Brief CV
I completed my BSc study in rangeland and watershed management engineering in 1996 at Mazandaran University. Then I received a master degree in natural resources engineering with a focus on combating desertification from Tehran University in 1998. Since 1999, I had the oppertunity to collborate with several international project at the Forests, Rangelands and Watershed Management Organization in Iran. In 2012, I received my PhD degree in Natural Science (Dr.rer.nat.) with the distinction of Magna Cum Laude from Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn. Then, I joined the Geography Department at Kharazmi University in Iran, and became an Assistant Professor in 2013. My main research interests are community development, climate change adaptation and vulnerability, water resource governance, drought and desertification.
Languages
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ٍEnglish
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German
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basic
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Azari
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very good
Executive Activities
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Theses supervised
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Nomads and rural adaptation strategies to climate change.
فردین رحیمی
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Analysis of social capital for participatory management of Irrigation water sources in (Malayedkoub rural district) in Sarab
محمد زارعی
3
Analysis of effects the new town on the rural-urban; A case study of Aliyshahr new town
محمد حسینی
4
Spatial analysis of rural tourism destinations in Shabestar city
مجتبی دنیائی داریان
5
Explanation on Sustainable Housing in Rural Areas ( The Case of rural dwellings in Zayandehrood Wateershed in Flavarjan County(
زهره صادقی قهدریجانی
6
Capacities and limitations of rural employment in the west of Alborz city
جواد کریمی
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key drivers of rural employments in west Alborz
جواد کریمی
Theses advised
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The Explanation of Agrarian Structure in the Rural Area of Western Part of Ormia lake
روزینا حنیفی
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Integrated ecotourism development management of ecotourism in protected areas, Parvar protected area, province of Semnan.
امیر تیمورتاش
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The Analysis of local community perception of a good village
شیرین عزیزی کلوسفروشی
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Analysis of the spiritual experience of foreign female tourist in iran
نسرین غلامعلی فرد
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The analysis of the barriers to the social instability of villagers in Dezful
مصطفی عبدالهی
6
Evaluation of sustainable development of rural constellation Plan
Case: babolkenar plan(city of babol)
فاطمه رضایی
7
The Role of In-Service Training on Empowerment and Job Performance of Social Insurance Agents for Farmers, Villagers and Nomads in Fars Province
سمیرا زاهدریگ
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Evaluation of Factors Affecting Environmental Quality in Rural Settlements of Pirashahri, Case: Chichkloo Village in Islamshahr
عادل عباسعلی
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Explanation of network spatial organization in Rural Constellations (case study: central district of Tonekabon county)
محمد رمضان جورنبیان
Published books
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Mountain pastoralism and changing environment: survival of the fittest
Asghar Tahmasebi, Eckart Ehelers
2016
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Pastoral Vulnerability to Socio-political and Climate Stresses
Asghar Tahmasebi
دانشگاه بن
2013
Published articles
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Social Capital Drives Beekeeping as Livelihood Diversification Strategy: A Study of Pastoralists in Northeast Iran
AmirMasoud Pouyafar, Hossein Arzami, Seied Akbar Javadi, Asghar Tahmasebi
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
2024
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Aligning Trends in Climatic Parameters and Nomads' Indigenous Knowledge about Climate Change in Central Iran (Case Study: Semirom town)
Razieh Saboohi, Hossein Barani, Morteza Khodagholi, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Asghar Tahmasebi, Hart Nadav Feuer
Weather Climate and Society
2022
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Microfinance and social capital formation- A social network analysis approach
Asghar Tahmasebi, Fatemeh Askaribezayeh
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
2020
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Nomads' indigenous knowledge and their adaptation to climate changes in Semirom City in Central Iran
Razieh Saboohi, Hossein Barani, Morteza Khodagholi, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Asghar Tahmasebi
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
2018
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An Analysis of the Obstacles in front of Rural Social Insurance Using Analytical Network Process (ANP) in Hamedan County
Hassan Afrakhteh, Hamid Jalalian, Asghar Tahmasebi, Maryam Armand
journal of research and rural planning
2017
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Climate change and mountain pastoralism the Shahsevan of Northwest Iran
Asghar Tahmasebi, eckarehlers eckarehlers, SCHETTER CONRAD
Erdkunde
2013
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Indigenous knowledge for water management in Iran s dry land Siraf
Asghar Tahmasebi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
2009
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