Research

Short Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal:          Name: Shahamak Rezaei - E-mail: shre@ruc.dk - Nationality: Danish

 

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University

 

“Marie Curie Fellow”, “Project Coordinator” for an EU HORIZON 2020 RISE/MARIE CURIE funded research project entitled: “DiasporaLink” www.DiasporaLink.org

 

Professorship Evaluation:

 

2019:                 Evaluated as ”Qualified” for full professorship by an international evaluation committee for a

Professorship with special responsibilities in ”Social Sciences”.

 

2011:                 Evaluated as ”Qualified” for full professorship in Social Science” by an international evaluation committee for a Professorship with special responsibilities in ”Global challenges to citizenship, participation, identity and change”.

 

2011:                 Evaluated as ”Qualified” for full professorship in Social Science” by an international evaluation

Committee for a professorship with special responsibilities in ”Civil society, diversity and globalization”.

 

Research areas:

Core expertise in Economic Sociology with special focus on “Migration, Integration Policy and Diversity Management” as well as “Nascent Entrepreneurship from institutional point of view” (Transnational Entrepreneurship, Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Diaspora Entrepreneurship, Female Entrepreneurship, and Family Entrepreneurship), Migration Management, Talent Mobility, Brain Circulation, and Open Innovation. Methodologically focused on Network analysis, Quantitative analysis, Survey, Registry Micro Data, GEM data.

Education:      

2002:                 Ph.D. in Business Administration with the title: Business Dynamics amongst Immigrants: SELF-EMPLOYMENT and Network Relations Blockage or Initiator of Socio-economic Mobility?,       University of Southern Denmark.

PhD Evaluation Committee Members: 1. Prof. Poul Rind Christensen (Denmark) 2. Prof. Bengt Johannisson (Sweden) 3. Prof. Feiwel Kupferberg (Sweden & Denmark)

 

1994:                 M.Sc. in Economics at Aalborg University.

 

Award:             Winner of “Danske Bank” 2014 award in “Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship” (September, 19, 2014)

 

                          Appointed as one of ”the most influential” persons in immigration & integration issues in Denmark in the Magazine EUROMAN (February 2006, p.49).

 

Professional Career – selected since 2007:

 

2019-2021:       Appointed as Evaluation Committee Member of the “International Network Program” at the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education.

 

2017:                 Appointed as External Evaluator by the EU Research Executive Agency (REA) to evaluate Horizon 2020, Marie Curie & RISE projects. Served as External Expert/Evaluator and Vice-Chair since 2017 in several assessments in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 – expecting to continue in 2021. 

 

                          Appointed as External Evaluator by the EU Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) to evaluate COSME projects. Served as External Expert/Evaluator/Vice Chair since 2017 in several assessments in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 – expecting to continue in 2021.

 

2016:                 Appointment as Non-Resident Research Associate Princeton University, Department of Sociology, Center for Migration and Development (CMD) and Office of Population Research (OPR) since 2016.

 

2014:                 Reappointment as Visiting fellow, Princeton University, Department of Sociology, Center for Migration and Development (CMD) (January-September 2014) – teaching and empirical data collection in the USA (East Coast).

 

                          Guest Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Yale University, January 2014.

 

2013-2014:       Visiting Professor, UCLA, Department of Sociology (January 2014 – July 2014) – Empirical data collection and conducting interviews in the USA (West Coast).

 

2011 – 2013:     Head of Social Science Study Program at Department of Society & globalization, Roskilde University, (August 2011, August 2013).

 

2013:                 Visiting fellow, Princeton University, Center for Migration and Development (CMD) (September-December 2013) – Empirical data collection in the USA (East Coast).

 

Visiting fellow, University of Oxford, Center on Migration, Policy & Society (COMPAS) (June

September 2013) – Paper presentation and conducting interviews.

 

2012:                 Visiting fellow at Tsinghua University, School of Social Sciences, Center for Chinese

Entrepreneurs Studies, Beijing, China. Has agreed to initiate teaching and research – (Ongoing activity since December 2012).

 

2007 - :              Associate Professor, Department of Society & globalization, Roskilde University, since August 1^st 2007.

