Ali Abbaszadeh
@ali-abszde.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Tehran
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I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
apply.interfolio.com/178873
apply.interfolio.com/178873
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I left X once.
Then went back to get banned and I did.
Why are there any lefty’s on Twitter X still?
The left is as performative as Libs. And I see it. So why can’t you?
If you’re a “leftist” on X you’re not a leftist. You’re only there for your ego. They ain’t left.
Then went back to get banned and I did.
Why are there any lefty’s on Twitter X still?
The left is as performative as Libs. And I see it. So why can’t you?
If you’re a “leftist” on X you’re not a leftist. You’re only there for your ego. They ain’t left.
Europeans are fleeing X en masse, according to a new report from Elon Musk’s social media platform.
Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves
The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.
ow.ly
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I left X once.
Then went back to get banned and I did.
Why are there any lefty’s on Twitter X still?
The left is as performative as Libs. And I see it. So why can’t you?
If you’re a “leftist” on X you’re not a leftist. You’re only there for your ego. They ain’t left.
Then went back to get banned and I did.
Why are there any lefty’s on Twitter X still?
The left is as performative as Libs. And I see it. So why can’t you?
If you’re a “leftist” on X you’re not a leftist. You’re only there for your ego. They ain’t left.
Feels like I’ve been away from praxis for a while, and it’s time to pick up my revolutionary vibe again.
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Feels like I’ve been away from praxis for a while, and it’s time to pick up my revolutionary vibe again.
Excited to announce that our article “From Institutional Primacy to Cultural Embeddedness” will appear in the Journal of Biopolitics and Development.
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
از نهادمحوری تا زمینهمندی فرهنگی: تحلیل تطبیقی توسعه اقتصادی–اجتماعی در نظریات و سیاستهای نونهادگرایی و پساتوسعه
هدف: این مقاله با هدف ارائه یک تحلیل نظری تطبیقی جامع از دو پارادایم اثرگذار اما از نظر معرفتشناختی متفاوت در مطالعات توسعه معاصر، یعنی نونهادگرایی و پساتوسعه نگاشته شده است. نونهادگرایی، توسعه را فر...
jbpd.uok.ac.ir
October 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Excited to announce that our article “From Institutional Primacy to Cultural Embeddedness” will appear in the Journal of Biopolitics and Development.
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
It is also an important reminder that “[t]he tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the rule.”
Today is Walter Benjamin's birthday, an important reminder that you can be unemployable for most of your life, die while trying to flee fascist persecution, and still become an entire publishing niche market decades after your death. There is hope, just not for us.
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It is also an important reminder that “[t]he tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the rule.”
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Today is Walter Benjamin's birthday, an important reminder that you can be unemployable for most of your life, die while trying to flee fascist persecution, and still become an entire publishing niche market decades after your death. There is hope, just not for us.
July 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today is Walter Benjamin's birthday, an important reminder that you can be unemployable for most of your life, die while trying to flee fascist persecution, and still become an entire publishing niche market decades after your death. There is hope, just not for us.
I feel so powerless over everything. From stopping genocide to managing my own pain in this chaotic world we call “modern life.” It’s getting harder and harder to find a reason to keep going.
July 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I feel so powerless over everything. From stopping genocide to managing my own pain in this chaotic world we call “modern life.” It’s getting harder and harder to find a reason to keep going.
The Iran–Israel war shattered the illusion of whiteness for many Iranians who once believed they were seen as white.
June 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Iran–Israel war shattered the illusion of whiteness for many Iranians who once believed they were seen as white.
I’ll be in Tehran to support six elderly households and vulnerable people, including patients who can’t move during treatment. They once stood by me in my research; now I’ll stand by them. I have safe options. They don’t. I won’t turn away now.
Tehran is 380 square miles. It has a population of 10 million people.
If you cannot imagine that then imagine evacuating New York population just 8.5 million. Imagine the logistics, the roads— pregnant women? Children? Elderly?
This is just an announcement of a mass execution of innocents.
If you cannot imagine that then imagine evacuating New York population just 8.5 million. Imagine the logistics, the roads— pregnant women? Children? Elderly?
This is just an announcement of a mass execution of innocents.
June 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’ll be in Tehran to support six elderly households and vulnerable people, including patients who can’t move during treatment. They once stood by me in my research; now I’ll stand by them. I have safe options. They don’t. I won’t turn away now.
Dozens of explosions shook our neighborhood in the past few hours. People poured into the streets in fear. It has been a terrifying night. Hoping for peace and safety for everyone.
June 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dozens of explosions shook our neighborhood in the past few hours. People poured into the streets in fear. It has been a terrifying night. Hoping for peace and safety for everyone.
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Have you seen the beautiful & exciting @hetecon.bsky.social programme? Hosted by KCL 18-20 June at the Waterloo Campus. You can sign up to the conference just as an attendee as well! More info 👇
hetecon.net/2025/05/30/a...
hetecon.net/2025/05/30/a...
June 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Have you seen the beautiful & exciting @hetecon.bsky.social programme? Hosted by KCL 18-20 June at the Waterloo Campus. You can sign up to the conference just as an attendee as well! More info 👇
hetecon.net/2025/05/30/a...
hetecon.net/2025/05/30/a...
