Mohammad Kalantari

Mohammad Kalantari is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Relations of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Islamic & West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations of the Middle East from the same university, an MSc in Advanced Marketing Management from Lancaster University, and a BA in Business Administration from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran.

His research focuses on the intersection of regional doctrines, elite ideologies, and political Islam in the Middle East. He is currently developing a multi-level network toolkit to map the structure of Middle Eastern International Relations. His work emphasizes network analysis, mediatized religion, and clerical elite politics.

Recent research outputs include analyses of Shiʿi clerical networks, political activism in Iran and Iraq, and media dynamics during the Iran-Iraq War. He serves as Associate Editor of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies and collaborates with policymakers on interdisciplinary projects addressing contemporary Middle Eastern affairs.

Teaching responsibilities include courses on contemporary Middle East politics, political economy of the region, and Islam and West Asia in International Relations. His pedagogical approach emphasizes networked learning and narrative-driven education.