Field Study: Entrepreneur­ship and Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment in Uganda

Course content

This course provides students the opportunity of applying theoretical knowledge and research methods to a practical, empirical situation. The course focuses on key issues relating to sustainable development, growth, employment and poverty reduction, namely entrepreneurship and sustainable development in a developing country context. The course elaborates on research methods with an emphasis on doing field work in developing countries. The purpose of the course is to sensitize students to the challenges of doing field work and data collection in a developing country setting, including expanding their intercultural communicative skills by doing group work with students from the local partner university in Uganda. The course includes six modules: 1) Introduction to the Ugandan context including its historical, political, economic and socio-cultural features, 2) Key theories concerning Entrepreneurship and Development of the Private Sector, and their role in Sustainable Development. 3) Relevant research methodologies and methods for field work. 4) Introduction to and assessment of approaches to intercultural team/group work, 5) Field research in a developing country context (2 ½ weeks in Uganda), engaging with businesses and other institutions, 6) Assessment of experiences. The final module also includes dissemination activities in order to engage fellow CBS students as well as the Danish population at large.

Further comments:

1. The course can only run if 30 students are enrolled. This will be assessed shortly after the deadline for enrolment 
2. Students are required to fill in the accompanying form when enrolling (note: max. 2 pages!).
3. Students need to cover the costs of flight and accommodation, food, transport etc. during the field trip. This is estimated to be around DKK 10.000 in total (4-6000 DKK for the air ticket, 3-5000 DKK for accommodation, food, insurance, vaccinations, visa and local transport).
4. The field trip takes place in Uganda, where the local partner university is Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in Kampala. MUBS is one of CBS’ partner universities in Africa
5. The students will work in groups of 4 – two CBS and two MUBS students – with a research topic jointly agreed to within the overall theme of ‘Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Uganda’.

Field trip

The field trip takes place from end of week 9-week 12 (9 March - 25 March). The CBS students will work with MUBS students in groups of 4 (2 CBS + 2 MUBS students) – undertaking self-selected projects using relevant methods for data collection. The students will receive substantial feedback and supervision provided by the CBS and MUBS staff. The students hand in a 10-pages report Tuesday 23rd March 2027 and make an oral presentation Thursday 25th March to which they will receive feedback to from staff and student peers. The report will be assessed ‘passed or failed’.