Assistant Professor,
Julia Roknifard joined the University of Nottingham Malaysia in September 2019. Prior to that, she has been the Director for Foreign Policy at EMIR research, a Kuala Lumpur based think-tank. She has served as a Research Fellow at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" in 2010-2019 and is currently a Consultant with the PIR Center, Moscow-based think-tank specialized on international security and nuclear non-proliferation.
Julia is specialized on Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies, matters surrounding Iran's nuclear program, Iran's domestic politics and foreign policy. Her research interests lie with international security, including its non-traditional aspects, interweaving of religion and politics, evolution of Islamism, and counterterrorism.
Julia Roknifard teaches security courses (International Security - UG; Human Security and Contemporary Security Challenges - PGT) and Politics and International Relations of the Middle East (UG)
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