Fatemeh Shayan, Ph.D. ,
Associate Professor
Department Of Political ScienceFaculty Of Administrative Sciences And Economics
Address
University of Isfahan
Azadi square
Isfahan, Iran
Postal Code : 8174673441
Biography
Dr. Fatemeh Shayan is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Isfahan (UI), Iran. She is the only winner of the 2019 Farabi International Award in the field of political science and a distinguished researcher at the University of Isfahan in 2019 and 2023. She was also selected as a celebrated researcher at UI in December 2022. Earlier, she was a post-doctoral scholar at Tampere University (TUNI), Finland. She completed her doctoral studies in the Faculty of Management at TUNI, and defended her dissertation in December 2014. She has published many academic publications in international ISI journals such as Energy Strategy Review, Critical Studies on Terrorism, Millennium: Journal of International Studies and Geopolitics. She was also a researcher at UTA between 2013 and 2014. Her latest books, Security in the Persian Gulf Region, were published by Palgrave Macmillan in London in 2017; and Gas Troika on the European Gas Market (Vol. I and II) by Walter De Gruyter in Boston in 2023 and 2026. She was a visiting scholar at University of Exeter, UK; University of Oslo, Norway; Plekhanov and Lomonosov Universities, Moscow; and FINEC University, Russia. Her research areas include energy policies, natural gas, European Union energy issues, Russia, Iran and Qatar’s energy issues, as well as the Persian Gulf security complex. She can be contacted at f.shayan@ase.ui.ac.ir. -Visiting scholar at the Lomonosov and Plekhanove Universities in Moscow; and FINEC University in St. Petersburg (February and March 2014). -Visiting scholar at Uppsala University in Sweden, November 2013. -Visiting scholar, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France, October 2012. -Visiting scholar, Exeter University, UK, May-June 2011. -Visiting scholar, Oslo University, Norway, July 2011. -Visiting scholar, Helsinki EU Office, Brussels, Belgium, October 2010. -Referee to 150 articles in International journals including IsI.
Research Interests
My research areas include energy policies, natural gas, European Union energy issues, Russia, Iran and Qatar energy issues, and Persian Gulf security complex.
Memberships
- Member of National Elite Foundation of Iran. -Member of the Energy Convention network, Energy Academy Europe, Netherland. -Member of the Iranian International Relations Association, Ministry of Science, Iran. -Member of the Energy Group at the School of Management, University of Tampere, Finland.2012-2015 -Member of the Security Group at the School of Management, University of Tampere, Finland. 2012-2015. -Member of the network of the Energy Club, Brussels, Belgium. -Member of the Tapri network, University of Tampere, Finland. - Contributor to the 7th European Peace Research Association (EuPRA) Conference, "Europe and the World", Tampere: Tapri, 20-22 July 2011, Finland. -Contributor to the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU), biannual conference University of Tampere, 13-15 September 2012. -Contributor to the Second Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North Africa Studies, The Middle East and North Africa at Crossroads – Changes in the Past, Present and Future, Tampere University and Tapri, 24-25 August 2012.
Professional activities
My research areas include energy policies, natural gas, European Union energy issues, Russia, Iran and Qatar energy issues, and Persian Gulf security complex.
Education
- Bachelor, English Literature, University of Isfahan [ - ]
- Master's degree, International Relations, University of Isfahan [ - ]
- Ph.D., International Relations, University of Tampere [ - Finland]
- Postdoctoral, International Relations, University of Tampere [ - Finland]
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