Khine Tin Zar Lwin is a postdoctoral visiting fellow at KITLV, where she conducts research on the socio-cultural and agency influences of Gen Y and Z in Myanmar. She is also a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Strategy in emerging markets at Strategy First College, Yangon, Myanmar.

Trained in Entrepreneurship and Strategy (University of Waikato, New Zealand) and Human resources and industry development (Hiroshima Univeristy, New Zealand). Recently, she attempts to connect adjacent fields in sociology and environmental psychology to entrepreneurship filed. She acquired her PhD from the University of Waikato, New Zealand (2022), with a thesis on the entrepreneurial consequences of imprinting in SMEs in Myanmar’s during transition period, for which she studied entrepreneurship, ideological imprinting in transitioning markets. Previously, she was involved in Research projects (under JICA program). Between 2005 and 2022, she performed a range of positions, including associate professor, at Yangon Univeristy of Economics, Myanmar.

Selected publications

Lwin, K, Sinha, P & Gibb, J. (2020). "Using trust-based social capital in coping with institutional constraints: the case of entrepreneurs in Myanmar." In Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Lwin, K, Sinha, P & Gibb, J. (2020). Founding Imprints, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Growth of Firms in a Transition Economy. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 12948).

Lwin, K. T. Z., Siri, N. S., & Zan, T. T. (2025). Explicating Who Has a Desire to Go Green! Personality, Green Opportunity Recognition and Green Entrepreneurship Intention. Sustainable Development. Wiley Online Library.