Academic interests
As a researcher of International Relations, he is interested in subjects of identity, foreign policy, conceptual history, temporality, discourses, and diplomacy to account for changes and continuities in historical evolution of the international society.
As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oslo, he is examining the conceptual history of international order by relying on his expertise of Middle East and Iran.
Background
Alireza Shams Lahijani started this project at University of Oslo after teaching at London School of Economics & Political Science where he obtained his PhD.