My principle areas of research are migration, development and entrepreneurship in Africa. My PhD project is on how returnee entrepreneurs relate business opportunities to development issues in Ghana’s creative industry and how transnationalism shapes these opportunities for business and development. Theoretically the project draws on Bourdieu’s practice theory as well as migration and transnational entrepreneurship theory. I am also affiliated to the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in Copenhagen (www.diis.dk).
Primary research areas
Migration and development
Return migration to Africa
Transnational entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship as practice
Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana)
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www.cbs.dk/en/staff/ahamsc
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2022
Amanda Haarman; Marcus Møller Larsen; Rebecca Namatovu / Understanding the Firm in the Informal Economy : A Research Agenda. In: European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 34, No. 6, 12.2022, p. 3005-3025
Journal article > peer review
2021
Amanda Haarman; Thilde Langevang / Capitalizing on Translocal Affiliations : Configuring Capital in Returnee Entrepreneurship. In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 4, 10.2021, p. 703-722
Journal article > peer review
2019
Amanda Haarman (Performer) / Rethinking Development Contributions : African Returnees’ Entrepreneurship Approaches. Nantes : Audencia Business School 2019