Banafsheh Ranji
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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 studies, social inequality and critical race 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:
- Institutional Integration Practices and Migrant Inequality: An Ethnographic Study of Norwegian Language Education.
- 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.
Publications
2025
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Ranji, Banafsheh;
Selvik, Kjetil.
(2025)
Emotions in the legitimation of repression: state framing during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
International Political Science Review
Academic article
2024
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Archetti, Cristina;
Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2024)
Innvandrersmitte--Immigrant infection: A performance on news, immigration, belonging.
Performing Arts
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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
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Ranji, Banafsheh;
Archetti, Cristina.
(2024)
The details that matter: Racism in Norwegian media during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Media, Culture and Society
Academic article
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Archetti, Cristina;
Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2024)
Racism Hidden Between the Lines in Norwegian News Media.
RightNow!
Popular scientific article
2023
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Selvik, Kjetil;
Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2023)
Messaging Soleimani's killing: the communication vulnerabilities of authoritarian states.
International Affairs
Academic article
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Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2023)
Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2022)
Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts
A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
2021
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Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2021)
Traces of orientalism in media studies.
Media, Culture and Society
Academic article
2020
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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
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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
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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
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Ranji, Banafsheh;
Selvik, Kjetil.
(2025)
Emotions in the legitimation of repression: state framing during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
International Political Science Review
Academic 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
-
Archetti, Cristina;
Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2024)
Racism Hidden Between the Lines in Norwegian News Media.
RightNow!
Popular scientific 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
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Archetti, Cristina;
Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2024)
Innvandrersmitte--Immigrant infection: A performance on news, immigration, belonging.
Performing Arts
Books
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Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2022)
Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts
A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Ranji, Banafsheh.
(2023)
Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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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
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)