Dr L. (Ladan) Rahbari
Associate Professor of Sociology, Senior Researcher at IMI
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Political Sociology: Power, Place and Difference
Area of expertise: gender politics, migration politics, religion, body, digital media, postcolonial theories, feminist theories, critical theories
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15508
1001 NA Amsterdam
Social media
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Bio
Dr Dr Ladan Rahbari (Ph.D. Mult.) is a political sociologist and an associate professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, and a senior researcher at the International Migration Institute (IMI). She was formerly based at Ghent University, Belgium as the recipient of an FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) post-doctoral fellowship (2019-2022).
She is a member of Amsterdam Young Academy (2021-2026).
Rahbari is a board member of the Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS) and a board member of the Amsterdam Centre for Migration Research (ACMR).
Rahbari obtained a Ph.D. in Gender and Diversity (Studies) from UGent and VUB (2019) and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Mazandaran (2015 "Doctor in de Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen"), a Master’s degree in Anthropology (Tehran University), and a Bachelor’s degree in Italian Literature (Tehran University).
Rahbari's research interests include gender politics, migration politics, religion, body, and digital media, with a general focus on Iran and Western Europe and in the frameworks of postcolonial, feminist, and critical theories.
She is currently affiliated with the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, the Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality, the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG), and the Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity, and Intersectionality (RHEA).
Between September 2019 and September 2020, Rahbari was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies (DiGeSt).
Rahbari currently supervises four Ph.D. projects. See below for a list of other activities and publications, see below.
See Rahbari's latest publication, the edited volume with Dr Olga Burlyuk: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe | Open Book Publishers.
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Projects
Projects as co-supervisor
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Fashionable and Transgressive: Queer Style Effects on Masculinities in Contemporary Indian Fashion (PhD project)
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Queering Narratives of Ageing: Older Queer Women's Unruly Sexuality-Assemblages (PhD project)
- A New Understanding of Female Masculinity on the Chinese Mainland Screen from the 2000s (PhD project)
Projects as postdoc- Motherhood and Lived Religion: Empirical Study on Perceptions and Experiences of Shiite Mothering in Belgium (2020 - 2020)
Funded projects- The “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising in Iran: Women’s Activism and the Shifting Grounds of Religion (2023-2024) - funded by NWO
- RE-VISUALIZE: Gender and Islam in the French-speaking digital world (2022-2025) [Erasmus+ project Amsterdam partner] - funded by the European Commission
- Harmful cultural practices. A critical analysis of cross-cultural discourses and moral understandings of gender, sexuality and embodiment (2015 - 2019) - funded by FWO
- Digitized Love and Intimacy on Hinge: FLINT* Individuals’ Dating Practices at the Cultural Nexus of Online and Offline Worlds (2022-2023)
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Fundings
- KNAW Early Career Partnership 2022 from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Global Digital Cultures seed grant 2022 (UvA) as one of the three main applicants for the project Digitized Love and Intimacy on Hinge: FLINT* Individuals’ Dating Practices at the Cultural Nexus of Online and Offline Worlds.
- Fully funded postdoctoral fellowship project 2019-2022 awarded by FWO-Flanders Research Foundation (2019-2022), titled ‘Motherhood and Lived Religion: Empirical Study on Perceptions and Experiences of Islamic Shiite Mothering in Belgium’
- NWO SSH-XS-funded The “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising in Iran: Women’s Activism and the Shifting Grounds of Religion (2023-2024)
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Media engagements
- Stories [that] Matter: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe (openbookpublishers.com)
- Podcast | Olga Burlyuk and Ladan Rahbari, "Migrant Academics'… (newbooksnetwork.com)
- “There is not enough room for non-Western scholars at European universities” - Folia
- ‘Er is onvoldoende ruimte voor niet-westerse wetenschappers aan Europese universiteiten’ - Folia
- Een nieuwe Iraanse revolutie, met vrouwen op kop | De Standaard
- “Het is nog nooit zo groot en zo wereldwijd geweest”: Belgisch-Iraanse vrouwen over massale protesten in Iran | Het Nieuwsblad
- Hoop vinden in de hopeloosheid – De Groene Amsterdammer
- Zal de revolutie van de Iraanse vrouwen deze keer wel slagen? - Vranckx & Byloo | Podcast on Spotify
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Teaching activities
- Epistemology, Quality and Ethics in Social Science Research - Research Master in Social Sciences
- Migration, Race and Ethnicity - Sociology Master
- Postcolonial and decolnial perspectives in Sociology and Beyond - Sociology Bachelor
- Key Debates in Gender and Sexuality - Research Master in Social Sciences
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Publications
2025
De Graeve, K., Rahbari, L., & Looman, N. (2025). From allochronism to generationality: Ageism in queer communities in Belgium. Sexualities, 28(1-2), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607231193312 [details]- Looman, N., Rahbari, L., & De Graeve, K. (2025). Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality. Journal of Women & Aging, 37(2), 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2024.2428891 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2025). Reproductive Biopolitics, Demographic Anxieties, and Access to Safe Abortion: National Security and Pronatalism in the ‘Family Protection and Youthful Population’ Law in Iran. Social Sciences, 14(3), Article 188. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14030188 [details]
- Rahbari, L., & Bracke, S. (2025). Cadrer le soi: capacité d'agir et subjectivité dans l'activisme des femmes musulmanes sur les médias sociaux en France, en Belgique, en Allemagne et aux Pays-Bas. In M. Kolly, A. Leclère, & S. Bracke (Eds.), Reprendre le voir: Études critiques sur les images entre genre et islam (pp. 163-193). Presses universitaires Saint-Louis.