@behnazmirzai.bsky.social's 2017 book A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran was groundbreaking. Had it been available earlier, my MA thesis would have been much richer.
I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.
I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.
My former PhD supervisor was the first to get my book from the press's warehouse, before I even see it, and sent me this photo now. Not to say his excitements about every single publication I have had.
May 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@behnazmirzai.bsky.social's 2017 book A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran was groundbreaking. Had it been available earlier, my MA thesis would have been much richer.
I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.
I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.
Designed one of my courses this semester around the theories and practices of gentrification. Student experiences made it come alive, especially through discussions of racialization in Iran and rural displacement.
I didn’t expect the class to be this engaging!
I didn’t expect the class to be this engaging!
May 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Designed one of my courses this semester around the theories and practices of gentrification. Student experiences made it come alive, especially through discussions of racialization in Iran and rural displacement.
I didn’t expect the class to be this engaging!
I didn’t expect the class to be this engaging!
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@philipncohen.com reminded me to link the preprint for those without access.
So, here it is: osf.io/9vdgh
So, here it is: osf.io/9vdgh
OSF
osf.io
May 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@philipncohen.com reminded me to link the preprint for those without access.
So, here it is: osf.io/9vdgh
So, here it is: osf.io/9vdgh
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Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available.
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods | Annual Reviews
This review provides 10 actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conce...
www.annualreviews.org
May 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available.
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is exactly how knowledge should be shared.
(It's gated; until I post a preprint, just email me if you'd like it! ewf at umn . edu.
Likewise if you want the appendix [including the table of 72 distributional methods!], which they don't seem to have posted yet.)
Likewise if you want the appendix [including the table of 72 distributional methods!], which they don't seem to have posted yet.)
April 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is exactly how knowledge should be shared.
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International NGOs largely continue to support a Eurocentric framework for development, even as they claim to be "decolonising" their practices. @surbhikesar.bsky.social and I explain our research on the Reimagining Development podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/36yd...
April 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
International NGOs largely continue to support a Eurocentric framework for development, even as they claim to be "decolonising" their practices. @surbhikesar.bsky.social and I explain our research on the Reimagining Development podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/36yd...
Beyond "objectivity," some excuse their silence by saying, "not my expertise." A social science that fragments Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science produces a docile subject, which is ideal for masking fear of power.
In times like ours, the biased approach in social science is to stay silent
We know through the vast body of research we read and write that reactionary politics cause extreme suffering and are a threat to democracy
Pretending we can't say this is fear of power, not "objectivity"
We know through the vast body of research we read and write that reactionary politics cause extreme suffering and are a threat to democracy
Pretending we can't say this is fear of power, not "objectivity"
April 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Beyond "objectivity," some excuse their silence by saying, "not my expertise." A social science that fragments Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science produces a docile subject, which is ideal for masking fear of power.
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The odd thing is that quite a few Marxist economists, led by Steedman's book on Marx after Sraffa, were the only ones to take Sraffa seriously as totally undermining their key concepts (e.g. the role of Marx’s labor theory of value). [1/3]
April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The odd thing is that quite a few Marxist economists, led by Steedman's book on Marx after Sraffa, were the only ones to take Sraffa seriously as totally undermining their key concepts (e.g. the role of Marx’s labor theory of value). [1/3]
The commentary by @ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @devikadutt.bsky.social has become one of the most viewed articles on pecritique website in Persian.
I’ve translated it — the link is
pecritique.com/2024/11/16/%...
I’ve translated it — the link is
pecritique.com/2024/11/16/%...
April 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The commentary by @ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @devikadutt.bsky.social has become one of the most viewed articles on pecritique website in Persian.
I’ve translated it — the link is
pecritique.com/2024/11/16/%...
I’ve translated it — the link is
pecritique.com/2024/11/16/%...
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Eugenics was and continues to be a pseudoscience. The rise of white nationalism has given it new wings, and academics must push back. Thank you @nature.com for stating this so clearly.
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Eugenics was and continues to be a pseudoscience. The rise of white nationalism has given it new wings, and academics must push back. Thank you @nature.com for stating this so clearly.
Just joined this platform!
After spending 6 years on X (Twitter), I finally decided to make the move here.
I was never super active over there, or on any other social media, really.
Here, I’m mostly looking forward to reading posts from people I respect, and I’m slowly starting to follow them.
After spending 6 years on X (Twitter), I finally decided to make the move here.
I was never super active over there, or on any other social media, really.
Here, I’m mostly looking forward to reading posts from people I respect, and I’m slowly starting to follow them.
April 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just joined this platform!
After spending 6 years on X (Twitter), I finally decided to make the move here.
I was never super active over there, or on any other social media, really.
Here, I’m mostly looking forward to reading posts from people I respect, and I’m slowly starting to follow them.
After spending 6 years on X (Twitter), I finally decided to make the move here.
I was never super active over there, or on any other social media, really.
Here, I’m mostly looking forward to reading posts from people I respect, and I’m slowly starting to follow them.