I'm a comparativist with research interests in democracies and autocracies, as well as the political economy of the Global South, particularly the Middle East and Iran. My research focuses on two paths. First, I study the political economy of post-revolutionary states, examining how pre-revolutionary conditions lead to revolutionary confiscation, the impact of revolutionary confiscation on political economy and state-society relations, and why some revolutionaries practice the confiscation of land and properties, while others do not. Second, I examine the policies and mechanisms through which states perpetuate corruption, monopoly, plunder, and rent-seeking, and explore how these mechanisms impact the electoral process and trust in political institutions in democracies and autocracies.
My methodological interests lie in developing original datasets and applying quantitative methods. I have built a strong quantitative skill set to conduct advanced statistical analysis, complemented by qualitative and multi-method training in Bayesian inference for qualitative research, critical discourse analysis, process tracing, typological theorizing, comparative historical analysis, and set-theoretic methods.
I earned an M.A. in Political Science from Florida International University in 2024. In 2014, I received an M.A. in Political Science with a focus on political theory and thought from the University of Tehran, Iran.
