Mohammad Nayyeri is a Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London where, among other modules, he teaches the postgraduate module ‘The Migrant, the State, and the Law’. He is also the co-director of the ‘Migration, Asylum and Law’ research group at Brunel Law School, and has been recognised as an expert by the European Union Agency for Asylum. He gained his PhD in law in 2020 at King’s College London and has also studied law in Iran up to PhD level and qualified as an Attorney at Law.
Interview with Dr. Mohammad Nayyeri
Current affiliation
- Brunel University London, UK
Hosting institute
Contact
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Key expertise
- Legal theory
- Law and philosophy of human rights
- Immigration and asylum law
- Populism
Regional expertise
- Vereinigtes Königreich
- Iran
- Middle East
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Fields of research
- Human Rights Research
- Migration Research
Scientific topics
- Integration And Social Participation
- International Protection
- Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
- Media
- National Refugee And Asylum Policies
- Racism
- Refugee Law
- Religion
Disciplines
- Political Sciences
- Law
- Philosophy And Religious Studies
Academic education / CV
PhD in Law, King’s College London
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Westminster
LLM in Human Rights, Birkbeck, University of London
LLM in Private Law, Tehran Azad University
LLB in Law, Tehran Azad University
Relevant publications
- Nayyeri, M., Xanthopoulou, E.. The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK. 2023. Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
- Nayyeri, M.. Human Rights Conventions. 2022. M.N.S. Sellers and Stephan Kirste (eds), Encyclopaedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Springer.
- Nayyeri, M.. Looking at Human Rights through a Near-sighted Single Lens. 2017. Essay-review on Samuel Moyn’s Christian Human Rights, Religion & Human Rights, Vol 12, Issue 1, pages: 67–77.
Interview
Q1. Who are you?
My name is Mohammad Nayyeri. I gained my PhD in law in 2020 at King’s College London and am currently working as a Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London where, among other modules, I teach the postgraduate module ‘The Migrant, the State, and the Law’. I am also the co-director of the ‘Migration, Asylum and Law’ research group at Brunel Law School, and have been recognised as an expert by the European Union Agency for Asylum. I have also studied law in Iran up to PhD level and qualified as an Attorney at Law.
Q2. What was your motivation for applying for the FFVT fellowship? Why Germany?
I applied for the FFVT fellowship at the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg because of the strong human rights aspect of my project,
the leading role of CHREN in human rights research and its focus on topical and fundamental questions of human rights. My goal is to deepen my understanding and draw comparisons between the populist forces and anti-immigration agendas in both the UK and Germany.
Q3. What do you expect from the fellowship?
This fellowship presents a great opportunity for me to further discuss and develop my project through engagement in exchanging ideas, networking activities, and discussions across various disciplines, including refugee law, human rights, and moral and political theory, thereby making an original contribution to the discourse.
Q4. What is the focus of your work, and what is innovative about it? / What are your planned outcomes and activities for the fellowship period? And how do they relate to your FFVT hosting institution/ the FFVT cooperation project?
The research I intend to conduct during this fellowship, and potentially further develop into a more substantial project, focuses on populism and refugees. The aim of the proposed research is to study and scrutinise theoretical approaches and shed light on the current debates by providing an in-depth evaluation of the legal, moral, and political dimensions of popular narratives of resentment and backlash in relation to issues of migrants and refugees.