Kabiraj, Sajal
Sajal Kabiraj presently teaches courses in ‘Strategic Management’ and ‘Doing Business in China’ at the School of Business, Design and Technology at Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland. Through his teaching career in China as a tenured Full Professor and elsewhere, he has been awarded the Best Teacher Awards in 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2018 for academic research and teaching excellence. He has supervised theses at the postgraduate level, including MBA, MSc, and Doctoral students. He is a Ph.D. supervisor and examiner. He has strong international practice area and research experience in multinational corporations such as Datamatics, IndoRama and NOCIL (Petrochemicals), a JV of Royal Dutch Shell-AMG, iCRM (KL, Malaysia), and MMT Center (JIBS, Sweden). He’s been actively involved in research studies with Datamatics Inc, Panasonic, Telekom Malaysia, The Coca Cola Company, SIDBI, Jasubhai Media, CIDCO, ONREC (Canada) and Schenker Logistics AB.
At UNU-CRIS, Dr. Kabiraj who will serve as a Visiting Research Fellow within the Regions and Cities Governance Lab (Re-LAB) will primarily work on strategic negotiations and sustainability for EU’s Future Governance at various levels. Sajal’s research focuses on the question of how regional organisations, in collaboration with other societal actors, can contribute to the substance and ethical forms of transnational governance mechanisms and sustainable development as defined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The research would also seek to examine the interaction and reciprocal effects between regional organisations and the multilateral system. He seeks to work together closely with policy makers to find answers to questions of multi-level governance of academic relevance. His research is characterized by a quantitative-empirical approach. In addition to active publishing, he likes to be active in collaboration with societal stakeholders and create societal impact.
He has publications in the Journal of Brand Management, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Digital Economy and Sustainable Development, Triple Helix, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Sage Open, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, Global Business Review, Vision, Journal of Management Research, etc. He has published articles in trade journals, interviewed CEOs, and engaged in Business to business (B-to-B) industrial journalism as a Features Writer with Tata Infomedia and Jasubhai Media.
Sajal has a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, an MBA (Marketing & Operations), Dual Specialization, a PG Diploma in Foreign Trade, Master of Science in International Logistics & Supply Chain Management, PhD (Strategy and Information Technology), and an International Professional Teacher certification from HAMK, Finland. Sajal received the Outstanding Contribution Award for Research and Teaching from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, PR China in 2018. He has been awarded the highest honor to foreign experts “Xinghai Friendship Award 2015” by the Mayor of Dalian City, Dalian Municipal Government, PR China. Initiated in 1996, the Xinghai Friendship Award is the city’s highest honor for achievement by a foreigner in education, economic and social development.