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Nonresident Guest Scholar

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Nonresident Guest Scholar, Global Economy and Development, Wolfensohn Center for Development, Middle East Youth Initiative

Currently a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani conducts research on the economics of the Middle East. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum (2001-2006), a network of Middle East economists based in Cairo.



Expertise

Demographic economics; energy economics; economics of the Middle East

  • Language Fluency:
  • Persian

Background

Current Positions
Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2001-present); Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum (1993 – present)

Past Positions

Member, Board of Trustees, Economic Research Forum, Cairo (2001-2006); Member, Board of Directors, Middle East Economics Association (1996-1997); Visiting Professor, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Senior Associate Member, St. Anthony's College, the University of Oxford (1991-92); Assistant Professor of Economics, the University of Pennsylvania (1977-84)

Education

Ph.D. (1977), Harvard University; M.A. (1974), Harvard University; B.Sc. (1971), University of London (Queen Mary College)

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