Research Foci
- Research on Democratisation and De-democratisation
- Structural Analysis of Social Inequalities
- Process and Figuration Sociology
- Sociology of Knowledge
- Political Sociology
- Social and Political Developments of Modern Iran
CV
Academic Education
- PhD studies as a DAAD scholarship holder at the Institute for Sociology, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
- Postgraduate studies at the Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
- Master's degree at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran
- Bachelor's degree at the Institue for Political Science, University of Isfahan
Positions
- Erasmus+ visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pázmány Péter University
- Erasmus+ visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
- Erasmus + visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, University of Leicester (UK)
- Research fellow at the Institute for Sociology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster
- Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews (UK)
External Functions
Teaching
- Seminar: History and sociology [062561]
- Seminar: Module Physics I: Particles and Particle Systems [062560]
- Seminar: How objectively do we perceive the world? [068552]
- Seminar: Different Discourses on Islan in Germany [068551]
- Seminar: What is Sociology? [064646]
- Seminar: Which reality does the term identity refer to? [064645]
- Seminar: On the relationship between individual and society [065179]
- Seminar: Soziology of Domination: On the Structural Analysis of the Dynamics of Established - Outsider Relationships [065164]
Publications
Books (Monographs)
- . . Institutionelle Entdemokratisierungsprozesse Zum Nachhinkeffekt des sozialen Habitus in Frankreich, Iran und Deutschland. 1st Ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Post-Democracy or Processes of De-Democratization? United States Case Study.’ Historical Social Research 42, № 4: 189–206. doi: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.189-206.
- . . „Aufstieg des Kulturrassismus: Von Huntington zu Sarrazin.“ Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 2017: 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s12286-017-0363-8.
- . . ‘Changing Power Relations and the Drag Effects of Habitus. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in the Twenty-First Century. An Introduction.’ Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 42, № 4: 7–21. doi: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.7-21.
- . . ‘On the Habitual Dimension of Problems of Democratisation; Using the Example of Egypt after the Arab Spring, in Human Figurations.’ Human Figurations 9, № 1.
- . . ‘ نگاهی به زمینههای اجتماعی-روانی شکست حکومت مشروطه و به قدرت رسیدن رضا خان در ایران.’ Iranische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 17, № 1&2: 31–54.
- . . „Zur habituellen Dimension von Demokratisierungsproblemen am Beispiel Ägypten nach dem Arabischen Frühling.“ Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie Volume 42, № Issue 1: 1–19. doi: 10.1007/s11614-017-0251-0.
- . . ‘Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation.’ Human Figurations 3, № 2: Online–Publikation.
- . . ‘Popular War Songs and Slogans in the Persian Language during the Iran-Iraq War.’ CAMBIO 2013, № 6: Online–Publikation.
- . . ‘How Can Habitual Constraints Contribute to a Process of Institutional De-democratization? An Iranian Case Study .’ centre for the critical study of global power and politics 2013, № 1: 1–15.
- . . ‘جهانی شدن و هویت ایرانی.’ Iran Nameh 26, № 3-4: 100–112.
Review (Journals)
- . . ‘Emotion, Habitus und der erster Weltkrieg.’ Human Figurations Volume 4, № Issue 3.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . . ‘Difficulties of the EU as a Common Object for Identification.’ In Comparative-historical sociology as antidote to the “crackpot realism” of the twenty-first century, edited by , 24.
- . . ‘Zum Verhältnis von Macht und Selbstwert; Praxis der traditionellen Eheschließungen zwischen Bakhtiari-Nomadenstämmen im Iran.’ In Soziologie in Österreich – Internationale Verflechtungen, edited by , 181–195. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. doi: 10.15203/3122-5.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Parliamentary Form of Government, Habitus and Violence: The Case of Iran (1906–1925).’ In Norbert Elias and Violence, edited by , 205–226. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56118-3.
- . . ‘The Failure of the Constitutional Monarchy in Iran: The Socio- and Psycho-Genesis of Reza Khan's Rise of Power.’ In Studies on the Iranoian World II; Medieval and Modern, edited by , 159–174. Krakau: Jagiellonian University Press.
Special Issues of Journals
- ‘Changing Power Relations and the Drag Effects of Habitus. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in the Twenty-First Century.’, edited by . Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 42.
