Department of Sociology

About

Department of Sociology is located on the first floor of Faculty of Literature and humanities of University of Guilan. The Department of Sociology was established with the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Sciences in 1979, which continued for 11 courses until 1998. Since 1990 until now, a bachelor's degree in social sciences and since 1993 so far a master's degree in sociology has been established in this department. In 2021, this group succeeded in establishing a major in youth studies. Currently, the Department of Sociology has 14 full-time faculty members (including 7 associate professors and 7 assistant professors) and 435 students.
The Department of Sociology is composed of four subspecialties. Cultural sociology investigates the relationship between culture and society, historical sociology pays attention to the historical context of social and political structures, sociology of social issues focuses on the social pathology, and anthropology pays attention to the popular culture.

Majors and Programs


The Department of Sociology offers undergraduate, graduate and PH.D programs.

  • Social Sciences (B.A.)

    Social Sciences (B.A.)

  • sociology (M.A.)

    sociology(M.A.)

  • Youth studies (M.A) 

    Youth studies (M.A)

  •  Cultural Sociology (Ph.D.)

    Cultural Sociology (Ph.D.)

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  • Teaching

    The Department of Sociology helps to understand social life in Iran through research and teaching in its four specialized areas. With a deep understanding of new social science theories and the application of quantitative and qualitative research methods, we try to both contribute to the theoretical advancement of sociology and teach the students of this field the theoretical and practical skills necessary for sociology research and teaching.

  • Research

    Our faculty members are engaged in both quantitative and qualitative research. Quantitative and qualitative study of culture, social problems, social history and popular culture are among our research areas.
    Research Groups
    Cultural Studies
    Historical Studies
    Social problems
    Anthropology

  • Publication

    Identity Studies (IS)
    Journal of Identity Studies is the journal of the Sociology Department of Gilan University Since 2022 and is currently being established.

Academic Members

Hadi Noori, Ph.D.
Head of Department
Assistant Professor of Political Sociology

Research interests:
- Historical sociology
- Postcolonial sociology
- Genealogical analysis
- Deconstructive analysis
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Fardin Alikhah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Political Sociology

Research interests:
- Impact assessment
- Media studies
- Urban sociology
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Hasan Chavoshian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cultural Sociology

Research interests:
- Sociology of culture
- Sociology of religion
- Identity studies
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Mohammad Reza Eghdami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biological anthropology

Research interests:
- Biological Anthropology
- Forensic Anthropology
- Human bio-social Diversity
- Human socio.bio-cultural Studies
- Evolutionary Socio-Psychology
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Hamid Ebadollahi Chenzanaq, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sociology of Development

Research interests:
- Historical and cultural sociology
- Memory studies
- Sociology of development
- Economic sociology
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Mohammad Reza Gholami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Political Sociology

Research interests:
- Political Sociology
- Ethnic studies
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Hoda Hallajzadeh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sociology of Social Problems

Research interests:
- Social problems
- Sociology of environment
- Social pathology
- Sociology of youth
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Mohammad Amin Kanani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sociology of Population

Research interests:
- Population studies
- Generational studies
- Family studies
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Ebrahim Masoudnia, Ph.D.
Associate  Professor
Sociology of Social Problems

Research interests:
- Medical Sociology 
- Social Psychology 
- Social Epidemiology 
- Health & Illness Behavior 
- Sociology & Anthropology of Mental Disorders
- Culture and Health/ Illness
- Coping Strategies
- Psycho-social Factors of Health Promotion
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Reza Masoumi Rad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sociology of Social Problems

Research interests:
- Stratification, inequality and social mobility 
- Economic sociology 
- Social and cultural problems in Iran 
- Cultural-social planning and policies assessment
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Seyyed Hashem Mousavi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology

Research interests:
- Anthropology and ethnography
- Rural anthropology
- Guilan culture
- Rasht Studies
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Nader Ofoghi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sociology of Social Problems

Research interests:    
- Application of research techniques in studies of social issues in Iran
- data collection techniques through quantitative and qualitative measurement tools
- The use of computer software in the description and analysis of data
- Social studies of science and methods of knowledge production
- Studies of higher education and university culture
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Mohammad Mehdi Rahmati, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Professor of Cultural Sociology

Research interests:
- Sociology of sport
- Cultural studies
- Social problems
- Sociology of deviance
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Ali Yaghoobi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sociology of Social Problems

Research interests:
- Gender studies
- Family studies
- Youth studies
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