Saeed Zahed Zahedani

University Professor and Researcher

Saeed Zahed Zahedani, born in 1330 SH (1951/1952 CE) in Iran, is a contemporary Iranian sociologist, university professor, and researcher specializing in Islamic sociology, Islamic humanities, civilizational studies, and social movements. He is a retired Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning in the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Economics, Management, and Social Sciences at Shiraz University, and has been a faculty member of this university since 1358 SH (1979/1980 CE). Zahed Zahedani is the director of the Research Institute for the Transformation and Advancement of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiraz University; this research institute was established in Khordad 1403 SH (May/June 2024 CE) at Shiraz University. He has also served as the director of the Office of the President of Shiraz University. His university education includes a bachelor’s degree from Shiraz University, a master’s degree from the University of Tehran, and a doctorate from the University of Leeds, England. Zahedani is the originator of the theory of “Sociology with a Three-Faceted Approach,” in which he analyzes society as a three-faceted existence mutually constituted by one another, and seeks to re-read the science of sociology with a view based on the school of Islam. He accepts sociology as an empirical science and a valuable achievement of modern civilization, while at the same time trying to link it with Islamic foundations. Among his prominent works are: Sociology with a Three-Faceted Approach (published by the Research Institute for Cultural, Social, and Civilizational Studies of the Ministry of Science, 1402 SH / 2023–2024 CE), Contemporary Social Movements in Iran, The Social Legitimacy of Wilayat al-Faqih in Iran, Components of Imam Khomeini’s Political Thought, An Introduction to the Methodology of Sociology in Islamic Iran, Sociology of Art from a New Perspective (published by Shiraz University Press), Baha’ism in Iran (with Mohammad Ali Salami, Center for the Documents of the Islamic Revolution), Foundations of the Method of Social Thinking in Islam, and The Status and Role of Sociologists in the Dialogue of Civilizations. In 2019, he was honored as a “Professor of the Level of the Islamic Revolution” at the National Day of the Basij of University Professors conference. He has also, in various periods, participated as a speaker in scholarly meetings and symposia on topics such as “The Presidential Election and the New Islamic Civilization,” “Population, Family, and Civilizational Conflict,” and “The Bipolar Crisis.” Membership in institutions: He has been a member of the Research Institute for the Transformation of the Humanities, the editorial board of the Quarterly Journal of Applied Sociology of the University of Isfahan, and the Supreme Council of Islamic Humanities.