Kim Klyver

Kim Klyver is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark, with Adjunct Professor status at the University of Adelaide and a part-time Visiting Scholar at the Stockholm School of Economics. She has held previous positions at Stanford University and Swinburne University of Technology.

Education:

• PhD in Entrepreneurship (2005), University of Southern Denmark
• Master of Science in Business Administration (1999), University of Southern Denmark
• Bachelor in Business Administration (1997), Southern Denmark Business School

Her research focuses on entrepreneurship processes, social networks, and institutional influences. She employs multi-level perspectives (micro, meso, macro) to analyze how entrepreneurs interact with their environment. Recent work emphasizes crisis management, refugee entrepreneurship, and collective efficacy.

Scientific awards include

• Among ten most cited papers in IJGE (2019)
• Top read paper in Business 2017/18 (Wiley, 2019)
• Outstanding Reviewer for Gender in Management (2016)
• Emerald LiteratiNetwork Highly Commended Awards (2007, 2008)
• Scancor Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008)

She supervises PhD candidates and has served as chair of the Organization & Entrepreneurship Research Group (2015-2018). Her grants include funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DKK 3.4M), Carlsberg Foundation (DKK 973K), and the Danish Agency for Science (DKK 1.9M).