diff --git a/Components/Shared/AppInitializer.razor b/Components/Shared/AppInitializer.razor
index 6161c77..bde1a91 100644
--- a/Components/Shared/AppInitializer.razor
+++ b/Components/Shared/AppInitializer.razor
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 @inject AuthenticationStateProvider AuthProvider
 @inject IUserService UserService
 @inject IUserContextAccessor UserContext
+@inject NavigationManager Nav
 @inject ILogger<AppInitializer> Logger
+@implements IDisposable
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Routing
 @using SharepointToolbox.Web.Services.Auth
 @using SharepointToolbox.Web.Services.Session
 
-@* Invisible component. Run once per circuit to seed IUserContextAccessor. *@
+@* Invisible component. Seeds IUserContextAccessor on circuit init and re-reads it from the
+   store on every navigation, so an admin's role change applies on the user's next page change. *@
 
 @code {
+    private string? _email;
+
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
         var state = await AuthProvider.GetAuthenticationStateAsync();
@@ -20,23 +26,51 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        var email = principal.FindFirst("preferred_username")?.Value
-                    ?? principal.FindFirst(System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.Email)?.Value;
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(email))
+        _email = principal.FindFirst("preferred_username")?.Value
+                 ?? principal.FindFirst(System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.Email)?.Value;
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_email))
         {
             var claims = string.Join(", ", principal.Claims.Select(c => $"{c.Type}={c.Value}"));
             Logger.LogWarning("AppInitializer: authenticated but no preferred_username/email claim. Claims present: [{Claims}]", claims);
             return;
         }
 
-        var user = await UserService.GetByEmailAsync(email);
+        await SeedAsync(logSeed: true);
+
+        // Re-read the user (and current role) from the store on each navigation. The role lives
+        // in the scoped UserContextAccessor for the circuit's lifetime, so without this a role
+        // change made by an admin would not reach the affected user's live session.
+        Nav.LocationChanged += OnLocationChanged;
+    }
+
+    private async Task SeedAsync(bool logSeed)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_email)) return;
+
+        var user = await UserService.GetByEmailAsync(_email);
         if (user is null)
         {
-            Logger.LogWarning("AppInitializer: no user row for email '{Email}' — provisioning did not persist a matching record.", email);
+            Logger.LogWarning("AppInitializer: no user row for email '{Email}' — provisioning did not persist a matching record.", _email);
             return;
         }
 
-        Logger.LogInformation("AppInitializer: seeded UserContext for '{Email}' (role {Role}).", user.Email, user.Role);
+        if (logSeed)
+            Logger.LogInformation("AppInitializer: seeded UserContext for '{Email}' (role {Role}).", user.Email, user.Role);
+
         UserContext.Initialize(user);
     }
+
+    private async void OnLocationChanged(object? sender, LocationChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await SeedAsync(logSeed: false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogWarning(ex, "AppInitializer: failed to refresh UserContext on navigation to '{Location}'.", e.Location);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() => Nav.LocationChanged -= OnLocationChanged;
 }