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
Shakib, S.H., Tabesh, M., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2025). Applying social cognitive theory to examine farmer migration in response to groundwater salinity: The case of Qaenat, Iran. Agricultural Water Management 317 e109594. 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109594.
Danesh-pajooh, S., Tabesh, M., Shahangian, S.A., Yazdanpanah, M., Zobeidi, T., & Rezaei, E. (2025). Unveiling socio-psychological determinants behind residential treated greywater adoption: Integrating theory of planned behavior and norm activation model. Journal of Environmental Management 387 e125867. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125867.
Komendantova, N. , Zobeidi, T., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2025). Analyzing the use of fact-checking tools in disaster-risk reduction in Europe through the lens of the heuristic-systematic model. Scientific Reports 15 (1) e19121. 10.1038/s41598-025-03099-0.
Razzaghzadeh, Z., Tabesh, M., Nasseri, M., Masoumi, F., & Yazdanpanah, M. (2025). Beyond tradition: Unveiling the socio-psychological drivers of sustainable water use in farming. Journal of Environmental Management 382 e125313. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125313.
Arjomandi, P., Yazdanpanah, M., Zobeidi, T., Komendantova, N. , & Shirzad, A. (2025). Place attachment, activation of personal norms, and the role of emotions to save water in scarcity. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 25 e100567. 10.1016/j.indic.2024.100567.