Occupation: Administrative Director of Studies. Programme Coordinator for the master's programme in International Development and Management (LUMID).
Education: M.Sc. in Human Geography, M.Sc. in Policital Science, B.Sc. in Human Geography, B.Sc. in Political Science, B.Sc. in Intelligence Analysis from Lund University.
Research interests: Geopolitics, security policies, poverty policies, trade and sanction policies, Middle East, Iran.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2012). ”Islam framförallt – Islamiska republiken Irans utrikespolitiska mål” [Islam above all - The Islamic Republic of Iran's Foreign Policy Objectives], in Orientaliska studier, no. 132, p. 52-93.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2012). ”Sista ordet – Beslutsfattande i Islamiska republiken Irans utrikespolitik” [The Last Word - Decision Making in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Foreign Policy], in Orientaliska studier, no. 130, p. 16-48.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2011). ”Kinas blickar mot Västasien – Om drakens hunger efter allierade, vapen och olja” [The Chinese Look toward the West Asia – About the Dragon’s Hunger for Allies, Weapons and Oil], in Orientaliska studier, no. 127, p. 21-41.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2009). ”Den iranska eliten vill inte ha demokrati” [The IranianEliteDoes Not WantDemocracy] in Internationella studier no 4, p. 113-115. Reply on Jönsson, Per, ”Iran – ett land i uppror”, in Internationella studier (2009), no 3.
Lectures
Khoshnood, Arvin (2019). "Deprivation and Democracy in Iran -The Negative Impact of International Trade". Seminar on “Iran and the Changing World Order”, for “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research, March 12, Yerevan, Armenia.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2017). "Poverty in the Post-Nuclear Agreement Iran - The Dilemma of Lifting the Sanctions". Lecture at University of Rome Tor Vergata, B.A. in Global Governance programme, November 16, Rome, Italy.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2014). "Human Rights Violations in Iran - Tortures, executions and de-development since 1979". Lecture for Amnesty International, February 11, Lund, Sweden.
Conference Contributions
Khoshnood, Arvin (2017). "Deprivation in Iran – Poverty, Islam and Regime Security". Presented on the 2017 Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research: Religion and Poverty at University of Salzburg, September 21-22, Salzburg, Austria.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2017). "Securitization of Poverty – Ali Khamenei’s Poverty Discourse and Determination of the Poverty Line in Iran". Presented on Symposia Iranica's Third Biennial Conference at University of Cambridge , April 11-12, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2016). “Poverty as a Regime Security Objective – The Case of Islamic Republic of Iran". Presented on the Development Research Day - End Hunger and Achieve Food Security by 2030 at Lund University, November 10, Lund, Sweden.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2013). “Water Scarcity in the Levant: The Cost of Water, War and Co-operation”. Presented on the 17th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), June 14-15, Stockholm, Sweden.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2011). “War or Cooperation? – The Role of Water in the Future of the Jordan River”. Presented on the Development Research Day - Development, Peace and Statebuilding at Lund University, September 21, Lund, Sweden.
Book Reviews
Khoshnood, Arvin (2016). "Ny bok om Iran" [Hovsepian-Bearce, Yvette (2016). The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei – Out of the mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran. London: Routledge] in Orientaliska studier, no. 145, p. 116-120.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2014). ”Bokrecension om Iran” [Gilly, Pierre (2013). Informationskriget mot Iran. Stockholm: Verbal förlag.], in Orientaliska studier, no. 137, p. 85-99.
Others (selection)
Khoshnood, Arvin (2022). Interviewed by Radio Sweden (Studio Ett) on the Islamic regime's role in the attack against Salman Rushdie, August 15.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2022). Interviewed by IraneFarda TV Network on Iran after the Islamic Republic, August 8.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2022). Interviewed by SVT on the Swedish citizen arrested in Iran, July 31.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2021). Interviewed by L'Orient-Le Jour on Iran and why Khamenei reprimanded Zarif, May 4.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2021). Interviewed by Radio Sweden on the Islamic regime's oppression, March 27.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2021). Interviewed by L'Orient-Le Jour on poverty in Iran, January 28.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2020). Interviewed by L'Orient-Le Jour on Iran-Turkey relations, December 21.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2020). Interviewed by Expressen on forced confessions in Iran, December 3.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2020). Interviewed by SVT on the organisation ASMLA, December 2.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2020). Interviewed by Voice of America on the intelligence cooperation between Iran and Turkey, November 15.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2020). Interviewed by SVT on the organisation ASMLA and Iran, October 31.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2019). Interviewed by TT News Agency on the country-wide protests in Iran, November 17.
Khoshnood, Arvin (2019). Interviewed by TV4 Nyhetsmorgon on Iran and Mohammad Javad Zarif's visit to Sweden, August 21.
Khoshnood, Arvin & Khoshnood, Ardavan (2019). "Wallström borde inte ta emot Zarif" [Wallström Should not Meet with Zarif], in Svenska Dagbladet, August 19.