 

 

Selected Grants:

 

2022:                 Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to plan and host a workshop titled:” Talents, Science, and International Science Mobility in China”, Grant 65.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

2021:                  Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to plan and host a workshop titled:” Talents, Science, and Internationalisation in China”, Grant 110.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

                         

                          Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), publication dissemination for my recent book “The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies” and my recant AJSS Special Issue (published by Brill-Elsevier) – Grant 35.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

 

2019:                 Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to continue a research project on “Transnational Entrepreneurship” & “Talent Mobility” with special focus on China and Denmark, Grant approx. 268.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

                         

2018:                 Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to initiate a Ph.D. research project on “Talent Mobility” with special focus on China, Grant 1.500.000 Danish Kroner.

 

Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to continue a research project on “Transnational Entrepreneurship” with special focus on China and Denmark, Grant approx. 210.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to design and carry out a PhD course in “Comparative Research Design” for SDC and UCAS (University of Chinese Academy of Science), Grant 200.000 Danish Kroner, Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

Awarded from Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, to the research project titled: ”Migration, Integration and Development: The Role of Transnational Immigrant Organizations in Sweden”. The Project is based on collaboration between Roskilde University, Lund University and Princeton University, Center for Migration & Development (CMD), Office of Population Research (OPR). Grant 4.000.000 Swedish Kroner.

 

2017:                 Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to initiate “Extraordinary Activities” in connection with the “Opening Ceremony of SDC-building in Beijing, Grant 145.000 Danish Kroner, Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to continue a research project on “Transnational Entrepreneurship” with special focus on China and Denmark, Grant approx. 170.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

2016:                 Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to initiate a Ph.D. research project on “Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship in transition” with special focus on China, Grant 1.500.000 Danish Kroner.

 

Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to continue a research project on “Transnational Entrepreneurship” with special focus on China and Denmark, Grant approx. 400.000 Danish Kroner – personal share approx.100.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

2015:                 Awarded from EU Commission - Horizon 2020, RISE (Research & Innovation Staff Exchange), Marie Curie Program for the project titled: “DiasporaLink - Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship as a Development Link between Home and Residence Countries”.  A 4-year exchange program between 24 world-class universities and research institutes from the European Union (EU), Africa, and the Americas. Grant approx. 572.500 EURO. Reference “EU Commission, REA”.

 

Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to continue a research project on “Transnational Entrepreneurship” with special focus on China and Denmark, Grant approx. 450.000 Danish Kroner – personal share approx.150.000 Danish Kroner. Reference SDC, Denmark.

 

2010:                 Awarded from Fulbright Commission, regarding research project “Welfare State Regimes, Integration Regimes & the Socioeconomic Strategies of Immigrants – Background, Outcomes and the Reasons“: Grant 5.000 US Dollars, Reference Fulbright Denmark.

 

                          Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to initiate a Ph.D. research project on “Transnational Returnees” with special focus on China, Grant 1.800.000 Danish Kroner.

 

                          Awarded from SDC (Sino Danish Centre), to initiate a Ph.D. research project on “Transnational Returnees” with special focus on China, Grant 1.800.000 Danish Kroner.

 

2008:                 The Danish Centre for Research in Islamism & Radicalization (CIR) at Aarhus University (Denmark): Grant 1.000.000 Danish Kroner to finance the project: "Survey among Muslim Youth in Denmark" - Reference at (CIR): Aarhus University, CIR Center.

 

2007:                 European Commission – 6^th Framework programme: "Undocumented Worker Transitions: Compiling evidence concerning the boundaries and processes of change in the status of work and undocumented workers in Europe" which will be conducted in 7 EU- member countries and candidate countries. The overall Grant is EURO 696.503,00 of which Dr Rezaei is leading the Danish part of the project with a budget of EURO 96.000,00.

 

2005:                 Danish Ministry of Economic & Business Affairs, National Agency for Enterprise & Construction: Grant 538.000 Danish Kroner regarding research project: The Immigrants close networks: Blockage or initiator of innovation and growth?

