Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Currently a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani conducts research on the economics of the Middle East. He is also serving as Dubai Initiative fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum (2001-2006), a network of Middle East economists based in Cairo.

Experience

Current Positions

  • Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2001-present)
  • Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum (1993 – present)
  • Dubai Initiative fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009)

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)

Language Fluency

  • Persian

Contact

Email Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

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Resources

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