Nima Sanandaji
| Nima Sanandaji | |
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Nima Sanandaji speaking in Norway 2017
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| Born |
June 30, 1981 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Royal Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Author, scientist |
| Notable work | Scandinavian Unexceptionalism |
| Relatives | Tino Sanandaji (brother) |
| Website | sanandaji.eu |
Nima Sanandaji (born June 30, 1981) is an Iranian-Swedish author, analyst, and public speaker. He has published several books and reports on policy issues such as women’s career opportunities, integration, entrepreneurship and reforms which encourage innovation in the provision of public services.
Sanandaji is the president of the think tank European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies and the Centre for the Study of Market Reform of Education, both in London. He is a co-founder of the Stockholm-based think tank Captus, which he headed as CEO for several years until 2011. He has conducted research at Chalmers University of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Cambridge University, and holds a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Sanandaji was born to middle-class ethnic Kurdish parents in Tehran. His parents came to Sweden from Iran in 1989. Tracing their roots to the village of Kilaneh, the Sanandaji family, which since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 have moved to Europe and the United States, were the dominant land and farm owners in the state of Kurdistan throughout its modern history. Until the White Revolution during the Shah's reign, the Sanandaji family heavily influenced the economy and society of the region. It is for this reason that they bear the title of Khan and the name Sanandaji. The Sanandaji family had its wealth confiscated during the Iranian Revolution, prior to Nima Sanandaji's birth, and he was therefore raised in under precarious migrant circumstances. Sanandaji has conducted research in structural biochemistry at Cambridge University and has a degree in biotechnology from Chalmers University of Technology. He has a Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in polymer engineering. Sanandaji has previously been chairman of the Free Moderate Student League and the Swedish-American Association, both based in Gothenburg.
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