Ph.D in Social Anthropology, Stockholm, Sweden.
My thesis:
a. The Third Generation: The Islamic Order of Things and Cultural Defiance among the Young of Tehran, Stockholm: Department of Social Anthropology. (2003)

My current research is a study of 'illegality' in the field of migration, which focuses on the process of unauthorized migration (mainly in the form of 'smuggling') and the living conditions of undocumented immigrants in Sweden.

I'm affliated to The Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations(CEIFO) Stockholm University.