Entrepreneurship education: Time for a change in research direction?

Entrepreneurship education has blossomed as an area of research due to its practical significance and role in expediting the economic wellbeing of the global economy. Despite its popularity there is still some way to go before we fully understand the nature and ability of entrepreneurship education to transform society. The goal of this article is to highlight the current trends in entrepreneurship education by providing some paths for future research that take an anthropcosmic view of education. This will help more researchers embrace the distinctive nature of entrepreneurship by tying it to new emerging employment trends such as the gig economy and the digital transformation of the workplace. Suggestions for how entrepreneurship education needs to further progress are given as a way of shaping the future development of the field. •Provides an anthropcosmic view of entrepreneurship education.•Suggests the gig economy and digitalization changing the way entrepreneurship is taught.•Provides key suggestions for future research areas.•Suggests educators and managers take a specific industry focus.