Organization:Iran Academia

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Short description: Online university for Iranian diaspora


Iran Academia (Persian: ایران آکادمیا‎), subtitled the "Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities" (ISSH), is an online university based in The Hague, Netherlands. It was co-founded in 2011 by Ali Reza Kazemi,[1] Raha Bahreini, and others, "with the overall objective to create and facilitate access to social science education in Iran by enabling Iranian youth to develop and apply critical thinking skills to issues of transitional justice, rule of law, peace-building and gender equality".[2]

Its origins lie with a group of Iranian students in the Netherlands after the of the Iranian Green Movement ("Persian Spring") and 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, and the wave of repression in the country against human rights defenders. The students created an organisation called the Iranian Progressive Youth (IPY). The IPY grew into a network of students and researchers around the world, including in Europe, North America, and Australia. In September 2011, Iran Academia was established as an independent entity, with the support of Iranian academics worldwide. The first goal was to establish a three-year bachelor degree curriculum in the field of social sciences and humanities.[2] Iran Academia online university is offering a master-level diploma in social studies, qualified by the European Qualifications Framework.[3]

Faculty Members

Kazem Alamdari, Nayereh Tohidi, Saeed Paivandi, Mohammad R. Nikfar, Mohammad R. Moeini, Jalil Roushandel, Farzin Vahdat, Mahmoud Masaeli, Azadeh Kian, Farhad Khosrokhavar, Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, Mohsen Mottaghi, and Omid Tofighian, Honorary Research Associate for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, are some of Iran Academia's faculty members.[4] [5]

Journals

The university publishes a journal called Iran Academia Journal[6] twice a year,[7] and the Journal of Freedom of Thought (Azadie Andisheh).[8] [9]

Iran Academia's platforms:

Iran Academia's educational services:

  • Master Level Diploma in Social Studies
  • Massive Open Online Courses
  • Iran Academia Journal
  • The Freedom of Thoughts Journal
  • Monthly Webinars
  • Iran Academia Audio-Visual Podcast

References

  1. "PDF". unesco. http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/pdf/mlw2017_Monday_pm_track4_D_Description.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bahreini, Raha (November 2012). The Future of Iran: Educational Reform: Iran Academia: The Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities. London: Legatum Institute. https://lif.blob.core.windows.net/lif/docs/default-source/default-library/iran-academia-the-institute-for-social-sciences-and-humanities.pdf. "This working paper was produced for the Legatum Institute’s workshop on Educational Reform on 12 November 2012. The workshop was part of ‘The Future of Iran’ project..." 
  3. "NLQF". https://database.nlqf.nl/qualification/http:%2F%2Fpurl.ncpnlqf.nl%2Fdata%2Fnl-qualifications%2F3a9c241b-8ac4-408a-96dd-13bf2db8d5a0. 
  4. "Staff Profile". 26 September 2019. https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/staff-profile.html. 
  5. "Faculty - Iran Academia". https://uni.iranacademia.com/faculty.html. 
  6. Iran Academia Journal, No 3, Spring 2019. LULU COM. 2019. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-244-48115-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=zCydDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT146. Retrieved 8 January 2021. 
  7. (in es) Iran Academia Journal, No 5. LULU Press. 2020. ISBN 978-0-244-27635-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=bI7JzQEACAAJ. Retrieved 8 January 2021. 
  8. "Publications". https://iranacademia.com/. 
  9. "انتشارات ایران آکادمیا". https://publication.iranacademia.com/. 
  10. "آکادمیکس". https://academix.iranacademia.com. 
  11. "انتشارات ایران آکادمیا". https://publication.iranacademia.com. 
  12. "آگورا - تریبون ایران آکادمیا" (in en). https://agora.iranacademia.com. 

External links

Official website