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Amin Moghadam

Research Lead, Cities and Migration; Responsable du développement du réseau francophone de la recherche
EducationPhD, University of Lyon II
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Amin Moghadam’s research explores ways in which the dynamics of space production in global cities intersect with the politics of housing and home making by emphasizing the role they play in migration trajectories and transnational practices, as well as in processes of class formation and integration in the host society.

Amin holds a PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies from the University of Lyon II, France. His research and publications have focused on migration policy and practices, diaspora studies, circulation and regional integration in the Middle East, with focus on the Persian Gulf region (Iran and UAE).

Amin acted as an associate research scholar at the Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University between 2016-2020. Prior to this position, he lectured on Urban and Migration Studies at Sciences Po Paris, Aix-Marseille University and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco). In addition to research and teaching, he took on the role of academic advisor for the Master of Public Affairs program at Sciences Po in Paris and consulted for several organizations such as the Louvre Abu Dhabi and UNHCR.  

Recent Publications

Books

With Triandafyllidou, A., Kelly, M., and Şahin-Mencütek, Z.(Eds.). (2024) Migration and Cities: Conceptual and Policy Advances (external link) . Springer Nature.

Journal Articles

Moghadam, A. (2022). Migrants and their cultural world: When things teach us about lives. (external link)  In Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies (external link)  (pp. 255-263). Routledge.

Moghadam, A. (2022). “Boire un café à Téhéran Économie politique des circulations régionales et nouveaux modes de consommation en Iran.” (external link)  In Un Moyen-Orient ordinaire Entre consommation et mobilities, edited by Thierry Boissière and Yoann Morvan, 235–62.

Moghadam, A. & Jadali, S. (2022). Immigration and Revolution in Iran: Asylum politics and State Consolidation (external link) . REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 29, 21-41.

Moghadam, A. (2021). The Making of a Cosmo-Nationalistic Trajectory: Iranian Cultural Entrepreneurs in Tehran and Dubai. (external link)  Journal of Arabian Studies, 11(2), 243-261.

Moghadam, A. (2021). The staging of cultural diversity in Dubai: the case of Dubai Art Fair.  (external link) Identities (external link) , 1-17. 

Moghadam, A. (2021/3)  (PDF file) Iranian Migrations to Dubai: Constraints and Autonomy of a Segmented Diaspora

Book Chapters

(2024). The comedian, the poet and the philanthropist: Transnational cultural actors and social remittances between Dubai and southern Iran (external link)  (pp. 107-130), In Nasra M. Shah (eds.) Social remittances and Social Change, Focus on Asia and the Middle East. Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan.

(2024). Urban Diversity and Spatial Justice: A Critical Overview (external link) . (pp.61-79), in Triandafyllidou, A., Moghadam, A., Kelly, M., and Sahin-Mencutek, Z., (eds.) Migration and Cities, Springer Nature.