2019 Professor and Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana; Iran. Philosoph, Studium der Philosophie an der Sorbonne in Paris (mit Promotion), Lehrtätigkeit in Paris, Teheran, an der Harvard Univ., an der University of Toronto (1997-2001), in Neu-Delhi (2006/07), seit 2008 wieder in Toronto (Associate Professor im Department of Political Science an der York University)