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Jim Lei

PhD stipendiat

Subjects
Leadership Entrepreneurship Artificial intelligence Media Culture Philosophy

Primary research areas

Philo­sophy of Entrepreneur­ship
In­ter­rog­at­ing found­a­tion­al con­cepts in entrepreneur­ship stud­ies through philo­soph­ic­al ana­lys­is, cla­ri­fy­ing as­sump­tions about fu­ture, de­sire, re­source, and oth­er the­or­et­ic­al con­structs, and de­vel­op­ing con­cep­tu­al frame­works that sharpen our un­der­stand­ing of ex­ist­ing the­ory and prac­tice.
Entrepreneur­ship in Mass Me­dia
Ex­amin­ing cine­mat­ic and tele­vi­sion nar­rat­ives to show how these mass me­dia rep­res­ent­a­tions con­struct, cir­cu­late, and con­test pre­vail­ing so­cio-cul­tur­al mean­ings of entrepreneur­ship.
Theo­logy of Lead­er­ship
Ex­plor­ing how found­a­tion­al con­cepts in lead­er­ship stud­ies em­bed theo­lo­gic­al as­sump­tions about know­ledge, be­ing, ac­tion, and eth­ics, and as­sess­ing their im­plic­a­tions for the­ory and prac­tice.

Re­think­ing busi­ness from con­cepts to cul­ture

My work develops philosophy as a reflexive lens for business practice. I’m particularly interested in how entrepreneurship is imagined—from core concepts such as future and desire to mass media portrayals in film and television—and how leadership embeds theological assumptions that shape our knowledge and action. 

By making hidden premises explicit, I help companies, educators, and policymakers sharpen understanding, design responsible ventures, and read popular business narratives critically. The aim is to foster more inclusive, ethically aware business research and practice, and to enable more reflexive, conceptually informed decision-making under uncertainty. 

My doctoral research primarily draws on contemporary French philosophy (Bataille, Deleuze, Derrida, Malabou) to build performative, practice-reflexive concepts that help rethink entrepreneurship in society. 

Publications

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August 2025

Daoist Philosophy and Leadership

A Reappraisal

Jim Lei, PhD stipendiat

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2025

Rethinking Alternative Entrepreneurship

An Inquiry Into the Interstitial Positions of Agnès Varda’s Cinematic Entrepreneuring

Jim Lei, PhD stipendiat

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Recent research projects

Re­think­ing Entrepreneur­ship in So­ci­ety

We ex­plore how entrepreneur­ship shapes so­ci­ety, in­equal­ity, and so­cial change, mov­ing bey­ond Sil­ic­on Val­ley mod­els to un­der­stand en­tre­pren­eur­i­al­ism in Den­mark and bey­ond.
https://www.rethinkingentrepreneurship.com