Dr Sharif Rasel

Dr. Sharif Rasel is a Senior Lecturer of international business at Flinders University. Prior to joining Flinders University, Sharif held positions at Monash Business School in Melbourne, Ministry of Public Administration in Bangladesh and Wageningen Economic Research (LEI) in the Netherlands.

Sharif's research interests lie at the intersection of international business, strategy, and economic geography, specialising in regional competitiveness, reshoring of businesses, and the effects of locational factors on business performance. 

Sharif is currently involved in numerous international and local research projects with high impact. He is currently leading a project studying the economic geography of Australia's advanced manufacturing sector. He collaborated with World Vision India, the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIM Udaipur), and Monash University to receive a competitive grant from the Australian government in 2021. He is also involved in the GLOBE 2020 (Global Leadership & Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) Project, which includes over 400 researchers from over 140 countries. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Review of International Business and Strategy.

Before joining Flinders University in December 2019, Sharif taught international business and strategy at Monash Business School for six years. He received commendations for outstanding teaching performance from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice President (Education), Monash University.

Since joining Flinders University in 2019, Sharif introduced a student-centric innovative teaching approach, and received the Student-Led Teaching Award for College of Business, Government and Law in 2022.

Sharif received his PhD from Monash University. Situated within the contemporary theoretical debates in international business literature, his Ph.D. thesis examined within-country location decision strategies of international firms using a multi-disciplinary approach that is grounded in the fields of international business and economic geography.

Sharif obtained his BSc in Economics (First Class with Second Place in order of merit) from Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh and MSc in International Development Studies (with distinction) from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.