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Banafsheh Ranji

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Banafsheh Ranji

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Sociology and Political Science

banafsheh.ranji@ntnu.no
+4799858824 +4799858824 Bygg 7, 7546B, Dragvoll
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About

Banafsheh Ranji is a postdoctoral research fellow in sociology. She has been researching and teaching media and communication studies as well as migration and racism studies. Banafsheh is the author of the book Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts: A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran (Routledge, 2022). The book is based on her PhD research, for which she was awarded the King's Gold Medal (Hans Majestet Kongens Gullmedalje) in 2020, an award recognizing outstanding young researchers for their significant contributions to their field.

Currently, she is involved in the following three research projects:

  • The discourses of 'integration' and the construction of the immigrant subject. The project focuses on how immigrants are portrayed in the educational materials for Norwegian language courses, and how these portrayals intersect with immigrants' material lives.
  • Racism in the Norwegian media and its impact on immigrats' belongniness. 
  • Communication strategies of authoritarian states in legitimizing repression: The case of Iran.

Positions held:

  • Senior researcher at the Peace, Conflict and Development Research Group, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt), 2022.
  • Researcher at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, 2022. 
  • Lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, 2019-2020.
  • PhD candidate at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, 2016-2019.

Awards

Hans Majestet Kongens Gullmedalje (the King's Gold Medal) for research in Humanities, University of Oslo, 2020.

 

 

Competencies

  • Critical theory
  • Ethnography
  • Immigrants
  • Immigration
  • Media
  • Migration
  • Racism

Publications

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2024

  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) Innvandrersmitte--Immigrant infection: A performance on news, immigration, belonging.
    Performing Arts
  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) Racism Hidden Between the Lines in Norwegian News Media. RightNow!
    Popular scientific article
  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) “I Feel It in My Body, in My Soul, in My Mind”: Journalism, Racist News and Immigrants’ Experience of Belonging. Journalism Studies
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh; Archetti, Cristina. (2024) The details that matter: Racism in Norwegian media during the Covid-19 pandemic. Media, Culture and Society
    Academic article

2023

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2023) Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings. Edward Elgar Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Selvik, Kjetil; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2023) Messaging Soleimani's killing: the communication vulnerabilities of authoritarian states. International Affairs
    Academic article

2022

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2022) Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran. Routledge Routledge
    Academic monograph

2021

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2021) Traces of orientalism in media studies. Media, Culture and Society
    Academic article

2020

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2020) Shaping news waves and constructing events: Iranian journalists’ use of online platforms as sources of journalistic capital. New Media & Society
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2020) Journalistic illusio in a restrictive context: Role conceptions and perceptions of role enactment among Iranian journalists. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism
    Academic article

2019

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2019) The Art of Journalism in an Uncertain Context: A Study of Iranian Journalistic Practices. 07 Gruppen 07 Gruppen
    Doctoral dissertation

Journal publications

  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) Racism Hidden Between the Lines in Norwegian News Media. RightNow!
    Popular scientific article
  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) “I Feel It in My Body, in My Soul, in My Mind”: Journalism, Racist News and Immigrants’ Experience of Belonging. Journalism Studies
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh; Archetti, Cristina. (2024) The details that matter: Racism in Norwegian media during the Covid-19 pandemic. Media, Culture and Society
    Academic article
  • Selvik, Kjetil; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2023) Messaging Soleimani's killing: the communication vulnerabilities of authoritarian states. International Affairs
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2021) Traces of orientalism in media studies. Media, Culture and Society
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2020) Shaping news waves and constructing events: Iranian journalists’ use of online platforms as sources of journalistic capital. New Media & Society
    Academic article
  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2020) Journalistic illusio in a restrictive context: Role conceptions and perceptions of role enactment among Iranian journalists. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Archetti, Cristina; Ranji, Banafsheh. (2024) Innvandrersmitte--Immigrant infection: A performance on news, immigration, belonging.
    Performing Arts

Books

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2022) Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran. Routledge Routledge
    Academic monograph

Part of book/report

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2023) Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings. Edward Elgar Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Ranji, Banafsheh. (2019) The Art of Journalism in an Uncertain Context: A Study of Iranian Journalistic Practices. 07 Gruppen 07 Gruppen
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • SOS2011 - Migrasjon og mobilitet

Outreach

Medieforskere: – Media et stort hinder for integreringen i Norge

Norsk mainstream media deler et rasistisk verdenssyn

Contemporary racism in Norway: Exposing the invisible in plain sight

What enables the continued existence of racism in Norway?

Hvordan ble egentlig minoriteter fremstilt under pandemien?

Norske mediers dekning under pandemien var diskriminerende

Racist Narratives and (Not) Feeling at Home in Norway

How to Move Beyond Token Inclusion and Diversity? (Litteraturhuset, Oslo, 21 November 2024)

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