The 1818 Society Urban & Water Thematic Group invites you to a presentation by Dr. Kaveh Madani focusing on “Water Management in Iran and the Middle East” on Thursday November 5 at 11:00 am.
Dr. Kaveh Madani is an environmental scientist, educator, and activist with expertise in environmental security and analyzing complex human-nature systems. He has previously served as the Deputy Vice President of Iran in his position as the Deputy Head of Iran’s Department of Environment, the Vice President of the UN Environment Assembly Bureau, and Chief of Iran’s Department of Environment’s International Affairs and Conventions Center. He is currently a Henry Hart Rice Senior Fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies of Yale University and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) of Imperial College London. He is an expert in developing and applying mathematical, economic and systems analysis models to complex problems involving water, energy, food, climate and environment to derive policy and governance insights. He has more than 200 publications with his students and colleagues out of their work in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Middle East on issues such as water management, environmental policy, energy systems, food security, climate change impacts and adaptation, sustainable development, environmental security/diplomacy, and transboundary-conflicts and negotiations. He has received a number of awards for his research, teaching, as well as outreach and humanitarian activities, including the New Face of Civil Engineering recognition (ASCE), the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Scientist Award (AGU), the Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists (EGU), and the Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (ASCE).
More info about Kaveh Madani: https://www.kavehmadani.com/about
Talks: https://www.kavehmadani.com/englishtalks
Interviews: https://www.kavehmadani.com/media
Publications: https://www.kavehmadani.com/publications
The Zoom session will be hosted by Dick MacEwen and facilitated by Vijay Jagannathan. Your invitation to attend follows:
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