gustav Hägg, Mats Lundqvist et al
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 30 (11), p. 19-44
Journal article
2023

Progressing Context in Entrepreneurship Education: Reflections from a Delphi Study

Michael Breum Ramsgaard, Mette Lindahl Thomassen, Karen Williams Middleton
FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, p. 155-169
Book chapter
2022

Teaching and facilitating action-based entrepreneurship education: Addressing challenges towards a research agenda

D. H. Haneberg, Karen Williams Middleton, Lise Aaboen
International Journal of Management Education. Vol. 20 (3)
Journal article
2022

The gender gap in entrepreneurship: The role of the relative pay off from entrepreneurship

Torgeir Aadland, Gry Alsos, Gustav Hagg et al
RENT Proceedings. Vol. 2022
Paper in proceeding
2022

Levelling the playing field: Could entrepreneurship education compensate the lack of entrepreneurial pedigree and prior experience?

Torgeir Aadland, Gustav Hagg, Mats Lundqvist et al
Other conference contribution
2021

The relatable entrepreneur: Combating stereotypes in entrepreneurship education

Stephanie Raible, Karen Williams Middleton
Industry & higher education. Vol. 35 (4), p. 293-305
Journal article
2021

21. Entrepreneurs versus entrepreneurial

Karen Williams Middleton, Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist
World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, p. 177-183
Book chapter
2021

Mapping and navigating context for opportunity development: The Context Hive – a research-based framework

Michael Breum Ramsgaard, Mette Lindahl Thomassen, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Industry & higher education. Vol. 35 (4), p. 325-335
Journal article
2020

Conceptualizing context in entrepreneurship education: a literature review

Mette Lindahl Thomassen, Karen Williams Middleton, Michael Breum Ramsgaard et al
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 26 (5), p. 863-886
Review article
2020

Breaking down entrepreneurial stereotypes: Exposing students' assumptions of what it means to be an entrepreneur

Stephanie Raible, Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Other conference contribution
2020

The university as an entrepreneurial learning space: The role of socialized learning in developing entrepreneurial competence

Karen Williams Middleton, Antonio Padilla-Melendez, Nigel Lockett et al
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 26 (5), p. 887-909
Journal article
2020

Exposing and Utilizing Context in Entrepreneurship Education

Mette Lindahl Thomassen, Karen Williams Middleton, Michael Breum Ramsgaard et al
Other conference contribution
2020

Entrepreneurial Engineering Pedagogy: Models, Tradeoffs and Discourses

Oskar Hagvall Svensson, Tom Adawi, Mats Lundqvist et al
European Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 45 (5), p. 691-710
Journal article
2020

The entrepreneurial employee in public and private sector - What, Why, How

Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Book
2019

Entrepreneurial Prototypes: Identity Construction in Entrepreneurship Education

Stephanie Raible, Karen Williams Middleton
Other conference contribution
2019

An Evidence-Based Research Agenda for Action-Based Entrepreneurship Education

D. H. Haneberg, Lise Aaboen, Karen Williams Middleton
Other conference contribution
2019

Emancipating the 'Who am I?' Question in Entrepreneurship

Mats Lundqvist, Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
3E CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Vol. 2019, p. 1-23
Paper in proceeding
2018

How entrepreneurial is it to connect students to university technology transfer

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Other conference contribution
2018

Assessing experiential entrepreneurship education: Key insights from five methods in use at a Venture Creation Program

Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
Experiential Learning for Entrepreneurship: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives in Enterprise Education, p. 19-49
Book chapter
2018

Team Trust and Control in New Venture Emergence

Karen Williams Middleton, Pamela Nowell
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 24 (4), p. 882-910
Journal article
2017

Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin: Your Context influences Your Future - Are We Working with our Context in Entrepreneurship Education?

Mette Lindahl Thomassen, Karen Williams Middleton, Michael Breum Ramsgaard et al
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 10-12 Cork Ireland, p. 1-15
Paper in proceeding
2017

How Entrepreneurial are Project-based Courses in Engineering Education?

Oskar Hagvall Svensson, Tom Adawi, Mats Lundqvist et al
45th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2017; Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores; Portugal; 18 September 2017 through 21 September 2017, p. 1284-1291
Paper in proceeding
2017

Student Surrogate Entrepreneurs: can entrepreneurial education linked to research boost sustainable innovation?

