Dr. Sayed Mohammad Firozi
Curriculum Vitae
Oct. 2018 - Jul. 2023
PhD in Sociology, Yazd University (Yazd province, Iran)
Sep. 2013 - Dec. 2014
Master’s degree in Criminal Law and Criminology, Khatam al-Nabieen University (Kabul province)
Apr. 2009 - Nov. 2012
Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Bamyan University (Bamyan, Afghanistan)
2020 - Present
Reviewer of articles in the Journal of Great Khorasan, the Quarterly Journal of Fundamental and Applied Studies of the Islamic World and The International Journal of Social Sciences of Kabul Education University
2014 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Baghlan University, Afghanistan (fired by Taliban in July 2023)
2019 - 2023
Free literacy training for migrant children and Afghan working children in Yazd, Iran
2021 - 2022
Researcher in the Afghanistan department at the Institute of Strategic Studies
2012 - 2014
Member of supervision of children’s correction and education centers in the Ministry of Justice, Afghanistan
- Dari: native language
- English: excellent
- Pashto: excellent
Member of the Reviewer Board, Three Academic Journals
2025
Fellow researcher at Academy in Exile at the TU Dortmund, Germany
Award of Appreciation and Recognition by the United Nations Office in Iran for Educating Afghan Migrant Children, 2022.
Selected as the Best International Student at Yazd University, Iran, 20.06.2022.
Publications
“A Reflection on the Failure of the First Renovation Process in Afghanistan (A Sociological Analysis of Shah Amanullah Khan's Failed Modernization Efforts in Afghanistan).” Sustain E. 1, no. 2 (2025): 105–117. https://doi.org/10.55866/suse.v1i2.10.
“Breaking Barriers: The Evolution and Impact of Women’s Political Leadership in Afghanistan.” RAIS Journal for Social Sciences 8, no. 2 (2024): 94–102. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14188080.
“Cultural Factors Related to the Attitude of Afghan Immigrants Towards Iranians (Study Case: Afghan Immigrants Living in Yazd).” Journal of Greater Khorasan, 2024 15, no. 54 (2024): 93–111. https://doi.org/10.22034/jgk.2023.355545.1074.
“Mapping Social Happiness in Kabul: A Case Study of Educated People Between 15 and 40 Years Old.” Afghanistan 6, no. 2 (2023): 208–221. https://doi.org/10.3366/afg.2023.0114.
“Socio-cultural Contexts of Order and Security in Afghanistan.” The Journal of Fundamental and Applied Studies of the Islamic World 5, no. 1 (2023): 105–128. 10.2203/FASIW.2023.344251.1159.
“The Role of Participatory Water Resources Management in the Sustainable Development of Afghanistan's Villages.” Journal of Nasimekosar 4, no. 16 (2023): 79–103. http://noo.rs/vhCsA.
“Analyzing the Contexts and Foundations of the Erosion of Social Hope in Afghanistan.” Journal of Political Sociology of Islamic World 10, no. 21, (2022): 349–374. https://doi.org/10.22070/iws.2023.17407.2282.
“The Effective Social Factors of Tendency to Drugs Among the Youth of Kabul City.” Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Journal of Social Sciences 19, no. 1, (2022): 109–134. https://doi.org/10.22067/social.2022.73167.1096.
“Analyzing the Economic Activities of Families of Afghan Students of Yazd University.” Journal of Great Khorasan 13, no. 49 (2022): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.22034/jgk.2022.315163.1004.
“Study of Socio-cultural Commonalities of Iran and Afghanistan (Emphasizing the Harms and Opportunities).” Journal of Great Khorasan 13, no. 46, (2022): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.22034/jgk.2022.308573.0.
“The Migration Brain Drain: Factors, Damages, and Solutions.” Zan Times, 23 May 2023. https://shorturl.at/34VAI.
“The Role of Afghan Cultural Ambassadors (Students) in Improving Iranian Perceptions of Afghan Immigrants.” TISRI, 23 December 2020. https://tisri.org/?id=dhi1cnzs.
“The Death of Politicians and the Challenge of Administrative Leave.” Madanyat Media, 17 February 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-62.
“Media and the Neglect of Social Responsibilities.” Madanyat Media, 4 March 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-82.
“The Tragic State of Democracy.” Madanyat Media, 23 June 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-20.
“A Sociological Analysis of Sexual Harassment in Afghanistan.” Madanyat Media, 16 July 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-257.
“The Tragic Story of Intellectuals and Intellectualism in Afghanistan.” Madanyat Media, 1 July 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-231.
“A Sociological Look at the Failure of Social Movements in Afghanistan.” Madanyat Media, 5 August 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-305.
“A Sociological Perspective on the Decline of Ethnic-Traditional Parties in Afghanistan.” Subhe Kabul, 22 December 2019. https://t.ly/2uBS_.
“Scientific Explanation of Afghan Migration to Iran.” Madanyat Media, 25 December 2019. https://madanyat.media/8-736.
Lazūm-e Sarmāye-gozārī bar Eshtarakāt-e Farhangī - Ejtemā‘ī-ye Īrān va Afghānestān [The necessities of Iran and Afghanistan investing in socio-cultural commonalities]. Tehran: International Studies & Research Institute, 1399/2020.
Mabādi-ye Jāme‘eh-shenāsī [Principles of sociology]. Kabul: Maghsoudi Publications, 1396/2016.
Speech at the Panel Discussion “Understanding the Mutual Attitudes of Iranians and Afghan Migrants Towards Each Other.” Research Institute of Culture, Art and Communication (RICAC), Tehran, 3 September 2023. https://shorturl.at/dB42c.
Speech at the Cultural Exhibition and Gathering of Afghan Students at Yazd University, 6 March 2022. https://yazd.ac.ir/4014-38-5836.
Speech at the Panel “Narratives of the Lives of Afghan Migrants in Iran,” Yazd University, 15 February 2020. https://yazd.ac.ir/4006-5-3330.
Book Launch, Principles of sociology, Royan University, Afghanistan, 10 May 2016. https://shorturl.at/MVNVE.
Organize and speech, Awareness Campaign on the Dangers of Environmental Pollution, Royan University, Afghanistan.15 June 2017. https://bit.ly/43VWo8j
Organize and speech, Campaign to Encourage Assistance to People in Need, Baghlan University, Afghanistan, January 2017. https://bit.ly/3HwOTNG