- Rahbari, L., & Burlyuk, O. (2025). The Nexus of Privilege and Precarity in Transnational Academic Mobility. In G. Yurdakul, J. Beaman, L. Mügge, S. Scuzzarello, & S. Sunanta (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to Migration, Gender, and Sexuality (Oxford Handbooks). Oxford University Press. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197775417.013.0020
- Rahbari, L., Kramer, D., Deserno, M., Tse, T., & Matos, T. R. (2025). Activism and academia: An interdisciplinary dialogue on academic freedom and social engagement. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 47(1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2390197 [details]
- Rahbari, L., Roggeband, C., & Kolbe, K. (2025). Introduction to ‘Gender, Sexuality, and State Violence: International Perspectives on Institutional and Intersectional Justice’. Societies, 15(4), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc15040086 [details]
2024
- Rahbari, L. (2024). (Gender) Politics in the Field: The Precarities of Diasporic (Women) Scholars of Iranian Politics during and after the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Uprising. Politics & Gender, 20(2), 506-512. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X24000072 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2024). Academic (Un)freedom in Iran after 1979: (Transnational) State Suppression of Academia and Risks for (Diasporic) Academics. AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom, 15. https://www.aaup.org/JAF15/academic-unfreedom-iran-after-1979 [details]
- Rahbari, L., & Geerts, E. (2024). (Post-)pandemic Somatechnics, Neoliberalism, and the Return to (Academic) Normalcy: Digital Conversations. Somatechnics, 14(3), 285-304. https://doi.org/10.3366/soma.2024.0441 [details]
- Rahbari, L., & Karch, J. D. (2024). Dual nationality, anti-citizenship, and xeno-racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. British Journal of Sociology, 75(5), 922-937. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13136 [details]
2023
- Burlyuk, O., & Rahbari, L. (Eds.) (2023). Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe. OpenBook Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0331 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). COVID-19 Pandemic and the Crisis of Care: Wellness Discourses, Neoliberal Self-Care, and (Dis)Infodemic. Social Sciences, 12(3), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030137 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). Down the (digital) rabbit hole: Mapping and decolonizing Safavid women's imagery in digital museums. Journal of Material Culture, 28(4), 559-575. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591835231210438 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). Harm and Consent in the Socio-Legal Perspectives on Child Marriage in Iran. In B. Bartelink, C. Longman, & T. Bradley (Eds.), Religion and Gender-Based Violence: Global and Local Responses to Harmful Practices (pp. 100-114). (Routledge research in religion and development). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003246046-6 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). Islamic Shi’i ethics and the biopolitics of the maternal body. In Y. Kornberg Greenberg, & G. Pati (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body (pp. 232-242). (Routledge Handbooks in Religion). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003058502-19 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). Legitimating Misogyny and Femicide: Legal Himpathy and (State) Violence against Women in Iran. Societies, 13(11), Article 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13110229 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). Sexuality in Iran Revisited: Queer and Unruly Digital Constellations. In F. M. Göçek, & G. Evicmen (Eds.), The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Sociology and the Middle East (pp. 338-346). I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755639458.ch-30 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2023). ‘Who Deserves a Chair?’ Performative Kinships and Microaggressions in the European Academy. In O. Burlyuk, & L. Rahbari (Eds.), Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe (pp. 213-224). OpenBook Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0331.21 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (Guest ed.), Roggeband, C. M. (Guest ed.), & Kolbe, K. J. (Guest ed.) (2023). Gender, Sexuality, and State Violence: International Perspectives on Institutional and Intersectional Justice. Societies, 13-14.
