Rotem Shneor

Rotem Shneor is a Professor at the University of Agder in Norway, affiliated with the School of Business and Law and leading the Crowdfunding Research Center. He holds a PhD in International Management and a Master's in International Business.

• Research Focus: Crowdfunding behavior, entrepreneurial finance, internet marketing, and cognitive aspects of entrepreneurship.
• Editorial Roles: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alternative Finance since 2023; co-edited Advances in Crowdfunding: Research and Practice and special issues for the Baltic Journal of Management.
• Teaching: Courses in entrepreneurship, crowdfunding, international marketing, and consumer behavior at bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels.
• Industry Collaboration: Works with crowdfunding platforms and FinTech actors globally.

Recent Publications span crowdfunding success factors, gender differences in contribution intentions, trust-based marketing frameworks, and cross-country comparative studies. His work appears in journals like Journal of Business Research, Decision Support Systems, and Venture Capital.

Media Engagement: Regular commentator on crowdfunding trends in Nordic, European, and global contexts, with contributions to newspapers (fvn.no, e24.no) and radio.