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
Zobeidi, T., Yazdanpanah, M., Komendantova, N. , Lohr, K., & Sieber, S. (2024). Evaluating climate change adaptation options in the agriculture sector: a PROMETHEE-GAIA analysis. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 22 e100395. 10.1016/j.indic.2024.100395.
Komendantova, N. , Zobeidi, T., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2024). How Do Instagram Messages Affect the Use of Renewable Energy? -- Application of an Extended Information Adoption Model. Journal of Environmental Informatics 43 10.3808/jei.202400515.
Zobeidi, T., Komendantova, N. , Yazdanpanah, M., & Lamm, A. (2024). A multi-dimensional model of anticipating intention to use social media for disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 104 e104356. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104356.
Yazdanpanah, M., Homayoon, S.B., Zobeidi, T., Woosnam, K.M., Löhr, K., & Sieber, S. (2024). Bridging farmers’ non-cognitive and self-conscious emotional factors to cognitive determinants of climate change adaptation in southwest Iran. Climate and Development 1-15. 10.1080/17565529.2024.2332380.
Warner, L.A., Diaz, J.M., Kalauni, D., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2024). Encouraging others to save water: Using definitions of the self to elucidate a social behavior in Florida, USA. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 12 p. 100176. 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100176.