- Rahbari, L., & Bracke, S. (2023). Saba Mahmood en de nieuwe sociologische canon: secularisme, politieke ethiek en macht. Mens en Maatschappij, 98(3), 300-304. https://doi.org/10.5117/MEM2023.3.012.RAHB [details]
- Rahbari, L., & Burlyuk, O. (2023). Introduction: Narrating Migrant Academics’ Precarity and Resilience in Europe. In O. Burlyuk, & L. Rahbari (Eds.), Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe (pp. ix-xxx). OpenBook Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0331.23 [details]
- Rahbari, L., Kavka, M., Paisley, E., Zimmann, L., Mercier, F., & Boross, B. (2023). Roundtable: Affordances, Diversity, and Inclusion on Dating Apps - A Dialogue between Sociologists and Media Studies Researchers about ‘Hinge’. DiGeSt Journal for Gender and Diversity Studies, 10(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.21825/digest.87181 [details]
2022
- De Vuyst, S., Geerts, E., & Rahbari, L. (2022). Gender, Sexuality, and Embodiment in Digital Spheres: Connecting Intersectionality and Digitality. Journal of Digital Social Research, 4(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v4i3.150 [details]
- Geerts, E., Rahbari, L., Evolvi, G., Zarabadi, S., & De Vuyst, S. (2022). Pushing Intersectionality, Hybridity, and (Inter)Disciplinary Research on Digitality to Its Limits: A Conversation Among Scholars of Gender, Sexuality, and Embodiment. Journal of Digital Social Research, 4(3), 81-106. https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v4i3.140 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Beyond ‘Defecting’ and ‘Swapping’ Nationality: Emigrant Women Athletes and the Iranian Gendered Bio-Politics. In D. Reiche, & P. M. Brannagan (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East (pp. 354-362). (Routledge handbooks). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032915-38 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Faking Orgasms: Exploring Iranian Women’s Religious and Sexual Moralities. Religion and Gender, 12(2), 151-172. https://doi.org/10.1163/18785417-01202008 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Marriage, Parentage and Child Registration in Iran: Legal Status of Children of Unmarried Parents. Social Sciences, 11(3), Article 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030120 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Queering Iran, digitally: Implicit activism and LGBTQI+ dating on Telegram. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 25(2), 141-157. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGN2022.2.003.RAHB [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Serial Acid Attacks and Women’s Online and Offline Resistance and Activism in Iran. Social Politics, 29(2), 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxaa026 [details]
- Rahbari, L., & Mahmudabadi, Z. (2022). Women’s (non) participation in sports: Gendered attitudes, biopolitics, and women’s perceptions of body and sports in Iran. DiGeSt (Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies), 9(1), 85-105. https://doi.org/10.21825/digest.81846 [details]
2021
- Ogbe, E., Jbour, A., Rahbari, L., Unnithan, M., & Degomme, O. (2021). The potential role of network-oriented interventions for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence among asylum seekers in Belgium. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10049-0
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Biopolitics of Non-Motherhood: Childfree Women on a Persian-Language Digital Platform for Mothers. İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, 41(1), 27-41. https://doi.org/0.26650/SJ.2021.41.1.0072 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Gendered and Ethnic Captivity and Slavery in Safavid Persia: A Literature Review. Social Sciences, 10(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10010022 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). In Her Shoes: Transnational Digital Solidarity With Muslim Women, or the Hijab? Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 112(2), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12376
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Shi’i Muslim women’s pilgrimage rituals to Lady Fatemeh-Masoumeh’s shrine in Qom. In M. Buitelaar, M. Stephan-Emmrich, & V. Thimm (Eds.), Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility (pp. 75-90). (Routledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003110903-5 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Temporary marriages, mahramiyat, and the rights of the child in Shi'i adoption: The Legal and Juristic Dilemmas. Hawwa, 20(1-2), 103-123. https://doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341388 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Violence Against Women in Contemporary Iran: Between State, Society and Domestic Sphere. In A. Pistor-Hatam (Ed.), Menschenrechte in der Islamischen Republik Iran = Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (pp. 117-136). (Kultur, Recht und Politik in muslimischen Gesellschaften; Vol. 45). Ergon Verlag. [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). When gender turns right: racializing Islam and femonationalism in online political discourses in Belgium. Contemporary Politics, 27(1), 41-57 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2020.1813950 [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2021). ‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. Nations and Nationalism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13103
- Rahbari, L., Dierickx, S., Coene, G., & Longman, C. (2021). Transnational Solidarity with Which Muslim Women? the Case of the My Stealthy Freedom and World Hijab Day Campaigns. Politics and Gender, 17, 112-135. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X19000552
2020
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Duffs and Puffs: Queer Fashion in Iranian Cyberspace. Middle East Critique, 29(1), 69-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2020.1704503
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Iranian migrant women’s beauty practices and (un)veiling in Belgium. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 23(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGN2020.1.002.RAHB [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Milk Kinship and the Maternal Body in Shi'a Islam. Open Theology, 6(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0006
