At the Annual General Meeting of the ECSB (European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) on November 15, 2024, Em. Prof. Eddy Laveren was nominated and appointed as the 21st ECSB Fellow. 

ECSB Fellows are members of the ECSB who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship, research/education, and service to the ECSB organization. Being an ECSB Fellow is considered a lifetime honorary membership of the organization. 

Em. Prof. Eddy Laveren (Department of Accounting and Finance and member of the Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research) served on the ECSB Board of Directors for 11 years and was President from 2019 to 2021. He coordinated the annual RENT conference on entrepreneurship for over 20 years and personally organized the conference twice in Belgium (Brussels in 2006 and Antwerp in 2016).