Morteza EslahchiDoktorand

Om mig

I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. In my project, I aim to investigate collective learning conditions, processes, and outcomes in social entrepreneurial organisations. On the one hand, the study examines how learning leads to social becoming at the individual level. On the other hand, the process of becoming a learning organization at the organisational level is examined. The study pays extra attention to the role of founders/CEOs in organisational learning and development, and the complexities of group dynamics in these organizations.

Compared to other organisational forms, social entrepreneurial organisations are relatively new both in practice and as an academic field. This makes them an interesting case to study, especially since social entrepreneurial organisations’ organisational learning processes have not received enough attention yet.

By analysing the learning processes in social entrepreneurial organisations, I hope to contribute to a better understanding of social entrepreneurial learning and social entrepreneurship as a social phenomenon.
 
I have two master’s degrees, one in International Relations from Stockholm University and another in Political Science from Linköping University, and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. I have over 15 years of experience working in various organizations as a project manager, regional manager, board member, and chairman. Before moving to Sweden I was a political analyst and journalist in Iran.

Courses taught:

- Diversity Studies I: Conditional presence in policy and practice (Mångfaldsstudier I: Villkorad närvaro i policy och praktik)

- Research Methods I (Forskningsmetoder I)

- Organizational pedagogy -An introduction (Organisationspedagogik –En introduktion)

Publications:

Eslahchi, M. (2023). Leadership and collective learning: A case study of a social entrepreneurial organisation in Sweden. The Learning Organization, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-11-2022-0133

Eslahchi, M. (2023), "Adapting to the COVID-19 world: a case study of collective learning in a social entrepreneurial organisation", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 35 No. 9, pp. 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-02-2022-0014

Eslahchi, M., & Osman, A. (2021). Becoming a social entrepreneur: Individual and collective learning in communities of practice. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 61(2), 195-215.