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Politics of Non-Motherhood in Shi’a Islam: Imagery and Narratives around Lady Fatemeh-Masoumeh of Qom. Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies, 2(1), 17-31. https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8668136
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Solidarity Marriage or Sham Marriage? Marriage as Radical Political Solidarity among and with Migrants in Europe. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS), 14(2), 55-70. https://jims.uoradea.ro/images/Previous%20issues/2020/Number%202/JIMS_Vol14_No2_2020_pp_55_70_RAHBARI.pdf [details]
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Violence in Premarital Relationships in Iran: An Exploratory Qualitative Research. In A. D. Plat, & S. Naisberg Silberman (Eds.), Violence: Probing the Boundaries around the World (pp. 185-202). (At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries; Vol. 130). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004429215_012
- Rahbari, L. (2020). Women’s Ijtihad and Lady Amin’s islamic ethics on womanhood and motherhood. Religions, 11(2), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11020088
- Rahbari, L., & de Blaere, A. (2020). Older Women’s Beauty and Bodily Practices in Two Flemish Retirement Homes. Women's Studies, 49(6), 559-575 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2020.1786692
2019
- Dierickx, S., Balen, J., Longman, C., Rahbari, L., Clarke, E., Jarju, B., & Coene, G. (2019). We are always desperate and will try anything to conceive': The convoluted and dynamic process of health seeking among women with infertility in the West Coast Region of The Gambia. PLoS ONE, 14(1), Article e0211634. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211634
- Rahbari, L. (2019). Beauty or the beast? Academics' perceptions of women's physical appearance and academic achievements in Iran. Journal of International Women's Studies, 20(2), 309-323. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082017606&origin=inward&txGid=b40e8f67b513d9f6ea0f41bb226b900a#references
- Rahbari, L. (2019). Marriage in Iran: Women Caught Between Shi’i and State Law. Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL), 7, 37-48. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-174603
- Rahbari, L. (2019). Pushing gender to its limits: Iranian women bodybuilders on instagram. Journal of Gender Studies, 28(5), 591-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2019.1597582
- Rahbari, L. (2019). Vaginal hygiene practices and the formation of sexuality. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 21(3), 360-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1468925
- Rahbari, L., Longman, C., & Coene, G. (2019). The female body as the bearer of national identity in Iran: a critical discourse analysis of the representation of women's bodies in official online outlets. Gender, Place and Culture, 26(10), 1417-1437. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2018.1555147
2018
- Dierickx, S., Rahbari, L., Longman, C., Jaiteh, F., & Coene, G. (2018). 'I am always crying on the inside': A qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women's lives in urban Gambia. Reproductive Health, 15(1), Article 151. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0596-2
- Rahbari, L. (2018). 'mother of her father': Fatima-zahra's maternal legacy in shi'a islam. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, 11(1), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2018.0004
- Rahbari, L. (2018). Iranian Migrant Women's Shared Experiences in Belgium: Where Gender, Colour and Religion Intersect. In B. M. Pirani (Ed.), The Borders of Integration: Empowered Bodies and Social Cohesion (pp. 203-219). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Rahbari, L. (2018). Their Beastly Manner Discourses of Non-Binary Gender and Sexuality in Shi'ite Safavid Persia. Open Cultural Studies, 2(1), 758-770. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0068
- Rahbari, L., & Coene, G. (2018). Review of ['The Moral Case for Abortion' by Ann Furedi]. DiGeSt (Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies), 5(1). http://10.11116/digest.5.1.5
- Rahbari, L., & Longman, C. (2018). 'Between me and my God': A life story narrative of conciliating cultural discourses and personalization of Islam. In Women and religion: Contemporary and future challenges in the Global Era (pp. 175-190). Policy Press.
- Rahbari, L., Dierickx, S., Longman, C., & Coene, G. (2018). 'Kill Me but Make Me Beautiful': Harm and Agency in Female Beauty Practices in Contemporary Iran. Iran and the Caucasus, 22(1), 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20180105
2017
- Rahbari, L. (2017). Women's agency and corporeality in equestrian sports: The case of female leisure horse-riders in tehran. In M. Adelman, & K. Thompson (Eds.), Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts (pp. 17-33). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55886-8_2
- Rahbari, L., & Mahmudabadi, Z. (2017). What does it mean to be a woman? An exploratory study of femininities among mazandarani, Azeri and Kurdish female university students in Iran. Social Sciences, 6(3), 1-12. Article 98. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030098
2016
- Dierickx, S., & Rahbari, L. (2016). Review of [Interrogationg Harmful Cultural Practices, Chia Longman and Tamsin Bradley (Eds.), Farnham and Berlington: Ashgate]. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 20(1), 87-91.
- Rahbari, L. (2016). Modern architecture, spatial precarity and the female body in the domestic spaces in Iran. Journal for Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 1(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.20897/ejsa.201602
- Rahbari, L. (2016). Premarital Dating Relationships in Iran. In Encyclopedia of Family Studies (pp. 1620-1624). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs234
- Rahbari, L. (2016). Sexuality in Iran. In Encyclopedia of Family Studies (pp. 1769-1772). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs235
- Rahbari, L. (2016). Transnationality of child poverty: The case of Iranian and Afghan street children in Tehran. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 4(5), 347-352.
