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Dr. Dr. Hossein Azadi

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Dr. Dr. Hossein Azadi Fellow

Senior Researcher Sustainable Landscape Development

Mail: hossein.azadi@geo.uni-halle.de Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)

Focus Areas:

Anthropogeography

Biography

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2021-2022: OECD/CRP fellow: State University of California – Santa Barbara, USA
  • 2010-2021: Faculty staff: Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium
  • 2015-2016: Fulbright fellow: State University of New York – Binghamton, USA
  • 2014-2016: Post-doc: Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Belgium
  • 2013-2016: Post-doc: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium
  • 2010-2011: Post-doc: International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • 2009-2010: Post-doc: Centre for Development studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

EDUCATION

  • 2014-2019 second PhD in “Human Geography”, University of Ghent
  • 1999-2005 first PhD in “Agri-Rural Development”, University of Shiraz – Erasmus University Rotterdam

Teaching

Social-Ecological Systems 6: Project-based Studies II

Publications

Selection of peer-reviewed articles (published in WoS-indexed journals)

  • Azadi, H., Ghazali, S., Eziz, A., Goli, I., Costa das Neves, C. P. P., Oliveira, T., Sklenicka, P., Kurban, A. (In press). Climate-smart agriculture and sustainable livelihood: A meta-analysis. Land Degradation & Development.
  • Islami, I., Janečková, K., Sklenička, P., Ajtai, N., Füerst, C., Goli, I., Azadi, H. (In press). From crisis to capacity: Adaptive governance for natural resource management in Iran. Environmental Policy and Governance.
  • Karimi, V., Singh, G., Azadi, H., Karami, E., Keshavarz, M., Yazdanpanah, M. (In press).
    Economic and environmental impacts of land-use change on ecosystem services. Land Use Policy.
  • Amirnejad, H., Hosseini, S., Azadi, H. (2026). Payment for ecosystem services of the Hyrcanian forests based on stakeholder preferences for flood risk mitigation. Ecosystem Services, 79, 101834.
  • Goli, I., Khalili Marandi, H., Lashgarara, F., Kriaučiūnienė, Z., Özgüven, A.I., Värnik, R., Fürst, C., Sklenicka, P., Azadi, H. (2026). Environmental governance, urban sustainability, and adaptation strategies: The nexus of food—water—energy. Land Degradation & Development, 37(9), 3828-3841.
  • Kookhaie, T., Darabi, H., Azadi, H., Mansourihanis, O. (2026). Integrating framework for urban rivers restoration: Incorporating Holon System Theory, dynamic planning, fragmented governance, and adaptive pathways. Cities, 174, 106986.
  • Movahedi, R., Aliabadi, V., Yaghoubi-Farani, A., Fürst, C., Värnik, R., Azadi, H. (2025). Designing a university-based entrepreneurship ecosystem model for agricultural colleges. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1-24.
  • Siamian, N., Azadi, H., Yousefi, S., Fürst, C., Lopez‐Carr, D., Sklenicka, P., & Janečková, K. (2025). Nexus of land for food and urbanisation: application of DPSIR model and remote sensing data in a developing economy. Land Degradation & Development, 36(13), 4438-4457.
  • Akbari, Z., Hesar, A. Y., Siamian, N., Fürst, C., Värnik, R., Azadi, H. (2024). Feasibility of using vertical farming in northern Iran: A multiple necessity. Journal of Environmental Management, 354, 120232.
  • Pazhuhan, M., Azadi, H., Lopez-Carr, D., Barbir, J., Shahzadi, I., Fürst, C. (2023). Social sustainability of residential squares: Evidence from Narmak neighborhood, Tehran. Habitat International, 136, 102811.

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  • Azadi, H., Barati, A., Nazari Nooghabi., S., Jürgen, S. (2022). Climate-related disasters and agricultural land conversion: Towards prevention policies, Climate and Development, 1-15.
  • Haghiyan, I., Mofidi-Chelan, M., Azadi, H., Nejatiyanpour, E., Motamedi, J., Sheidai Karkaj, E., Scheffran, J. (2022). Evaluating economic and ecological management to determine the economic size of pastoral units for different climatic zones in the northeast of Iran, Journal of Environmental Management, 301, 113766.
  • Ghazali, S., Azadi, H., Kurban, A., Ajtai, N., Pietrzykowski, M., Witlox, F. (2021). Determinants of farmers’ adaptation decisions under changing climate: The case of Fars province in Iran. Climatic Change, 166, 6.
  • Mirzaei, M., Hatamimanesh, M., Haghshenas, A., Moghaddam, S.M., Ozunu, A., Azadi, H. (2020). Spatial-seasonal variations and ecological risk of heavy metals in Persian Gulf coastal: Case study of Iran. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 1-15.
  • Azadi, H. (2020). Monitoring land governance: Understanding roots and shoots. Land Use Policy, 94, 104530.

Expert activities

Editorial board in

  • Land Use Policy
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
  • Land

 

Research project evaluators for

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland
  • Research grant evaluator for Horizon Europe calls (ID: EX2025D1325686)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Strategic Research Council—Academy of Finland (SRC) (Finland)
  • National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE) (Republic of Kazakhstan)
  • Dutch Research Council (NWO) (The Netherlands)
  • Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Germany)