Zohreh Bayatrizi, University of Alberta

Research

Grief Immigration Ethnicity Emotions Sociology of Death and Dying Belonging Identity War and violence

Latest papers

Vicarious death: Grief, politics, and identity after the flight PS752 tragedy.
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2025 · first author
Mapping character types onto space: the urban-rural distinction in early statistical writings.
History of the human sciences · 2011 · first author
Counting the dead and regulating the living: early modern statistics and the formation of the sociological imagination (1662-1897).
The British journal of sociology · 2009 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Grieving Immigrants: Toward a Critical Conception of Loss and Grief
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$39,312
The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$210,117
The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$49,862

All 4 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Vicarious death: Grief, politics, and identity after the flight PS752 tragedy.

Bayatrizi Z, Erfani R, Torabi S

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12488 PMID: 39488757

02

Mapping character types onto space: the urban-rural distinction in early statistical writings.

Bayatrizi Z

History of the human sciences2011First author

DOI: 10.1177/0952695111399344 PMID: 21789837

03

Counting the dead and regulating the living: early modern statistics and the formation of the sociological imagination (1662-1897).

Bayatrizi Z

The British journal of sociology2009First author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01260.x PMID: 19703179

Grieving Immigrants: Toward a Critical Conception of Loss and Grief

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bayatrizi, Zohreh

Keywords: Grief; Immigration; Ethnicity; Emotions; Sociology of Death and Dying; Belonging; Identity; War and violence; Decolonization; Disenfranchised grief

$39,312

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Maroto, Michelle L.

Keywords: inequality; social class; economic; social; and cultural capital; stratification

$210,117

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Maroto, Michelle L.

Keywords: inequality; social class; economic; social; and cultural capital; stratification

$49,862

Statistics and the genealogy of the sociological imagination (1662-1897)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bayatrizi, Zohreh

Keywords: genealogy of sociology; history of sociology; biopolitics; risk; vital statistics; moral statistics

$28,902

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Grief Dear Professor Bayatrizi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Vicarious death: Grief, politics, and identity after the flight PS752 tragedy." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Grieving Immigrants: Toward a Critical Conception of Loss and Grief" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]