Congratulations to Professor Per Davidsson, Director – Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, School of Management, QUT who has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Faculty of Business and Economics, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany July 2013. This award recognizes Per for his ‘outstanding scholarly contributions in the field of entrepreneurship. His widely recognized methodological contributions, his studies on the transition to entrepreneurship and his international research work has become benchmarks for entrepreneurship studies. Moreover, he has mentored the most influential young entrepreneurship researchers in the field of entrepreneurship.’