Ali Abdelzadeh

Ali Abdelzadeh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Society at Dalarna University. His academic career spans both research and teaching in political science, with a focus on civic engagement, democratic competencies, and social trust.

• Current research explores youth civic engagement and democratic exclusion.
• Teaching includes segregation, political participation, and social science methods.
• Work history includes civil service roles in youth and civil society policy.

  Research Interests

  His work centers on how civil society shapes democratic competencies such as social trust, political interest, and tolerance. He investigates longitudinal changes in trust and tolerance and their relationship to political participation and segregation. Recent publications address pandemic impacts on trust, civil society roles, and democratic backsliding.

  Teaching
  He oversees Bachelor's theses and courses like Political Participation and Comparative Politics, emphasizing segregation and methodological training.

  Professional Background
  Before academia, he worked in public administration, contributing to youth policy and segregation research. His dissertation (2014) explored youth political dissatisfaction under representative democracy.