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Ali Kadivar

Assistant Professor

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Ali Kadivar

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 406

Telephone: 617-552-4134

Email: kadivarm@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • M.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Politics, Comparative Historical Analysis, Social Movements, Global Sociology, Middle East, Iran

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Mohammad Ali Kadivar is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies. His work contributes to political and comparative-historical sociology by exploring the interaction between protest movements and democratization.听His听work contributes to political and comparative-historical sociology by exploring the causes, dynamics, and consequences of protest movements.

This work grows out of his experience as a participant-observer of the pro-democracy movement in Iran, but his research agenda moves outward from this case to explore these issues on a global scale, using case studies, comparative-historical methods, and statistical analyses.

He holds a PhD in听听from the听, and earned a MA and BA in political science from University of Tehran in Iran. From 2016 to 2018, Kadivar was a postdoctoral fellow at听听补迟听.

Kadivar鈥檚 research has been published in the听,听,听,听,听, and听. His work has won awards from the听,听,听,听, and听听sections of the听. Kadivar's first book is forthcoming in 2022 with Princeton University Press. He has also published analyses of Iranian politics for public audiences in English and Farsi in outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Washington Post鈥檚 Monkey Cage blog, and BBC Persian.

Academic Publications

Book

Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2022.听. Princeton University Press.

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Articles

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, & Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2023. 鈥�.鈥澨�Empirical Economics听[].

Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2022. "."听Sociology of Development.听8(2). []

Kadivar, Mohammad Ali, and Vahid Abedini. 2020. 鈥�.鈥澨�Comparative Politics听52(3):493鈥�514听[].

Kadivar, Mohammad Ali, Adaner Usmani, and Benjamin H. Bradlow. 2020. 鈥淭鈥澨�Social Forces听98(3):1311鈥�1338听[].

Mohammad Ali Kadivar & Neil Ketchley. 2018. 鈥�,鈥澨�Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World听4: 1-16听[][]

Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2018.听American Sociological Review,听83(2): 390-417 [][闭.氐孬

Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2017.听鈥�.鈥澨�Mobilization: An International Quarterly,听22 (30): 293-310听[].

Mohammad Ali Kadivar & Neal Caren. 2016.Social Forces4(3): 975-996 []

Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2013.听American Sociological Review,听78(6): 1063鈥�1086 [].

Awards and Honors

  • Postdoctoral Fellow. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs (2016-2018).
  • Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award. The Comparative Historical Sociology Section of American Sociological Association. 2016.
  • Sociology of Development 鈥孊est Student Paper (Honorable Mention). The Sociology of Development Section of American Sociological Association. 2016.
  • Elise Boulding Graduate Student Paper Award. The Peace, War, and Social Conflict section of American Sociological Association. 2016.
  • Best Graduate Student Publication. Global & Transnational Sociology of American Sociological Association. 2015.
  • Max Weber Fellow. European University Institute (Declined), 2016.
  • Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies Fellow (Finalist), 2016.
  • Odum Award for Excellence in Research. Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina. 2014.
  • Mayer Zald Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. Collective Behavior and Social Movement Section (CBSM) of American Sociological Association (ASA). 2013.
  • The Bodman Award for a Graduate Paper, Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar. 2013.
  • Summer Research Fellowship. The School of Arts and Sciences. University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. Summer 2013.
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