Research

Publications, under review, and works in progress

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Ramin Jabbarli presenting his research

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Making and Transcending Boundaries: The Effect of Ritual on Nationalism
    Theory and Society 53 (6): 1415–40, 2024.
    DOI
  • İran’da Etnik Protestoların Dinamikleri: 2006’dan Bu Yana Azerbaycanlılar Tarafından Düzenlenen Protestolar
    The Dynamics of Ethnic Demonstrations in Iran since 2006: Comparing Ahmadinejad’s and Rouhani’s Terms
    Sosyologca Dergisi 10 (20): 191–209, 2020.

Under Review

  • Why Shared Religion Does Not Always Unite: Ritual Intensity and National Belonging in Multiethnic States
    Under review at American Journal of Sociology. Submitted June 2026.
  • Popular Religiosity and National Identity in a Multiethnic Society: How Ritually-Intensive Religion Explains the Rise and Fall of Belgian Nationalism
    With Steven Pfaff. Under review at Nations and Nationalism. Submitted May 2026.

In Progress

  • Drawing the Boundaries: The Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion through Rituals in Iran
  • What Motivates Water Protesters? Ethnic Positionality, Framing, and Mobilization in Iran
  • Fragile Boundaries: Rituals, Ethnicities, and the Challenge of National Belonging in Turkey

Public Scholarship & Other Publications

  • Collective Action
    With Steven Pfaff. Pp. 1–10 in International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Springer, 2023.
  • The Challenges of Identity Politics in Iran
    Baku Dialogues, September 23, 2021.
  • Arab Protests in Iran: Water Crisis or Systemic Racism
    The National Interest, July 25, 2021.
  • The Nagorno-Karabakh War Widens the Ethnic Divide in Iran
    The National Interest, October 26, 2020.
  • Covid-19: Hitting Iran’s Minorities Harder
    With Brenda Shaffer. Middle East Institute, April 17, 2020.
  • The Triggering and Deterring Factors of Recent Protests in Iran
    Modern Diplomacy, December 28, 2017.
  • İran feministlərində irqçilik izi
    Racism and Persian Feminists
    Makroblog, March 14, 2017.
  • Rəsulzadə və inqilabçı sosializm haqqında düşüncələr
    On Rasulzade’s Social Thought
    BBC, January 31, 2017.
  • Kəsişən kimliklər
    The Clashing Identities
    Makroblog, January 25, 2017.
  • Adlar və kişilərin ürkək dominantlığı
    On Cross-dressing and Male Domination
    BBC, September 12, 2016.
  • İranda etniklər farscanı ləhcəylə danışdığı üçün niyə utanırlar
    Double Consciousness and Accentism in Iran
    Azadlıq Radiosu, November 15, 2015.