Academic biography

Paola Rivetti is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. She is author of two books, Political Participation in Iran from Khatami to the Green Movement (2020) and Storia dell'Iran. Rivoluzione, guerra e resistenza (2026), which she presented in numerous universities across Europe, North America and the Middle East; and editor or co-editor of six journal special issues and four volumes: Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings: Governance, Pluralisation and Contention (2018), We've Come A Long Way. Reproductive Rights of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Ireland (2018), Continuity and Change Before and After the Arab Uprisings. Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt (2015) and Effetto società civile. Pratiche e retoriche in Iran, Libano, Egitto e Marocco (2010). She leads the DCU-based unit of the Horizon Europe project INTERFACED: Interfaces for Democratic Participation, working on Tunisia. Dr Rivetti is the vice-director of the Institute for Research in Genders and Sexuality, established at DCU.