Mohammad Abbasi-Shavazi

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (Persian: محمدجلال عباسی شوازی; born 23 August 1965) is an Iranian demographer and the president of the Asian Population Association. He is a professor of the Department of Demography and Chair of the Division of Population Research at the University of Tehran.[1]

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Born(1965-08-23)August 23, 1965
Alma materUniversity of Isfahan
University of Tehran
Australian National University
Awards2011 United Nations Population Award
Scientific career
FieldsDemography
InstitutionsUniversity of Tehran

Awards

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He was awarded the 2011 United Nations Population Award.[2] Abbasi Shavazi won Iran's Book of the Year Award for the book The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction (with Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi and Peter Francis McDonald).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to the School of Demography". Adsri.anu.edu.au.
  2. ^ "UNFPA - Iranian Demographer, African Research Institution, Win 2011 United Nations Population Award". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Springer book awarded prestigious prize in Iran". Springer.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.