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Roksana Bahamitash earned her PhD in Sociology from McGill University.
She is the winner of many awards such as the Eileen D. Ross award (2003-04). Her Post doctoral research was selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as one of the three
most distinguished research projects in Canada and submitted to the Canadian parliament. In 2006 she won a three-year research grant from the SSHRC. Bahramitash has taught at McGill University and Concordia University and worked with several international development agencies including the Canadian Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and more recently the World Bank. Bahramitash has recently completed a survey female entrepreneurship in Iran funded by the World Bank. Her first book was "Liberation from Liberalization:
Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia" (Zed, 2005, reprinted in
India 2008).
This book has been translated into Persian and published by SAMT as a university text book in Iran. Her recent books are entitled ``Veiled Employment: Islamism and the Political Economy of
Women's Employment in Iran`` by Syracuse University Press (co-edited with Hadi Salehi-Esfahani) 2011 and ``Gender in Contemporary Iran:
Pushing the Boundaries`` with Rutledge, (co-edited with Eric Hooglund) 2011.
She has produced a documentary on women in Afghanistan, Beyond the Borqua. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Chair of Islam Pluralism and Globalization at the University of Montreal
She is the winner of many awards such as the Eileen D. Ross award (2003-04). Her Post doctoral research was selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as one of the three
most distinguished research projects in Canada and submitted to the Canadian parliament. In 2006 she won a three-year research grant from the SSHRC. Bahramitash has taught at McGill University and Concordia University and worked with several international development agencies including the Canadian Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and more recently the World Bank. Bahramitash has recently completed a survey female entrepreneurship in Iran funded by the World Bank. Her first book was "Liberation from Liberalization:
Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia" (Zed, 2005, reprinted in
India 2008).
This book has been translated into Persian and published by SAMT as a university text book in Iran. Her recent books are entitled ``Veiled Employment: Islamism and the Political Economy of
Women's Employment in Iran`` by Syracuse University Press (co-edited with Hadi Salehi-Esfahani) 2011 and ``Gender in Contemporary Iran:
Pushing the Boundaries`` with Rutledge, (co-edited with Eric Hooglund) 2011.
She has produced a documentary on women in Afghanistan, Beyond the Borqua. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Chair of Islam Pluralism and Globalization at the University of Montreal
Scholarly Interests
Current Position
ReseachDiector,
University of Montreal