Dr Pourjavady has a BA in philosophy from University of Tehran (1997), an MA in Islamic Studies from University of Leeds (2001), and a PhD in Islamic Studies from Freie Universität Berlin (2008). Between 2008 and 2013, he worked at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University on the Institute's project, 'Rational Science in Islam'. He then moved to Berlin where he worked as a research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin (2013-2014).
His research interests include interreligious dialogue, post-classical Islamic philosophy, and the intellectual history of Shia Islam from the 1600s to the present day. He is the author of Philosophy in Early Safavid Iran: Iran: Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī and His Writings (Brill, 2011) and, with Sabine Schmidtke A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad: ʿIzz al-Dawla Ibn Kammūna (d. 683/1284) and His Writings (Brill, 2006).