Academic Entrepreneurship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

The predominant empirical focus of academic entrepreneurship research has been in the science, technology, and engineering domains. To date, there has been limited research and empirical focus on academic entrepreneurship in the humanities, arts, and social sciences (HASS). This is against a background of growing societal and policy recognition of the important contributions and impact of HASS-based research. The purpose of this paper, through a systematic literature review, is to examine the current state of academic entrepreneurship research in HASS. Our systematic literature review identified four key themes, namely, actors, barriers, mechanisms, and measurement and evaluation. From this, we develop and outline a research agenda for academic entrepreneurship in HASS.