Alireza has more than two decades of experience in designing and leading local and international initiatives advocating for peace, gender equality, civic participation and independent media. He has launched several public scholarship and technical assistance programmes to help civic actors increase their creative, organisational, and operational capacity.
He is an alumnus of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, and holds a Ph.D. in Communication from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His analyses have appeared in major international publications as well as Persian, Arabic, and French media outlets.