- Rahbari, L. (2016). Women in higher education and academia in Iran. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(11), 1003-1010. https://doi.org/10.13189/sa.2016.041107
2015
- Rahbari, L. (2015). Peripheral position in social theory: Limitations of social research and dissertation writing in Iran. Civitas-Revista de Ciências Sociais, 15(1), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2015.1.18615
- Rahbari, L., & Perlatto, F. (2015). Challenges of a Global Sociology: Centers and Peripheries in Geopolitics of Sociological Theory. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 3(01). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318729086_Challenges_of_a_Global_Sociology_Centers_and_Peripheries_in_Geopolitics_of_Sociological_Theory
- Rahbari, L., & Sharepour, M. (2015). Gender and realisation of women's right to the city in Tehran. Asian Journal of Social Science, 43(3), 227-248. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685314-04303002
- Sharepour, M., Rafatjah, M., & Rahbari, L. (2015). Citizens Position in Arnestein's Ladder: Gender Analysis of Participatory Dimentsion of Right ti the city. Ḥebrah ẇ-rwaḥah : Social Welfare Quarterly, 15(57), 177-203. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318729178_Citizens_Position_in_Arnestein's_Ladder_Gender_Analysis_of_Participatory_Dimension_of_Right_to_the_City
2014
- Rahbari, L. (2014). 'Are Educated Women Ugly?' Stigmatizing Women in Higher Education. In Proceedings of the Global Summit on Education GSE: 4-5 March 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Rahbari, L. (2014). Perceived Safety, Trust, and Dialog Formation between Sexually Victimized Women and Police. Violence and Gender, 1(2), 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2014.0008
- Rahbari, L. (2014). Sexual violence and physical health problems of married women in urban Iran: an exploratory research. In ISA E-Symposium of Sociology (Vol. 1, pp. 1-12)
- Rahbari, L. (2014). Violence in Pre-Marital Relationships in Iran. In Violence in the Contemporary World: An Interdisciplinary Approach (pp. 3-14). Inter-Disciplinary Press. https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848883123_002
- Rahbari, L., & Sharepour, M. (2014). Gender and right to the city: testing Lefebvre's theory in Tehran. Iranian Journal of Sociology, 15(1), 116-141. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318729335_Gender_and_Right_to_the_City_Testing_Lefebvre's_Theory_in_Tehran
- Riahi, ME., & Rahbari, L. (2014). Stress process approach in the sociology of mental health: sociological study of stress. Iranian Journal of Social Studies, 8(1), 49-85. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318729084_Stress_Process_Approach_in_the_Sociology_of_Mental_Health_Sociological_Study_of_Stress
2012
- Rahbari, L. (2012). Anthropology as a liberating science: integrating theory and practice in participatory action research. Iranian Journal of Anthropology Research, 2(4), 141-161.
2011
- Rahbari, L. (2011). A passage from profane to sacred: representation of the rite of passage in the Myth of Za'al. Iranian Journal of Anthropology Research, 9(15), 13-28.
2025
- Rahbari, L., Voss, L., Yekta, N., & Behbehani, S. M. M. A. A. (2025). Proceedings of the Workshop "Beyond the Western Gaze: Decolonizing Iranian Women's Activisms and Resistance. Web publication or website https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395122442_Workshop_Proceedings_Beyond_the_Western_Gaze
2024
- Rahbari, L., & Burlyuk, O. (2024). The trials of migrant academics: The ‘Outsider Within’ at academic conferences. Web publication or website, Conference Inference: Blogging the World of Conferences. https://conferenceinference.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/the-trials-of-migrant-academics-the-outsider-within-at-academic-conferences-ladan-rahbari-olga-burlyuk/ [details]
2023
- Rahbari, L., & Burlyuk, O. (2023). Stories [that] Matter: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe. Web publication or website, OpenBook Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0173.0221 [details]
2021
- Dillen, A., Casteel, A., Verhaeghe , P.-P., Rahbari, L., Van Praag, L., Gooding, E., Reyes-Espiritu, A. M., & Hnyp, M. (2021). Vulnerabilities and responsibilities of migrant teens: Intersections of gender, religion and politics. European Academy on Religion and Society.
2013
- Rahbari, L. (2013). Emotional exchange, discourse of martyrdom and self-sacrifice (a qualitative study of self-sacrifice among Iran-Iran war widows). In Proceedings of the first international symposium on self-sacrifice and martyrdom: A scholarly approach (ISSMSA 2013): 1st- 2nd of October – Tehran, Setaregan Foundation and University of Tehran (pp. 1-2)
2026
- Rahbari, L. (2026). You can be against imperialism and support the protests in Iran. Web publication or website, LadanRahbari.nl. https://ladanrahbari.nl/2026/01/13/you-can-be-against-imperialism-and-support-the-protests-in-iran/
2025
- Rahbari, L. (2025). Bommen op Iran, diplomatie in puin: Bombs on Iran, diplomacy in ruins. Web publication or website, dewereldmorgen.be. https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/community/bommen-op-iran-diplomatie-in-puin/
- Rahbari, L. (2025). Opinie: Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn: Opinion: You can be against the ayatollahs and Netanyahu at the same time. De Standaard. https://www.standaard.be/opinies/je-kunt-tegelijk-tegen-ayatollahs-en-tegen-netanyahu-zijn/72552101.html
2024
- Bouris, D., Boussaid, F., Bracke, S., Fontana, S., Pallister-Wilkins, P., Bala, S., de Cesari, C., Dekker, M., De Keere, K., Ferrari Braun, A., Gaddam, S., Hamdan, A., Hegazy, M., Jansen, Y., Işleyen, B., Korkmaz, A., Loken, M., Moors, A., Pali, B., ... Vertommen, S. (2024). De ondraaglijke lichtheid van UvA’s neutraliteit. Web publication or website, Folia. https://www.folia.nl/opinie/161096/de-ondraaglijke-lichtheid-van-uvas-neutraliteit
- Burlyuk, O., & Rahbari, L. (2024). In a precarious academy, how can migrant academics survive – and thrive?. Web publication or website, Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/precarious-academy-how-can-migrant-academics-survive-and-thrive
2023
- Rahbari, L. (Author). (2023). Deze docent demonstreerde als student in Iran: ‘maar de huidige protesten zijn anders’. Web publication or website, One World. https://www.oneworld.nl/lezen/essay/deze-docent-demonstreerde-als-student-in-iran-maar-deze-protesten-zijn-anders/?fbclid=IwAR3cRCYjfh7lAffBtkqrZv-qyw-kykbYu4NWvRaMUjaAfafUuEURQhtKY9A
2022
- Rahbari, L. (2022). Een vrij Iran kan pas verrijzen als de bevolking het regime op de knieën heeft gedwongen. Mondiaal Magazine (MO*). https://www.mo.be/essay/een-vrij-Iran-kan-pas-verrijzen-als-de-bevolking-het-regime-op-de-knie%C3%ABn-heeft-gedwongen
2021
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Schijnhuwelijk/Solidariteitshuwelijk. In R. Roodsaz, & K. De Graeve (Eds.), Intieme Revoluties: Tegendraads in seks, liefde en zorg (pp. 71-84). Boom.
