Book:

"Economic Development Planning in Oil Economies, published by VDM Verlag Dr. Muller (December 2007). Click here for more information.

Bio:

Hodjat joined the Institute, December 2005 as a Research Associate Professor. He earned his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University, 1993. He comes to us from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran where he taught quantitative methods, urban and regional modeling, ICT applications, and development planning graduate courses. Prior to that Hodjat held assistant teaching and research positions at the Ohio State University where he was involved in a number of research projects including applications of IO modeling in regional impact assessment and analyses of high technology complexes in the United States. He was also assistant editor for the Journal of Planning Literature for one year. Hodjat's research interests include CGE modeling, non linear optimization models, energy-economy interaction simulation, and technology-led regional development.