Reihaneh Saremi

Prof. Dr. Pooya Alaedini, University of Tehran

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai, University of Kassel

In/Formalizing the Informal Life: A Dialogue between Social Policy and Everyday Life in Iran

• 2017: MA: Sociology (with a focus on the sociology of Shi'a Muslims) - University of Tehran, Iran
• 2014: B.A.: Software Engineering (with a focus on social networks) – University of Tehran, Iran

• September 2019 – September 2021: Head of the social research team at Sobhe Rouyesh institute, NGO for children in labour
• December 2020 – March 2021: Research Fellow at the Tehran municipality, Tehran, Iran (Researching on institutes for educating children in labour)
• July 2020 – November 2020: Coordinator for the project Socio-Economic, Cultural and Technical Aspects of Natural Disaster Management: A Dialogue between Germany and Iran, the Philips University of Marburg, Germany.
• April 2019 – July 2019: Research Fellow at the Social Security Organization Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.
• March 2019 – August 2019: Head of the social research team, at Green Cube Company, Tehran, Iran.
• August 2016 – February 2018: Associate product manager at Taaghche (eBook store), Hasin Company, Tehran, Iran.
• September 2015 – March 2016: Head of the social research team, at the “Iranian Urban Identity” workgroup, Ministry of Roads & Urban Development, Tehran, Iran.
• Prior to this I completed academic studies and worked in a variety of industries on a part-time and casual basis.

• Board member of the student cultural club, University of Tehran
• Volunteer teacher in deprived rural areas in Iran, since 2009
• Volunteer researcher and teacher for children in labour
• Chief Editor, editor and author of student publications, University of Tehran
• Member of the “Sociology of Shi’a” research group
• Essay writer in non-academic journals

• Saremi, R. (2022). “The Transformation of the Interpretation of Shia Female Icons in Official Discourse,” in: The Main Issues of the Sociological Study of Shia, ed. Shariati, S., et al. Tehran: Arma.
• Saremi, R. (2019). A Rebirth: A Sociological Study of the Ritual of Itikaf. Tehran: Arma.
• Shariati, S., Saremi, R. (2019). A Sociological Analysis of the Functionality of Itikaf in Contemporary Iranian Society, Quarterly of Social Studies and Research in Iran.

Conference Presentations

• Saremi, R. (2021). “Justice in the Speech of Preachers: The Complicity of Religion and Interests,” in: The 5th National Conference on Social and Cultural Research in Iranian Society, February, Iranian Sociological Association, Iran.
• Saremi, R (2020). “The Religious Mask of Revolution: A Study on Engels’ View of Religion,” in: Engels Colloquium: Bicentennial of His Birth, November, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
• Saremi, R (2019). “An Interpretation Toward Salvation: Applying Weber’s Sociology of Religion to Contemporary Islam,” in: 2nd National Conference on the Critical Reading of Classical Sociologists and Problems of Iranian Society: The Sociology of Max Weber, March, Kharazmi University, Iran.