- Rahbari, L. (2021). Solidariteit en zelfzorg in neoliberale tijden. In R. Roodsaz, & K. De Graeve (Eds.), Intieme Revoluties: Tegendraads in seks, liefde en zorg (pp. 195-208). Boom.
Prize / grant
- Rahbari, L. (2023). NWO Open Competition SSH XS.
- Bracke, S. & Rahbari, L. (2022). Erasmus+. https://www.revisualize.eu/en
Media appearance
- Rahbari, L. (06-03-2026). Podcast: From Brussels to Iran — celebrations and struggles this International Women’s Day [Web] EuroNews. Podcast: From Brussels to Iran — celebrations and struggles this International Women’s Day. https://newswav.com/article/podcast-from-brussels-to-iran-celebrations-and-struggles-this-international-A2603_RnGuHk
- Rahbari, L. (02-03-2026). Spanning om familie, vreugde om ingrijpen: 'Bibi, thank you' [Print] De Volkskrant. Spanning om familie, vreugde om ingrijpen: 'Bibi, thank you'. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=b19f3bb3-75e5-4fd0-bd4a-0088049287fb&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (02-03-2026). 'Ze juichen wel, maar voel angst doorsijpelen'; interview Iraniërs in Nederland volgen nieuws op de voet [Print] Noordhollands Dagblad. 'Ze juichen wel, maar voel angst doorsijpelen'; interview Iraniërs in Nederland volgen nieuws op de voet. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=ca5ec23b-fc3d-4cd1-97b6-2694065705ab&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (23-01-2026). Twee doelen, drie kampen [Print] Friesch Dagblad. Twee doelen, drie kampen. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=05d4308e-c1d6-4645-baac-b31899703bc8&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (21-01-2026). Twee doelen, drie kampen. Iraniërs betogen in Nederland [Print] NRC. Twee doelen, drie kampen. Iraniërs betogen in Nederland. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=9c199461-c37b-4f00-ab47-f44801205280&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (20-01-2026). Ладан Рахбарі: «Сила може змусити людей замовкнути, але не здатна вбити прагнення жити з гідністю» [Web] Sestry. Ладан Рахбарі: «Сила може змусити людей замовкнути, але не здатна вбити прагнення жити з гідністю». https://www.sestry.eu/statti/ladan-rahbari-sila-mozhe-zmusiti-lyudey-zamovknuti-ale-ne-mozhe-vbiti-pragnennya-zhiti-z-gidnistyu
- Rahbari, L. (20-01-2026). Er Vesten ved at forelske sig i en rig PR-prins, som iranerne ikke vil have? [Web] Global NYT. Er Vesten ved at forelske sig i en rig PR-prins, som iranerne ikke vil have?. https://globalnyt.dk/er-vesten-ved-at-forelske-sig-i-en-rig-pr-prins-som-iranerne-ikke-vil-have/
- Rahbari, L. (20-01-2026). Twee doelen, drie kampen: hoe de versnipperde Iraanse oppositie en de aanhangers van het Iraanse regime demonstreren in Nederland [Web] NRC. Twee doelen, drie kampen: hoe de versnipperde Iraanse oppositie en de aanhangers van het Iraanse regime demonstreren in Nederland. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/01/20/twee-doelen-drie-kampen-hoe-de-versnipperde-iraanse-oppositie-en-de-aanhangers-van-het-iraanse-regime-d…
- Rahbari, L. (15-01-2026). Reza Pahlavi als redder van Iran? 'Dit is precies hoe Khomeini in 1979 aan de macht kwam' [Web] De Morgen. Reza Pahlavi als redder van Iran? 'Dit is precies hoe Khomeini in 1979 aan de macht kwam'. https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/reza-pahlavi-als-redder-van-iran-het-kan-echt-rampzalig-zijn-als-mensen-in-die-val-trappen~bb0590e6/
- Rahbari, L. (14-01-2026). Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’ [Web] De Volkskrant. Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’. https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/wie-willen-de-iraniers-als-nieuwe-leider-s-als-het-regime-valt-we-weten-weinig-over-wat-de-bevolking-nu…
- Rahbari, L. (14-01-2026). Hoe legt Iran het internet- en telefoonverkeer plat? [Print] De Volkskrant. Hoe legt Iran het internet- en telefoonverkeer plat?. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=c5e55f01-8213-4215-bd46-18f872817389&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (14-01-2026). Iran dreigt demonstranten te executeren, Erfan Soltani (26) mogelijk eerste [Web] RTL Nieuws. Iran dreigt demonstranten te executeren, Erfan Soltani (26) mogelijk eerste. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5554636/executie-doodstraf-26-jarige-iranier-erfan-soltani-protesten-iran
- Rahbari, L. (12-01-2026). Waarom Iraniërs blijven protesteren met gevaar voor eigen leven: "Nu is er geen weg meer terug" [Web] Nieuwsblad. Waarom Iraniërs blijven protesteren met gevaar voor eigen leven: "Nu is er geen weg meer terug". https://www.nieuwsblad.be/luister/podcasts/podcast-nieuws-en-politiek/waarom-iraniers-blijven-protesteren-met-gevaar-voor-eigen-leven-nu-is-…
