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Mostafa Majidi

PhD
Pronouns: He

Positions

Grad Asst (Rsrch) - Hourly

Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science

Contact information

Background

Educational Background

Masters of Arts Political Science, University of Victoria, 2023

Masters of Arts Political Science, University of Tehran, 2016

Biography

Mostafa is a doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on the processes and theoretical dimensions of democratization in the Global South. Building on his Master’s research at the University of Victoria, which examined democratization in the Middle East, his doctoral dissertation adopts a comparative perspective to explore how democratization experiences across the Global South contribute to the development of Comparative Democratic Theory.

Projects

CanCO2RE Initiative

The CanCO₂Re initiative, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada, is a cross-disciplinary project that assesses the technical, economic, environmental, and governance aspects of carbon-dioxide-removal technologies to guide evidence-based policy and advance Canada’s 2050 net-zero goals.

Awards

  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), Government of Alberta. 2025