Scientific Talks
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “The Practice of Traditional Bakhtiari marriages in Iran”. Third Annual Conference of the Iranian Studies Initiative; The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran , UC Santa Barbara, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Neoliberalization, De-Democratization and Processes of Des-Integration in the EU”. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association; (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athen, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “On the Habitual Dimension of Problems of Democratisation: Egypt after the Arab Spring”. Colioqio de Historia, Universidad National De Colombia, Bogotá, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “To what extent is the Established and Outsider theory of Norbert Elias Eurocentric? - the example of marriages of Bakhtiari tribes in Iran’”. VI Taller y Oficio de la Historia realizado , Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Post-Democracy or Processes of De-Democratization; USA Case Study ”. Institute Lecture, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “The relationship between power and self-esteem; using the example of marriages of Bakhtiari tribes in Iran ”. Institute Lecture, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation”. Norbert Elias and Global History - Polányi Lecture Series, Corvinus University of Budapest, .
- UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO (UFES) VITÓRIA-ES, BRASIL : “On the Civilizing Dimension of Processes of Democratization and De-Democratization”. XVI SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL PROCESSOS CIVILIZADORES - Diálogos Interdisciplinares: Política, Contextos e Processos Sociais, VITÓRIA-ES, BRASIL, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Difficulties of the EU As a Common Object for Identification”. Third ISA Forum of Sociology, Wien, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „Daryoush Ashouri and his Theory of 'Open' versus 'Closed' Languages“. Interkulturelle Philosophie Mehrsprachigkeit, Pluralismus und Universalismus, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „The Rise of Cultural Racism: a Comparison between Germany and the USA“. Migration und Integration als politische Herausforderung – Vergleichende Analysen zu politisch-kulturellen Voraussetzungen der Migrationspolitik und Reaktionen, universität Leipzig, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „Bakhtiari Nomads in Iran and Processes of Nationalization“. Gesellschaft für Soziologie (GSU), Graz, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „How do Bakhtiari Nomads Experience Processes of Modernization in Iran? Cultural Deracination and Disorientation or Adaptation?“ Institutsseminar, Linz, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “The relationship between Power and Self-esteem, Using the Example of Marriages of Bakhtiari Tribes in Iran”. Social Character and Historical Processes: A Conference in Honour of Stephen Mennell, Dublin, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „To which extent is the Theory of the Established and the Outsiders of Norbert Elias Eurocentric?“ Österreichischer Soziologie Kongress 2015, Innsbruck, Österreich, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Rising of Extremist Parties in Europe as Function of Drag Effect of the Social Habitus of a Great Number of Europeans”. 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015, Prag, Tschechische Republik, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „On habitual dimension of democratization problems; using the example of Egypt after the Arab Spring“. Kolloquium des Instituts für Soziologie, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “How Structurally Similar is El-Sisi's Seizure of Power in Egypt to Reza Khans Seizure of Power in Iran in 1925?” Departmental Seminar , Department for Sociology, University of Leicester, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Al-Sisi’s Rise of Power and Processes of De-democratization in Egypt”. International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: New actors and issues in the post-Arab uprisings era, Istanbul, Turkey, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Rising of Extremist Parties in Elections of European Parliament in 2014 as Function of Drag Effect of the Social Habitus of a Great Number of Europeans”. The Quest of “European Identity” as a new Challenge for Social Theory, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “How Structurally Similar is El-Sisi’s Seizure of Power in Egypt to Reza Khans Seizure of Power in Iran in 1925”. 21th DAVO-Congress , Köln, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Post-Democracy or the Process of De-Democratisation?” From the Past to the Present and towards Possible Futures: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias, Leicester, UK, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „Post-democracy or processes of de-democratization?“ Kolloquium des Instituts für Soziologie, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “What Do the Popular War Songs and Slogans that Emerged in the Persian Language during the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 Contain?” Habitus, War, and Civilization, towards an Understanding of the Bellicose Sides of Society, Graz, Österreich, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “How far did the implementation of the ‘Republic’ differ from the ‘Monarchy-Change’ by Reza Khan in Iran in 1924-1925?” 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Krakow, Poland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : “Globalization and Iranian Identity”. Cultural Iran and globalization; a Future Perspective, Teheran, Iran, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz : „Islam as a remembered change-continuum; using the example of Iranian society“. Religion Macht Politik, Berlin, Deutschland, .
Dr. Behrouz Alikhani