- Rahbari, L. (12-01-2026). Hoe lukt het Iran om het telefoon- en internetverkeer helemaal plat te leggen? ‘Zelfs satelliettelefoons lijken geblokkeerd’ [Web] De Volkskrant. Hoe lukt het Iran om het telefoon- en internetverkeer helemaal plat te leggen? ‘Zelfs satelliettelefoons lijken geblokkeerd’. https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/hoe-lukt-het-iran-om-het-telefoon-en-internetverkeer-helemaal-plat-te-leggen-zelfs-satelliettelefoons-l…
- Rahbari, L. (09-01-2026). Krijgt boze bevolking Iraans regime op de knieën? ‘Het is letterlijk stenen tegen machinegeweren’ [Television] De Morgen. Krijgt boze bevolking Iraans regime op de knieën? ‘Het is letterlijk stenen tegen machinegeweren’. https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/krijgt-boze-bevolking-iraans-regime-op-de-knieen-het-is-letterlijk-stenen-tegen-machinegeweren~ba84f41c/
- Rahbari, L. (09-01-2026). Halen de massale protesten in Iran deze keer wel iets uit? “Regime is zo verzwakt, maar...” [Web] Nieuwsblad. Halen de massale protesten in Iran deze keer wel iets uit? “Regime is zo verzwakt, maar...”. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/halen-de-massale-protesten-in-iran-deze-keer-wel-iets-uit-regime-is-zo-verzwakt-maar.../122585033.html
- Rahbari, L. (23-06-2025). Dit denken Iraanse Belgen over Amerikaanse aanval: “Als de kopstukken uitgeschakeld zijn, zal het volk de moed hebben om op straat te komen” [Web] Nieuwsblad.be. Dit denken Iraanse Belgen over Amerikaanse aanval: “Als de kopstukken uitgeschakeld zijn, zal het volk de moed hebben om op straat te komen”. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/buitenland/dit-denken-iraanse-belgen-over-amerikaanse-aanval-als-de-kopstukken-uitgeschakeld-zijn-zal-het-volk-de-…
- Rahbari, L. (21-06-2025). Hoe Iraniërs de oorlog beleven: “De doorsneeburger is helemaal niet blij met het conflict. Die juicht niet als Tel Aviv wordt getroffen” [Web] Nieuwsblad.be. Hoe Iraniërs de oorlog beleven: “De doorsneeburger is helemaal niet blij met het conflict. Die juicht niet als Tel Aviv wordt getroffen”. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/buitenland/hoe-iraniers-de-oorlog-beleven-de-doorsneeburger-is-helemaal-niet-blij-met-het-conflict.-die-juicht-nie…
- Rahbari, L. (18-12-2024). 'Uitstel hidjabwet teken dat regime Iran verzwakt is' [Print] Trouw. 'Uitstel hidjabwet teken dat regime Iran verzwakt is'. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=5d3544d1-8b06-4a46-861d-825c6ed6639c&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Rahbari, L. (17-12-2024). Het Iraanse regime lijkt zichzelf met uitstel hidjabwet een ‘adempauze’ te geven [Web] Trouw. Het Iraanse regime lijkt zichzelf met uitstel hidjabwet een 'adempauze' te geven. https://www.trouw.nl/buitenland/het-iraanse-regime-lijkt-zichzelf-met-uitstel-hidjabwet-een-adempauze-te-geven~b90dc967/
- Rahbari, L. (13-12-2024). Iran voert strengere hoofddoekwet in: 'Zorgt voor angst onder vrouwen' [Web] RTL Nieuws. Iran voert strengere hoofddoekwet in: 'Zorgt voor angst onder vrouwen'. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5484944/iran-voert-strengere-hoofddoekwet
- Rahbari, L. (25-11-2024). Students and teachers with residence permits think twice before demonstrating [Web] Folia. Students and teachers with residence permits think twice before demonstrating. https://www.folia.nl/en/actueel/163927/students-and-teachers-with-residence-permits-think-twice-before-demonstrating
- Rahbari, L. (04-11-2024). Beeld van halfnaakte Iraanse student iconisch: 'Zal vrouwen inspireren' [Web] RTL Nieuws. Beeld van halfnaakte Iraanse student iconisch: 'Zal vrouwen inspireren'. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5478701/iraanse-studente-ontkleedt-zich-tot-ondergoed-uit-protest
- Rahbari, L. (03-11-2024). Iraanse vrouw gearresteerd na protest in ondergoed: 'Nooit eerder gezien' [Web] NOS. Iraanse vrouw gearresteerd na protest in ondergoed: 'Nooit eerder gezien'. https://nos.nl/artikel/2543152-iraanse-vrouw-gearresteerd-na-protest-in-ondergoed-nooit-eerder-gezien
- Rahbari, L. & Burlyuk, O. (31-10-2024). https://conferenceinference.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/the-trials-of-migrant-academics-the-outsider-within-at-academic-conferences-ladan-rahbari-olga-burlyuk/. The trials of migrant academics: The ‘Outsider Within’ at academic conferences.
