Seyed Abdolhamed Hosseini
ANU

Seyed AbdolHamed Hosseini is a PhD candidate in sociology at the Australian National University. He completed his B.S. with honors (1993) in Electronic Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran, and his M.A. in ‘Research in Social Sciences’ (1999) at the Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Iran. In his research since 2002, he has been investigating the ideological trends and new modes of solidarity and thought developed in the global field of resistance against the neoliberal, corporate led globalization. He is currently in the final stage of his research. His research interests lie in the social movement studies, sociology of knowledge, social philosophy, sociology of global complexities, Islamic conservatism, and democracy and development in the context of Iran. He has published articles and presented conference papers on Sociology of Cognition (2003), Counter-globalist Solidarities (2003), Rural and Regional Development in Iran (1999), Sociology of Conservatism and New Conservatism (2000), Ali Shariati’s Critical School of Thought (2000), and Wandering-Absorption Theory: the challenges between theory and practice in Iran (1999).