Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Siavash Valizadeh is a scholarship holder in the doctoral program „Good Work“ at WZB Berlin Social Science Center and PhD-scholarship holder of Hans Boeckler Foundation. He holds a degree in Statistics and Management of Nonprofit Organizations. His PhD project focuses on precarious work in West Bengal, India and informal laborers' biographies in the liberalized era.

Experiences:

• 01/2023 to Present:

Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) ǀ Berlin
Doctoral Program “Good Work in a Transforming World”
Film Project: “Work and Globality: A Cinematic Sketch”
Research Associate

• 10/2021 to 06/2025:

Berlin
Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) ǀ Berlin
PhD in “Good Work in a Transforming World”
Department: Global and Area Studies

• 11/2024 to 12/2024:

Universiteit Leiden, NL
Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)
Visiting Researcher

• 09/2020 to 09/2021:

IB Berlin-Brandenburg gGmbH ǀ Teltow
Youth Migration Service

• 04/2019 to 09/2020:

IB Berlin-Brandenburg gGmbH ǀ Neuseddin
Head of Facility / Coordinator and Social Worker

• 11/2018 to 02/2019:

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences ǀ Osnabrück
Research Assistant

• 07/2013 to 10/2015:

Hedayat-e Farhikhtegan ǀ Tehran
Research Associate

Education 

• 03/2022 to 12/2025:

Humboldt University of Berlin ǀ Berlin
Global and Area Studies – PhD
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Bultmann

• 09/2016 to 01/2019:

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences ǀ Osnabrück
Management in Non-Profit Organizations – Master

• 09/2009 to 07/2014:

Allameh Tabataba'i University ǀ Tehran
Statistics – Bachelor

• 09/2005 to 07/2008:

Mohammad Mardani 15 High School ǀ Tehran
High School Diploma – Majors: Mathematics and Physics