Rouzbeh Parsi holds a Ph.D in history on Iranian intellectuals and nationalism between the World wars. The study looks at gender, history and other elements of identity building in the narratives of public intellectuals trying to construct a new Iranian identity and nation in the aftermath of the Constitutional revolution and World War I. This is part of a continuing research interest in conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte) and historical sociology.
In 2003 Parsi was recruited to help design an interdisciplinary B.A. program in Human Rights studies at Lund University, where he teaches modern political history.
Between 2009-2013 Rouzbeh Parsi was a Research Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris, France, where he conducted research and analysis for the EU on Iranian domestic and foreign politics and that of other Persian Gulf states.
As a result of this work Rouzbeh Parsi helped co-found the European Middle East Research Group which is a Europe wide network for policy experts and academic working on Middle East and Iran-related topics.
Dr. Parsi is also Head pf Programme for Middle East and North Africa at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm.
Dr. Parsi is frequently consulted by the European Parliament and other institutions on Iranian matters.

Senior Lecturer, Utrikespolitiska Institutet