Abdol Majid Moballeghi

University Professor and Researcher

Dr. Abdol Majid Moballeghi (born 1359 SH / 1980/1981 CE in Qom) is a researcher, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and a faculty member of the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. He specializes in the fields of Islamic and Western political thought, methodology, political jurisprudence, and religious studies. After completing high school, he began his seminary and university education simultaneously. He participated in advanced courses (Dars-e Kharij) in jurisprudence and principles for about 8 years and obtained his PhD in Political Science (with a specialization in Political Thought) from the University of Tehran in 1391 SH (2012/2013 CE). Moballeghi is fluent in Persian, Arabic, English, and German, and has also taken courses at the universities of Exeter (England) and Erfurt (Germany). He has been serving as an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies since 1396 SH (2017/2018 CE). His executive records include the presidency of the Center for Scientific and International Cooperation of the Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy (about 7 years), editor-in-chief of the Kheradnameh Hamshahri magazine (about 4 years), scientific secretary of the Religious Modernism Conference, and responsibility for the Thought section at the Hamshahri Strategic Studies Center. He has also been responsible for the International section at the Contemporary Jurisprudence Studies Institute. His main research areas include Shiite political thought, seminary methodology in jurisprudence, the relationship between jurisprudence and democracy, genealogy of Shiite discourses, knowledge awakening based on religious studies, and the application of artificial intelligence in jurisprudence. Among his works are the books An Introduction to Terrorism Studies (Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, 1389 SH / 2010–2011 CE) and The Evolution of Shiite Identity Formation up to the End of the Baghdad Shiite School (1398 SH / 2019–2020 CE), as well as numerous articles in scholarly-research journals.