Reihaneh Saremi

Research Cluster

Partnership in development cooperation: Accountability of development organisations towards beneficiaries or project affected persons

Institute

University of Tehran

Supervisor

Prof. Dr. Pooya Alaedini, University of Tehran

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai, Kassel University

PhD Project Title

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

Educational Background

  • 2017: MA: Sociology (with a focus on sociology of Shi’a) - University of  Tehran, Iran

  • 2014: BA: Software Engineering (with a focus on social networks) - University of Teheran, Iran

Professional Experience

  • 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.

So­ci­al/Po­­li­­ti­­cal Ac­­ti­vi­­ties

  • 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

Publications

  • Saremi, R (2022). “The conversion of the interpretation of Shia’s Female Icons in the official discourse”, in: The main issues of the sociological study of Shia, edit. Shariati, S. et al. Tehran: Arma.
  • Saremi, R. (2019). A Rebirth; The sociological study of the ritual of Itikaf, Tehran: Arma.
  • Shariati, S., Saremi, R. (2019). A Sociological Analysis of E‘tekāf's Functionality in current Iranian Society, Quarterly of Social Studuies 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 of social and cultural research in Iran’s society, February, Iran Sociological Association, Iran.
  • Saremi, R (2020). “The religious mask of revolution:  a study on Engels’ view on religion”, in: Colóquio Engels: bicentenário de nascimento, 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 of critical Reading of Classical Sociologists and Problems of Iranian Society:  Sociology of Max Weber, March, Kharazmi University, Iran.