 

2003:                 Danish Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs: Grant 181.000 Danish Kroner to finance a research project regarding a comparative study on "Formal and informal finance of ethnic businesses in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, England and the Netherlands"

 

2002:                 Danish Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs: Grant 638.000 Danish Kroner to finance the project: “Dual labour market in welfare state perspective: a study on the dilemma between informal economic praxis and immigrants socio-economic integration”

 

                          Danish Ministry of Employment: Grant 512.000 Danish Kroner to finance the project: “Dual labour market in welfare state perspective: a study on the dilemma between informal economic praxis and immigrants socio-economic integration”

 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Books, Scientific Articles & Publications – Published – Only 2013-2023:

 

2023:                 Forthcoming Book (2023):

 

Rezaei, S., Mouritzen, M.R., Forthcoming 2023, “International Talent Management in Times of Crisis: China and International Comparisons”, to be published by E. Elgar in 2023.

 

 

Book chapter: (January 2023)

 

Rezaei, S., Goli, M., “The Swedish Nightmare - The Dismantlement of Bounding Social Capital in Scandinavian Welfare State”, Springer Nature, in “Racial Inequality, Xenophobia and Populism: New Forms of Racism in the United States and around the Globe, Ed. Akande, A., Springer Nature.

 

 

2022:                 Book:

 

Zapata-Barrero, R. and Rezaei, S., “Diaspora Governance and Transnational Entrepreneurship”, Ed., Routledge book series – Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies, Routledge

                         

                          Book chapter:

                         

Zapata-Barrero, R. and S. Rezaei, “Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social pattern in migration studies”, In “Diaspora Governance and Transnational Entrepreneurship”, Ed., Routledge book series – Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies, Routledge

 

Rezaei, S. and Goli, M.,“Prometheus, the double-troubled Migrant Transnational Entrepreneurs and the Loyalty Traps”, In “Diaspora Governance and Transnational Entrepreneurship”, Ed., Routledge book series – Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies, Routledge

 

 

2021                  Book: Rezaei, S., Li, J., Ashourizadeh, S., Ramadani, V., Gërguri-Rashiti, S., 2021, “The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies”, Ed.,542 pages, ISBN                       9781800713277, Emerald Publishing Limited

 

                          Rezaei, S., Mouritzen, M.R., 2021, “Talent flowscapes and circular mobility in a Belt and Road (BRI) perspective – Global talent flows revisited”, AJSS - Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 188-197, Elsevier.

                         

                          Kuah, K.E., Rezaei, S., Zhang, Z., 2021, “Negotiating cultural and socio-economic flows in the era of Belt and Road Initiatives: An introductory overview”, AJSS - Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 183-187, Elsevier.

                         

                          Kuah, K.E., Rezaei, S., Zhang, Z., 2021, “Special Issues on Cultural and Socioeconomic Flows in the Era of Belt and Road Initiatives”, AJSS - Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 183-248, Elsevier.

 

Book Chapter: Rezaei, S., Li, J., Ashourizadeh, S., Ramadani, V., Gërguri-Rashiti, S., 2021, “Women entrepreneurship footprints: Some introductory reflections from emerging economies prospects”; In “The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies”, Ed., ISBN 9781800713277, Emerald Publishing Limited

 

Book Chapter: Rezaei, S. and Marques, D. H. F., 2021, “Female entrepreneurship in Latin America and the key role of informal institutions in the reproduction of gender asymmetries”; In “The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies”, Ed., ISBN 9781800713277, Emerald Publishing Limited

                         

Book Chapter: Marques, D. H. F., Moreira de Souza, N. R., Rezaei, S., 2021, “Female entrepreneurship à brasileira: entrepreneurship by choice of entrepreneurship by force?”,In “The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies”, Ed., ISBN 9781800713277, Emerald Publishing Limited

 

2020:                 Rezaei, S. and Goli, M., “Prometheus, the double-troubled Migrant Transnational Entrepreneurs and the

Loyalty Traps”, in Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social pattern in migration studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Vol. 46, 2020, Special Issue No. 10, pp. 2045-2066.

 

Zapata-Barrero, R. and S. Rezaei, “Guest Editorial Introduction”: Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social pattern in migration studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Vol. 46, 2020, Special Issue No. 10, pp. 1959-1973.

