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Convenor, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University

Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh is Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (Doha), and the author of Middle East Politics and International Relations: Crisis Zone (2022).

He has an active research interest in the politics of Central Asia, Islam, Muslims in Australia and the Middle East. His book was listed in the top 10 best books in IR: Middle East Politics and International Relations: Crisis Zone (Routledge, 2022) https://www.routledge.com/Middle-East-Politics-and-International-Relations-Crisis-Zone/Akbarzadeh/p/book/9781032052571

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Professor of Middle East and Central Asian politics, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin Uni, Australia
  • 2008–2014
    Professor of Middle East and Central Asian politics, National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies (NCEIS), Melbourne University, Australia

Education

  • 1997 
    LaTrobe University, PhD