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
IST Conference, June 18-21, Gothenburg, Sweden
Other conference contribution
2017

Learning to become entrepreneurial/fostering entrepreneurial identity and habits

Karen Williams Middleton, Anne Donnellon
Entrepreneurial Identity: The Process of Becoming an Entrepreneur, p. 103-126
Book chapter
2017

‘Lost in Space’: The Role of Social Networking in University-based Entrepreneurial Learning

Nigel Lockett, Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Industry & higher education. Vol. 31 (2), p. 67-80
Journal article
2017

Transformative, Transactional and Transmissive Modes of Teaching in Action-based Entrepreneurial Education

Oskar Hagvall Svensson, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 10-12 Cork Ireland, p. 1-15
Paper in proceeding
2017

The role of social informal learning in the student/graduate entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial process

Carla Quesada Pallares, Nigel Lockett, Antonio Padilla-Melendez et al
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) conference, Aug 29-Sept 2, Tamppare Finland
Paper in proceeding
2016

The university is dead; long live the university: Are universities the principle source of social capital for student and graduate entrepreneurs?

Nigel Lockett, Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Karen Williams Middleton et al
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, May 11-13, Leeds UK, p. 1-15
Paper in proceeding
2016

Examining the control-trust nexus in new venture teamwork

Pamela Nowell, Karen Williams Middleton
ACERE 2016, February 2-5, Gold Coast, Australia
Paper in proceeding
2016

Bridging the traditional-progressive education rift through entrepreneurship

Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 22 (6), p. 777-803
Journal article
2016

The contribution of universities to student and graduate entrepreneurs' social capital: a current fairytale?

Nigel Lockett, Carla Quesada Pallares, Antonio Padilla-Melendez et al
Engage HEI Conference, University of Central Lancashire, UK, May 19-20
Other conference contribution
2016

Matching Time (T) to Learning – a unifying “2T Framework” for action-based entrepreneurial education

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference; Leeds UK; May 11-13, p. 1-19
Paper in proceeding
2016

Trust-control relationships in new venture teams during organizational emergence

Pamela Nowell, Karen Williams Middleton
FINT (First International Network on Trust) Conference, Dublin Ireland Nov. 16-18
Paper in proceeding
2015

Alice in Wonderland - An Experience Based Approach to Learning

Sabine Mueller, Karen Williams Middleton, Helle Neergaard et al
3E Conference, Lueneburg Germany, April 22-24
Paper in proceeding
2015

Venture Creation Programs: bridging entrepreneurship education and technology transfer

Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
Education and Training. Vol. 57 (1), p. 48-73
Journal article
2015

Opening the Black Box of Entrepreneurial Education - outline of an app-based research project

Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
3E Conference; Lueneburg Germany, April 22-24
Paper in proceeding
2015

The Bermuda Triangle in Entrepreneurship Education: The Role of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Learning

Nigel Lockett, Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship; November 11-12, Glasgow, Scotland
Paper in proceeding
2015

Entrepreneurial Identity and Role Expectations in Nascent Entrepreneurship

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton, Pamela Nowell
Industry & higher education. Vol. 29 (5), p. 327-344
Journal article
2015

Strategies for creating new venture legitimacy

Tomas Karlsson, Karen Williams Middleton
Industry & higher education. Vol. 29 (6), p. 469-479
Journal article
2015

Mindful deviation through combining causation and effectuation: a design theory-based study of technology entrepreneurship

Marine Agoge, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Creativity and Innovation Management. Vol. 24 (4), p. 629-644
Journal article
2014

Team Conflict contributing to Entrepreneurial Learning: understanding conflict as positive within an Effectual Problem Space

Christina Butler, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 18 (1), p. 5-22
Journal article
2014

Personalizing Entrepreneurial Learning: A Pedagogy for Facilitating the Know Why

Karen Williams Middleton, Anne Donnellon
Entrepreneurship Research Journal. Vol. 4 (2), p. 167-204
Journal article
2014

Teaching Design Theory to Entrepreneurs: An Effectual Use of Design

Marine Agogúe, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
7th SIG Design Theory Conference, January 27-28, Paris, France, p. 1-10
Other conference contribution
2014

Constructing entrepreneurial identity in entrepreneurship education

Anne Donnellon, Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Management Education. Vol. 12 (3), p. 490-499
Journal article
2014

Relating the Process of Becoming Entrepreneurial to the I-NVC Dialogic

Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist, Pamela Nowell
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference, April 10-11, Turku Finland, p. 1-17
Paper in proceeding
2014

Strategies for Creating Nascent Venture Legitimacy

Tomas Karlsson, Karen Williams Middleton
Institute for Small Business and Enterprise Conference, Nov. 5-6, Manchester UK, p. 1-13
Paper in proceeding
2014