 

Mouritzen, M., Rezaei, S., Liu, Y., 2020, “COVID-19 and Its Implications on Talent Mobility in China”, in “A New World Post COVID-19: Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers. Billio, M. & Varotto, S., (Ed.). Venezia: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia University, pp.309-325 (Innovation in Business, Economics & Finance; No. 1).

 

Rezaei, S., Goli, M., 2020, “The ‘housebroken’ far-right parties and the shotdown in Danish Migration and Integration Policies”, in “Relations between Immigration and Integration Policies in Europe -: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives in Selected EU Member States”. Duszczyk, M., Pachocka, M. & Pszczółkowska, D. (Ed.). 1st Edition 2020. London: Routledge, pp. 106-124

 

2019:                 Lee, C., Rezaei, S., “Talent Management Strategies in the Public Sector: a review of talent management schemes in Southeast Asia” in “Research Handbook of International Talent Management”, 2019, pp. 364-396, Edward Elgar, UK.

                         

                          Rezaei, S., “Migration og Entreprenørskab”, in “Socialvidenskab”, Greve, B., 2019. pp. 67-97. Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne,

 

Rezaei, S., Hansen, B,, Ramadani, V., Dana, LP (2019). “The Resurgence of Bazaar Entrepreneurship: ‘Ravabet-Networking’ and the Case of the Persian Carpet Trade”, p. 63-82. In Ramadani, V. et al. (ed.) (2019), “Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Future Research Paradigms for Creating Innovative Business Activity”. Springer Publications. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_5

 

Hill, V., Rezaei, S., Mouhtat, D., “Winners for Tomorrow Need More Innovation and More Entrepreneurs:

Lessons Learned from Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan, pp. 57-147, in ”Globalization and Development –

Contribution to Management Science”, ed. by Faghih, N., Springer Management Science Series, eBook

ISBN 978-3-030-11766-5, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-03011765-8, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-11766-5.

 

2018:                 Rezaei, S., Hill, V. & Liu, Y., 2018, “In Search of the Ideal Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” in: “Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa - Dynamics in Trends, Policy and Business Environment”, Edited by Faghih, N. & Zali, M. R., Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, vol. 1, p. 11-53.

 

Hill, V., Rezaei, S. & Rocha, S. C. L., 2018, “Increasing Entrepreneurial Impact in the MENA Region” in “Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa - Dynamics in Trends, Policy and Business Environment”, Edited. by: Faghih, N. & Zali, M. R. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, vol. 1, p. 113-167.

 

Book Review: Rezaei, S., (2018), “The Apple, the Tree, and a Space to Grow in”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, ERS Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 492-499, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1388921

 

2017:                 Vang, J., Jensen, K.W., Schøtt, T. and Rezaei, S. (2017) ‘Innovation and networking among entrepreneurs across generations of Asian tigers’, Int. J. Foresight and Innovation Policy, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp.149–170

                         

1. Rezaei, L.-P. Dana and V. Ramadani (2017), “Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the entrepreneurial eco-system in Iran and in the Iranian diaspora”. Edited book published by Springer.

 

Rezaei, S., (2017), “Entrepreneurial Competencies Benefiting Entrepreneurial Intention: Iranian Adults at Home and in the Diaspora”, in “Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora”. Ed. Shahamak Rezaei; Léo-Paul Dana; Veland Ramadani. Vol. 1, Springer, 2017. P. 207-230.

 

Rezaei, S. (2017), Introduction to Iranian Entrepreneurship, in “Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora”. Ed. Shahamak Rezaei; Léo-Paul Dana; Veland Ramadani. Vol. 1, Springer, 2017. P. 1-15.

 

Ratten, V.; Dana, Léo-Paul; Ramadani, V.; Rezaei, S., (2017), Transnational Entrepreneurship in a Diaspora: Diaspora and Transnational Entrepreneurship, in “Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora”. Ed. Shahamak Rezaei; Léo-Paul Dana; Veland Ramadani. Vol. 1, Springer, 2017. P. 181-194.

