Dr Nima Sanandaji is an Iranian-Swedish author of Kurdish descent. He has a background in the natural sciences, carrying out research in biotechnology, structural biochemistry and physical chemistry at the University of Cambridge and Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a technology doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in the field of confined space crystallisation. Dr Sanandaji has published more than 25 books on health care, innovation, entrepreneurship, women's career opportunities, the history of enterprise and the future of the Nordic welfare states. He is the president of the think tank, European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform, and of The Service Factory.