Dirk De Clercq is Distinguished Professor of Management in the Goodman School of Business at Brock University. He holds a PhD degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in general management from the Vlerick Business School, and bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from Ghent University.

Dr. De Clercq teaches courses in entrepreneurship and research methods. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics related to entrepreneurship, innovation management, organizational behaviour, human resource management, and business ethics. A central theme in his research is how diverse actors—employees, organizations, and self-employed individuals—mobilize and leverage resources to navigate challenges and pursue opportunities throughout their entrepreneurial journeys. His work has a strong international orientation, comprising numerous country-specific studies that span six continents and more than 30 countries, as well as multi-country investigations that compare entrepreneurial phenomena across national contexts.

Dr. De Clercq has received multiple distinctions, including the student-voted Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award, the Goodman School of Business Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Mentorship Award, the Departmental Researcher of the Year Award, the Goodman School of Business Distinguished Scholar Award, the Brock University Chancellor’s Chair for Research Excellence Award, and the Brock University Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. He has also secured several research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is listed among the world’s top two per cent of scientists based on career-long citation impact in Stanford University’s global citation rankings.
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