Experience-based learning in Entrepreneurship Education - a comparative study of four programmes in Europe

Karen Williams Middleton, Sabine Mueller, Per Blenker et al
RENT (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) XXVIII. Vol. November 19-21, p. 1-15
Paper in proceeding
2013

Exploring effectuation in early-stage ventures using the C-K design theory

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton, Clemence Careel
Second Effectuation Conference, Lyon France
Paper in proceeding
2013

Exploring entrepreneurial identity construction: the case of an action-based entrepreneurship education

Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
Nordic Academy of Management (NFF), Reykjavik Iceland August 21-23
Paper in proceeding
2013

How can Entrepreneurship Bridge Between Traditional and Progressive Education?

Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference; Århus, Denmark; May 29-31
Paper in proceeding
2013

Team Dynamics for Sustainable Business Development

Karen Williams Middleton
Sustainable Business Development - Frameworks for Idea Evaluation and Cases of Realized Ideas (eds. Alänge, S. and Lundqvist, M.), p. 127-133
Book chapter
2013

Becoming entrepreneurial: gaining legitimacy in the nascent phase

Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. Vol. 19 (4), p. 404-424
Journal article
2013

Academic entrepreneurship revisited: university scientists and venture creation

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. Vol. 20 (3), p. 603-617
Journal article
2013

Transformative and transactional mechanisms in action-based entrepreneurship education

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 21-23
Paper in proceeding
2012

Beyond the Explicit: excavating a pedagogical approach to knowledge for entrepreneurial action

Anne Donnellon, Karen Williams Middleton
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Rotterdam
Paper in proceeding
2012

Entrepreneurial Identity Construction - what does existing literature tell us?

Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton, Anne Donnellon
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference, Dublin Ireland
Paper in proceeding
2012

Path dependent path breaking: tracing innovative entrepreneurial behavior through C-K method

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton, Clemence Carreel
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Rotterdam
Paper in proceeding
2011

The venture creation approach: integrating entrepreneurial education and incubation at the university

Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 13 (2), p. 161-178
Journal article
2011

Venture Creation Programs: entrepreneurial education through real-life content

Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Vol. 31 (9), p. 343-
Magazine article
2011

Facilitating entrepreneurial behavior development through learning

Karen Williams Middleton
Nordic Academy of Management Meeting (NFF) Conference, Stockholm
Paper in proceeding
2011

Obstacles to Establishing Venture Creation Based Entrepreneurship Education Programs

Martin Lackéus, Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Nordic Academy of Management Meeting (NFF) Conference, Stockholm
Paper in proceeding
2010

Developing Entrepreneurial Behavior

Karen Williams Middleton
Doctoral thesis
2010

Promises of societal entrepreneurship: Sweden and beyond

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Journal of Enterprising Communities. Vol. 4 (1), p. 24-36
Journal article
2010

Challenges facing international students engaging in venture creation: a case study from Sweden

Karen Williams Middleton, Daniel Alvarado, Mats Lundqvist
13th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, September 18-19th, Montreal
Paper in proceeding
2009

The University as a Social Entrepreneur

Kristina Henricson, Tomas Faxheden, Karen Williams Middleton et al
Annual Satter Conference on Social Entrepreneurship - NYU Stern
Paper in proceeding
2008

Promises and Challenges of Societal Entrepreneurship:Sweden and Beyond

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Soci(et)al Entrepreneurship Conference, April 6-8 2008, VU University Amsterdam
Paper in proceeding
2008

Interregional university-linked innovation - the potentials for Europe

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Innovation Pathways and Knowledge Economy, p. 24-33
Magazine article
2008

Sustainable Wealth Creation beyond Shareholder Value

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability, p. 39-62
Book chapter
2007

Developing identity: start-ups and aspirant entrepreneurs gaining authority

Karen Williams Middleton, Mats Lundqvist
Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference, 7-9 of November, Glasgow, proceedings, p. 14-
Paper in proceeding
2006

Shadow dancing: utilizing the strength of paradoxes in entrepreneuring education

Susanne Ollila, Karen Williams Middleton
DIME – LIEE/NTUA Entrepreneurship Conference in Athens Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2006
Other conference contribution
2006

Promoting and Measuring University-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Proceedings of the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange 2006: the 3rd International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 07-10 February 2006, p. 573-592
Paper in proceeding
2005

Adding Licensing and Venture Creation to a University Mission of Open Exchange

Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams Middleton
Triple Helix conference 2005, May, Torino, Italy
Paper in proceeding

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