A Call to Universities: Academic Position

Associate Professor/Full Professor in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

https://www.rozen-bakher.com/call-academic-position

Published Date: 14 July 2025

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher welcomes offers for a Permanent Full-time Faculty Position from universities worldwide. Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher is a Portuguese citizen who resides with her family in Braga, Portugal, so she prefers a Hybrid Position from her Home-Office in Portugal, still, she may also consider an In-Person position in the main campus of the university or a Remote-Online Position. The path position must include research (e.g., only research or research and teaching). Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher is available to start working immediately.

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher welcomes meetings to discuss prospective academic positions. Offers should be sent via email or post as mentioned below.

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher can be reached via the following contacts:

• Email: zrb.academic.position@gmail.com

• Letter via Post: Avenida da Liberdade 12, 7º Dto., 4710-250, Braga, Portugal

Acknowledge about the Citizenship of Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

• Portuguese Citizenship: 07 June 2017 - Current.

  • Portuguese Citizen Card: 32015245 

  • Portuguese Passport: CC536599

• Former Israeli Citizenship: 12 July 1963 - 18 March 2019. Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher was born in Israel, but she renounced her Israeli citizenship in March 2019, including returning to Israeli authorities all her Israeli formal identification (Israeli Passport, Israeli Citizen Card and Israeli Driving License), as well as termination of all her assets and financial affairs in Israel, so since then, she holds only the Portuguese citizenship (see Renouncing of Israeli Citizenship by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher, 03/2019 https://www.rozen-bakher.com/renouncing-israeli-citizenship-z). Note, Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher did not serve in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) due to marriage and study.

PROFILE

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher is a Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade. Dr. Rozen-Bakher has a unique Education profile. She has a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management, and an M.A. in International Relations and Strategy with a focus on International Security and Foreign Policy. She was awarded an excellent scholarship for her Doctorate study following her excellent scores in the M.A. study (Final Average M.A. Scores – 92). Her Ph.D dissertation deals with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), while her M.A. dissertation deals with M&As. Besides, she has an Associate Degree in Business Management and General Management, as well as a Technician Diploma in Robotics and a Technician in Telecommunication.

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher started her career in R&D positions in the Israeli Avionics and Robotic industries. Following that, she held for many years executive management positions in Israeli high-tech, such as a Member of the Management Board, CEO, Substitute CEO, Deputy CEO, and CEO of MNE Affiliation. ECI Telecom awarded her Stock Options as a Key Employee, as well as a Scholarship for her M.A Study. When she started her Ph.D. study, she held in parallel positions as a lecturer in Israeli Higher Education and as an executive manager in Israeli high-tech, regardless of her activity as a researcher. When she finalized her Ph.D. study, she dedicated her full time to research, teaching, and academic administration as a faculty member in Israeli Higher Education. Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher developed by herself all her academic courses, which were approved by the Israeli Council for Higher Education and/or by Bar-Ilan University, such as the courses Management of Multinational Enterprises, Managing Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As), Decision Making, International Organizations, Public Policy and Public Administration, Impact of Global Economy on Public Policy, International Marketing, Marketing & Business Development in the High-Tech industry, and Labour Markets and Industrial Relations in the Era of Global Economy. She has around 3,000 academic hours of teaching experience with her academic courses. Importantly, she was chosen twice for the ‘Yearly Outstanding Lecturer of the Political Sciences Department’. She also held academic roles as a faculty member, such as a member of the Teaching Committee and the Conference Committee. 

Since 2015, Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher dedicated her full-time to research on Risks of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), International Trade, and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). Her research objective is to identify the critical factors that may lead to global change, instability and risk, which may affect the business environment, as well as the policies of governments worldwide. Her expertise covers Political Risks, Economic Risks, and Strategic Risks, as follows:

• Security and Political Risks: Geopolitical Conflicts, War-Sanctions, Trade Wars, Political Instability, Regime Transformation, Wars, Coups, Terror, Resistance Movements, Intelligence Risks, Social Unrest, Conflicts due to Military Alliances, Diplomatic Crises, Regional Crises, Risks for World War and more.

• Economic and Strategic Risks: Global Economic Crises, Sanctions, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Risks in Free Trade Agreements and Trade Alliances, Economic Instability (e.g. Recession, Slowdown, Unemployment), Impact of FDI on Labour Markets, Labour Markets in the Aging Era, Technology Change, Risks of Global Warming Related to FDI, Risks of Entry Modes, Management Risks and Strategic Risks at the Firm Level, Integration Risks in M&As, Religion Distance, Cultural Distance, Labour Unions in M&As, and more.

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher published her research papers in respectful academic journals along with an impressive research pipeline, as well as seven ongoing Research Projects, as follows:

• Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/global-survival-rank-zrb

  Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Yearly Rank to Compare the Global Political Power among Countries, Alliances and Coalitions to Survive Long Wars at the Military, Economic, and Political Levels

• Monitoring Alliances by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/monitoring-alliances

  Monitoring Alliances by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Monitoring Military, Political, Economic and Trade Alliances that Have an Impact on Global Order and Geopolitics

• Monitoring Risks by Dr. Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/monitoring-risks

  Monitoring Risks by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Analysing in-Depth Security & Political Risks and Economic & Strategic Risks

• Global Risks by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/forum

  Global Risks by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Stimulating Thinking ‘Out of the Box’ on Ongoing Global Problems that Have no Clear Solutions

• Risks Timeline by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: https://www.rozen-bakher.com/timeline-risks-all

  Risks Timeline by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Comments on Contemporary Risks

• Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/search-blog-1

  Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher to Identify Risks versus Opportunities at the Country Level

• Identify Risks by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/identify-risks-all

  Identify Risks via Twitter-X Lists of Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Global Perspective and Regional Perspective, as well as Country Perspective - Focus on Risky Countries and Prominent Countries

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher can be reached via her contact details.