Hossein is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities.
Background
1978 - 1982 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; and Head, Anthropology Division, Institute for Social Research, Tehran University.
Associate Professor, and Head of the Department of Sociology, Tehran University.
1985 – Migrated to Australia
Teaching and research positions held at the following universities:
- Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.
- Department of Sociology, Flinders University
- Centre For Near Eastern Studies, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
- University of South Australia
- Queensland University of Technology (Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Bachelor of Social Science Degree Course – 2004-2007).
Research Areas and Interests
Research Interests
- Social Inequality
- Population and migration
- Migrants and refugee communities in Australia
- Social and cultural aspects of health and illness
- Social impact assessment
- Poverty and homelessness
- Iranian society and culture
Current research
- Iranian Communities in Australia