- Rahbari, L. (13-08-2024). De neoliberale universiteit zit de maatschappelijk betrokken academicus in de weg [Web] ScienceGuide. De neoliberale universiteit zit de maatschappelijk betrokken academicus in de weg. https://www.scienceguide.nl/2024/08/de-neoliberale-universiteit-zit-de-maatschappelijk-betrokken-academicus-in-de-weg/
- Rahbari, L. & Burlyuk, O. (19-04-2024). What is... Precarity in Academia? - Exploring Migrant Academics' Narratives [Other] Voices: The EISA Podcast. What is.... Precarity in Academia? - Exploring Migrant Academics' Narratives. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2790Blv6ZwZ3OrxWVlyuBl?si=zt_BuPuPRO-xL8ZC1KBYIg
- Burlyuk, O. & Rahbari, L. (19-04-2024). What is...Precarity in Academia? - Exploring Migrant Academics' Narratives [Web] VOICES The EISA Podcast. Voices The EISA Podcast: What is...Precarity in Academia? - Exploring Migrant Academics' Narratives. https://voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/25-new-episode
- Burlyuk, O. & Rahbari, L. (26-01-2024). House of Wisdom Podcast - Episode 17: Tales of the Migrant Academic in the Global North [Other] House of Wisdom Podcast. House of Wisdom Podcast - Episode 17: Tales of the Migrant Academic in the Global North. https://www.houseofwisdompodcast.co.uk/episodes-1/ep-17
- Burlyuk, O. & Rahbari, L. (17-06-2023). Olga Burlyuk and Ladan Rahbari, ''Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe'' [Other] New Books in Sociology Podcast (New Books Network). Podcast Episode on "Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe''. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7l2R7I7mSnubTYfQlno8aa
- Rahbari, L. & Burlyuk, O. (14-06-2023). ‘Er is onvoldoende ruimte voor niet-westerse wetenschappers aan Europese universiteiten’ [Web] Folia. ‘Er is onvoldoende ruimte voor niet-westerse wetenschappers aan Europese universiteiten’. https://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/157781/er-is-onvoldoende-ruimte-voor-niet-westerse-wetenschappers-aan-europese-universiteiten
- Rahbari, L. (06-03-2023). Vergiftiging schoolmeisjes is onvergeeflijk misdrijf, zegt leider Iran [Web] NOS. Vergiftiging schoolmeisjes is onvergeeflijk misdrijf, zegt leider Iran. https://nos.nl/artikel/2466475-vergiftiging-schoolmeisjes-is-onvergeeflijk-misdrijf-zegt-leider-iran
Talk / presentation
- Burlyuk, O. (invited speaker) & Rahbari, L. (invited speaker) (17-11-2025). From Lived Experience to Theoretical Frameworks: Rethinking Academic Migration, Scuola Normale Superiore.
- Burlyuk, O. (speaker), Rahbari, L. (speaker), Shevtsova, M. (speaker), Vitackova, M. (speaker), Hassouneh, N. (speaker) & Pascucci, E. (speaker) (24-4-2024). A conversation about precarity in academia, Tampere University. https://www.tuni.fi/en/news/academia-precarity-conversation
- Burlyuk, O. (invited speaker) & Rahbari, L. (invited speaker) (23-10-2023). Lunchtime Lecture: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe, Universiteit Gent. https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/9573ef8e-878f-4a70-aec2-b96e7fb6827f
- Burlyuk, O. (speaker) & Rahbari, L. (speaker) (16-5-2023). A talk with the book editors Dr. Olga Burlyuk and Dr. Ladan Rahbari in conversation with Dr. Memory Mphaphul, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. https://brussels-school.be/event/migrant-academics-narratives-precarity-and-resilience-europe
Others
- Rahbari, L. (organiser), Burlyuk, O. (organiser), Vatansever, A. (participant), Täuber, S. (participant), Bracke, S. (participant) & Dea, S. (participant) (21-4-2023). Book presentation and panel discussion: Academic Freedom and Precarity in the Global North Academy, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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De Graeve, K., Rahbari, L., & Looman, N. (2025). From allochronism to generationality: Ageism in queer communities in Belgium. Sexualities, 28(1-2), 251-267.