Ramin Jahanbegloo

Iranian philosopher and academic

Ramin Jahanbegloo (رامین جهانبگلو, born 28 December 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian philosopher and academic based in Toronto, Canada.

Ramin Jahanbegloo was born in Tehran, Iran. He has a doctorate in philosophy from Sorbonne University in Paris, France, where he lived for twenty years. He was a post doctorate fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He is married to Azin Moalej and has a daughter named Afarin Jahanbegloo.

In 2006 and 2007 he was Professor of Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, India. In January 2008 he returned to the University of Toronto as a professor of Political Science, Massey College Scholar at Risk, and Research Fellow at the Centre for Ethics at Trinity College. In 2009, he wrote a book, Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal In Conversation With Ramin Jahanbegloo. The book was inaugurated on 19 December 2009 in New Delhi, India. He also taught a series of nine online Persian language lectures on nonviolence and nonviolent resistance for Tavaana: E Learning Institute for Iranian Civil Society. He currently works in O. P Jindal Global University, India as a Vice Dean and the head of the Center for Mahatma Gandhi Studies. Inspired by Czechoslovakia's renowned Charter 77, Ramin Jahanbegloo along with a group of Iranian intellectuals (Mehrdad Loghmani, Ali Ehsasi, Mehrdad Ariannejad, Mehrdad Hariri) penned Charter91, منشور ۹۱, a document that aimed to unite the Iranian people around a common human rights and civic agenda.

In October 2009, Jahanbegloo became the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain for his extensive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non violence.