Masoud Yazdanpanah
Guest Research Scholar
Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Masoud Yazdanpanah holds a PhD in agriculture extension. He joined IIASA in 2010, first as a Guest Research Scholar in the Risk and Resilience (RISK) Program. In 2020, he worked jointly with RISK and the Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) Program, and since 2021 he is a Guest Research Scholar in the Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Research Group within the Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program. He also holds a position as Lecturer in Ramin University in Iran, where his main research topics are related to risk management, climate change mitigation and adaptation based on the understanding of views and risk perceptions of different stakeholders, participatory governance and natural resource management and conservation, with particular focus on water and energy.Dr. Yazdanpanah completed his PhD at the Shiraz University in 2012, with the dissertation "A water governance framework". He worked on projects related to drought and water management, rural and agriculture development, climate change adaptation, energy conservation and renewable energy development, and sustainable fisheries, as well as teaching courses on agricultural extension, environmental sociology and qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Last update: 23 MAR 2021
Publications
Soleimani, K., Khosravipour, B., Yazdanpanah, M., Löhr, K., & Sieber, S. (2026). From Linear to Interactive Extension: Enhancing Agricultural Communication Through Social Media and Digitalization. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 1-23. 10.1080/10447318.2026.2615224.
Karimi, V., Keshavarz, M., Karami, E., Ahmadifard, E., Azadi, H., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2026). From Paris to practice: a knowledge-mapping to climate justice research in developed and developing countries. Climatic Change 179 (2) 10.1007/s10584-026-04116-5.
Yazdanpanah, M., Romina, F.Z., Sharifi, Z., Löhr, K., Bonatti, M., & Sieber, S. (2026). Digging in the shadows: A grounded theory study on the drivers of illegal well drilling in southern Iran. Environmental Development 57 e101338. 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101338.
Yazdanpanah, M., Mousavi, M., Sharifi, Z., Lamm, A., Löhr, K., & Sieber, S. (2025). Agricultural land use change in fertile areas (basic agriculture) in Southwestern Iran: lessons learned from a qualitative study. Environment, Development and Sustainability 10.1007/s10668-025-06800-5.
Arjomandi, P., Seyedi, S., Komendantova, N. , Yazdanpanah, M., & Mannocchi, M. (2025). The institutional analysis and development framework: A mathematical representation in water arena. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 10 e100307. 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100307.