The L.I.F.E. Research Conference is the largest research conference in the world that focuses on faith and entrepreneurship. Each spring, L.I.F.E. assembles world-class academics together to encourage, challenge, and facilitate a community for scholars across disparate and interdisciplinary fields of faith and entrepreneurship. To date, more than 1,100 faculty from over 50 countries have participated, including leading scholars in the field.
Here are quick links to the presentations for all of the L.I.F.E Research Conference sessions from 2021 through 2025, which can be found in their entirety on the Center for L.I.F.E. YouTube channel.
2025
- LIFE Research Conference – Introduction
- Well-Being & Flourishing
- Emerging Scholars
- Family Business and Faith
- Religion & Social Entrepreneurship
- Faith & Entrepreneurship Across Regions and Faiths
- Identity, Legitimacy & Stigma
- Best Paper Award & Closing
2024
- “Religion Matters” Keynote by Dr Nathan French and Welcome Address by Dr Brett Smith
- State of the Field: Religious Entrepreneurship Research
- Small Business Economics Special issue Presentations
- Opportunities for Publication (Panel Discussion)
- Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Special Issue Opportunity
- Next Steps 2024
2023
- What is the LIFE Research Conference? (2023)
- Religion and Social Entrepreneurship: Research Opportunities
- “Psychology of Religion & Spirituality: Implications for Entrepreneurship” Keynote by Ken Pargament
- State of the Field: Religion and Entrepreneurship Research
- Researching the Role of Religion on Entrepreneurial Action
- Theory Development for Research on Religion and Entrepreneurship
- Identity as a Focus for Religion and Entrepreneurship Research
- Institutional Theory in Religion and Entrepreneurship Research
- Next Steps and Coming Up for LIFE
2022
- 2022 Conference Welcome
- Theory Elaboration on Religion in Entrepreneurship Research
- PhD Student Pitch Competition
- Special Issue Panel for Small Business Economics
- Diverse Contexts in Entrepreneurship
- Is a Religious Lens Useful to Entrepreneurship Research? A Point / Counter-Point Discussion
- Hierarchy and Entrepreneurship, Keynote by Peter Klein
- Similarities across Religions in Social Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship and Religion
- Why Does Religion Matter to Entrepreneurship?
- Religious Diversity and Redemptive Business
- Entrepreneurial Nature of New Religions and Sects
- Teaching as a Christian Professor
- Implicit vs Explicit Faith Identity in Entrepreneurship
- Publishing Excellent Research
- Can Faith Filled Scholars Do Faith Based Research?
- Disenchantment in Business
- 2022 Conference Wrap Up
2021
- LIFE Conference 2021 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Integrating Faith and Entrepreneurship, Keynote Address
- Implicit vs Explicit Faith Identity in Entrepreneurship
- Identity: Challenges and Opportunities
- How Integration Reframes Religious and Entrepreneurial Antecedents, Processes, and Outcomes
- Entrepreneurship, Religion, and Re-enchantment of the World, Keynote Address
- Faith and Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Sociology and Strategy
- How Does Faith Encourage, Suppress, or Change Entrepreneurship?
- Challenges and Opportunities of Publishing Faith-Related Research in Premiere Journals
- Entrepreneurship and Faith: A Diversity of Religious Perspectives
- Closing Remarks LIFE Conference 2021