 

2016:                 Jensen, K., Rezaei, S., Schott, T., Azhourizadeh, S & Li, J. (2016). “Chinese entrepreneurs’ human and socal capital benefitting innovation in China and in the Chinese diaspora”. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 16(3), 350-378.

 

Book review by Rezaei, S.: “The State and the Grassroots immigrant transnational organizations in four continents" (2016). European Planning Studies, 24(8), 1584-1586. ”,

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2016.1185253

 

Rezaei, S. & Marques, D. H. (2016). “The role of family network in circular migration and formation of transnational communities: a Brazilian case study”. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 16(3), 284-304.

                         

Jensen, K, Rezaei, S., & Scott, T. (2016). “Talent among Chinese Entrepreneurs at Home and Abroad.

Entrepreneurship and Talent Management from a Global Perspective”. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 62-91.

 

Rezaei, S., Light, I., Telles, E. (2016). “Brain Circulation and Transnational entrepreneurship” Guest Editorial – Special issue. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol 16, Nr. 3.  

 

2015:                 Book Review by Rezaei, S., “International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development”, Edited by Robert E.B. Lucas (2014), Edward Elgar Publishing, USA. ISBN 978-1-78254-806-5. In: European Planning Studies, Routledge, Vol. 23, No. 11, pp. 2327-2329, ISSN: 0965-4313, Taylor & Francis Group, UK. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1058467

 

Book Review by Rezaei, S., “The International Handbook on Gender, Migration and Transnationalism: Global and Development Perspectives”, edited by Laura Oso and Natalia Ribas-Mateos (2015), Edward Elgar, USA. ISBN: 978-1-78254-772-3. In: European Planning Studies, Routledge, ISSN: 0965-4313, Taylor & Francis Group, UK. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1070541

 

Book Review by Rezaei, S., Luhman, M.M., “Policy Discourses on Irregular Migration in Germany and

the United Kingdom”, Bastian A. Vollmer, (New York: Palgrave MacMillan), 2014, ISBN-978-1-13730753-8. In: European Planning Studies, Routledge, Vol. 23, No. 9, pp.1918-1920, ISSN: 0965-4313, Taylor & Francis Group, UK. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1046638

 

Rezaei, S., Book chapter contribution in Danish: ”Migration og Entreprenørskab”, in Greve, B., ”Grundbog i Socialvidenskab – 5 perspektiver”, (ed.),2.ed., pp. 151-174, ISBN: 978-87-7683-066-3, Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne, Copenhagen. 2015.

 

2014:                 Baklanov, N., Rezaei, S., Vang, J., Dana, L-P., “Migrant entrepreneurship, economic activity and export performance: Mapping the Danish trends based on Danish Registry data”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 23. Special Issue on Cultural Entrepreneurship, (1/2, 2014).

 

Jensen, W., K., Rezaei, S., Wherry, F., “Cognitive effects on entrepreneurial intentions: A comparative study of Chinese Émigrés and Non-Émigrés – Based on GEM data”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol.23. Special Issue on Cultural Entrepreneurship (1/2, 2014).

 

Rezaei, S., Goli, M., Ribeiro, A. & Henriksen, J., ”Migration and Integrations regimes and substantial Citizenship in EU”, in Margaret W. Roberts, Saskia Sassen “Territoriality and Migration in the E.U. Neighborhood – Spilling over the Wall”: Series: International Perspectives in Migration. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

 

2013:                 Book Review by Shahamak Rezaei; “Immigration Policy and the Scandinavian Welfare State 1945- 2010”, to be published in: Journal of Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 47:5, October 2013, Print ISSN: 0144-5596, Online ISSN: 1467-9515.

 

                          Rezaei, S., Goli, M., Dana, L.P., “Informal Opportunity among SMEs: An Empirical Study of Denmark’s Underground Economy”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB), Vol. 19, No. , 2013, pp. 64-76.

                         

                          Rezaei, S., Light, I., Dana, L.P., “ Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs in the international Carpet Trade – an empirical study,  International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB), Vol. 18, No. 2, 2013, pp. 125-153.

 

                          Schøtt, T., Rezaei, S., “Indvandrers involvering i iværksætteri i Danmark: Sammenligninger med andre lande”, University of Southern Denmark, 2013.