Director
Dr. Florian Schwarz
+43 1 51581-6510
florian.schwarz(at)oeaw.ac.at

Deputy Director
Dr. Ariane Sadjed
+43 1 51581-6502
ariane.sadjed(at)oeaw.ac.at

Bettina Hofleitner, BA
+43 1 51581-6500
bettina.hofleitner(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Mag. Alexandra Petschar, BA
+43 1 51581-6500
alexandra.petschar(at)oeaw.ac.at

Mag. Nurdan Şentürk
phone: +43 1 51581 6501
nurdan.sentuerk(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Ulfatbek Abdurasulov
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia
FWF Project
+43 1 51581-6515
ulfatbek.abdurasulov(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Viola Allegranzi
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
FWF Project (ESPRIT)
+43 1 51581-6513
viola.allegranzi(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. James Baillie
RG Caucasus Studies
+43 1 51581-6519
james.baillie(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Jacopo Bruno
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
FWF Project (ESPRIT)
+43 1 51581-6517
jacopo.bruno(at)oeaw.ac.at

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Jeanine Dağyeli
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia (Group Leader)
+43 1 51581-6511
jeanine.dagyeli(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Bruno De Nicola
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
START Project
+43 1 51581-6503
bruno.denicola(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Polina Ivanova, PhD
RG Caucasus Studies
APART-GSK
+43 1 51581-6505
polina.ivanova(at)oeaw.ac.at

Stefan Kamola, PhD
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
FWF Project
+43 1 51581-6507
stefan.kamola(at)oeaw.ac.at

Tinatin Khomeriki, PhD
RG Caucasus Studies
+43 1 51581-6522
tinatin.khomeriki(at)oeaw.ac.at

Eirik Kvindesland, PhD
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia
ERC Project
+43 1 51581-6514
eirik.kvindesland(at)oeaw.ac.at

Sara Mirahmadi, PhD
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
FWF START Project
+43 1 51581-6520
sara.mirahmadi(at)oeaw.ac.at

Prof. Mathijs Pelkmans
RG Caucasus Studies (Group Leader)
+43 1 51581-6500
mathijs.pelkmans(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Gabriele Puschnigg
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
FWF Project
+43 1 51581-6518
gabriele.puschnigg(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Giorgio Rota
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds
+43 1 51581-6508
giorgio.rota(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Dr. Ariane Sadjed
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia
ERC Project (Junior Group Leader)
FWF Project
+43 1 51581-6502
ariane.sadjed(at)oeaw.ac.at

Univ.-Doz. Dr. Velizar Sadovski
RG Iranian Linguistics and Onomastics (Group Leader)
+43 1 51581-6509
velizar.sadovski(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Dr. Paolo Sartori
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia
+43 1 51581-6516
paolo.sartori(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Dr. Florian Schwarz
RG Pre-modern Iran and Persianate Worlds (Group Leader)
+43 1 51581-6510
florian.schwarz(at)oeaw.ac.at

Dr. Shamil Shikhaliev
RG Caucasus Studies
FWF Project
+43 1 51581-6506
shamil.shikhaliev(at)oeaw.ac.at

Ila Sikharulidze, MA MSc
RG Caucasus Studies
+43 1 51581-6523
ila.sikharulidze(at)oeaw.ac.at

Robert Steele, PhD
RG Modern Iran and Central Asia
+43 1 51581-6504
robert.steele(at)oeaw.ac.at

Reiko Maejima
04/2026 – 03/2027

Hakob Avchyan
05/2026 – 09/2026

Prof. Dr. Christine Nölle-Karimi
E-Mail: christine.noelle-karimi(at)oeaw.ac.at 

Prof. Dr. Shervin Farridnejad
shervin.farridnejad(at)uni-hamburg.de 

Prof. Dr. Ebba Koch                      
E-Mail: ebba.koch(at)univie.ac.at

Dr. Chiara Barbati

Martina Galatello, MA

Dr. Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Persian
University of Tehran, Department of Performing Arts, College of Fine Arts