SEYED ALI KHARRAZI

【Personal Profile】

My primary research focuses on the sustainability challenges of coupled economic-environmental systems, specifically developing resilience models and metrics to assess how global resource networks withstand shocks and disturbances. I have published over 60 academic papers on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus and global resource sustainability. I also possess extensive experience bridging academia and practice, working closely with sustainability executives and policymakers.

【Education and Career】

【Publications】

[1] Natori, Kharrazi, Portela, and Gough. Nature-Based Solutions in the Private Sector: Policy Opportunities for Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World. In: SDGs in the Asia and Pacific Region Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals - Regional Perspectives. Springer, 2023.

[2] Umarhadi, Avtar, Kumar, Yunus, Kurniawan, Kharrazi, Ishikawa, Widyatmanti. Monitoring tropical peatlands subsidence by time-series interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique. In: Earth Observation: Radar Remote Sensing Applications and Challenges. Elsevier, 2022.

[3] Kharrazi. Resilience. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd edition, vol. 4, pp. 414-418. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019.

[4] Kharrazi, Savaget, Kudo. Resilience & Sustainability. In: Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2019.

[5] Kharrazi, Yarime, Akiyama. Resilience Thinking. In: Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2019.

[6] Kharrazi and Akiyama. Advancing quantification methods of efficiency, resilience and sustainability using ecological network approaches: Implications for integrated water resources management policy. In: Water Conservation, Recycling and Reuse: Issues and Challenges. Springer Academic Press, 2019.Zhou Chi, Tang Wansheng. A search theory that considers participant behavior and its application. Beijing: Science Press. 2020.

【Journal Paper】

[1] Li, X., Wang, H., Kharrazi, A., Fath, B. D., Liu, G., Liu, G., ... & Lai, X. (2024). A network analysis of external shocks on the dynamics and resilience of the global staple food trade. Food Security, 16(4), 845-865.

[2] Pashanejad, Kharrazi, Araujo-Gutierrez, Robinson, Fath, Parrott. A functional connectivity approach for exploring interactions of multiple ecosystem services in the context of agricultural landscapes in the Canadian prairies. Ecosystem Services, 2024, 68: 101639.

[3] [3] Bandari, Moallemi, Szetey, Flanagan-Smith, Hadjikakou, Marcos-Martinez, Kharrazi, et al. Participatory Modeling for Analyzing Interactions Between High-Priority Sustainable Development Goals to Promote Local Sustainability. Earth's Future, 2024, 11.

[4] Bandari, Moallemi, Kharrazi, et al. Transdisciplinary approaches to local sustainability: aligning local governance and navigating spillovers with global action towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science, 2024.

[5] Luo, Yu, Kharrazi, Fath, Matsubae, Liang, Chen, Zhu, Ma, Hu. Decreasing resilience of China's coupled nitrogen-phosphorus cycling network requires urgent action. Nature Food, 2023.

[6] Miao, Yu, Kharrazi, Ma. Multi-criteria decision analysis for the planning of island microgrid system: A case study of Yongxing island, China. Energy, 2023, 284: 129264.

[7] Duc, Kumar, Lan, Kurniawan, Kheder, Kharrazi, Saito, Avtar. Hydrochemical indices as a proxy for assessing land-use impacts on water resources: a sustainable management perspective and case study of Can Tho City, Vietnam. Natural Hazards, 2023.

[8] S. Chen, Zhang, Liu, Yi, Su, Kharrazi, Jiang, Lu, Crittenden, B. Chen. Decoupling wastewater-related greenhouse gas emissions and water stress alleviation across 300 cities in China is challenging yet plausible by 2030. Nature Water, 2023, 534-546.

[9] Zhang, Yu, Kharrazi, Ma. How would sustainable transformations in the electricity sector of megacities impact employment levels? A case study of Beijing. Energy, 2023, 270: 126862.

[10] Zhang, Yu, Kharrazi, Ren, Ma. How can structural change contribute to concurrent sustainability policy targets on GDP, emissions, energy, and employment in China? Energy, 2022, 256: 124614.

[11] Nujaira, Prasad, Kumar, Yunus, Kharrazi, Gupta, Kurniawan, Sajjad, Avtar. Quantifying spatio-temporal variation in aquaculture production areas in Satkhira, Bangladesh using geospatial and social survey. Plos One, 2022, 17:12.

[12] Zhang, Yu, Kharrazi, Ren, Ma. Quantifying the synergy and trade-offs among economy-energy-environment social targets: A perspective of industrial restructuring. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 316: 115285.

[13] Chen, Kharrazi, Yang. Building More Sustainable and Resilient Urban Energy Infrastructures. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy End-Use, 2022.

【Awards】

[1] Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship (European Union), 2019

[2] World Social Science Fellow in Urban Big-Data (International Social Science Council), 2015

[3] Green Talent Award Winner (German Federal Ministry of Research and Education), 2013

[4] Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship, 2010-2013

[5] LSE Graduate Merit Award Scholarship, 2004-2005

[6] Weinman Medal for Academic Excellence in Economics, CCNY, 2003

[7] City College Fellowship, 2003-2004The Fifth Youth Science and Technology Award of Tianjin

[8] The Third Prize of Natural Science of Tianjin

[9] The Second Prize of Natural Science Award of the 2014 Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions

【Research Projects】

[1] Human Mobility, Global Challenges and Resilience in an Age of Social Stress - PHOENIX (Belmont Forum, 2023-2026).

[2] Circularity and sustainability among highly dependent phosphorus importing countries (Hiroshima University, 2023-2026).

[3] Climatic Impact on Food Trade Resilience and Security CIFTRESS (EU Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, 2019-2022).

[4] Exploration France - Mobility Grant (Campus France French Government, 2018).

[5] Resilience, Socio-Economic Networks, and Austrian Security (Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austrian Government, 2014-2015).

[6] Climate Impact Research Green Talents Fund (German Federal Ministry of Research and Education, 2013-2014).

[7] Sustainable Development Goals and Resilience of Water Energy and Trade Networks (Environment Research & Tech. Dev. Fund, Ministry of Environment, Gov. of Japan, 2013-2015).

[8] Modeling The Environment as Complex Natural-Social System and Public Policies (Inter-American Development Bank, 2015).

[9] Social decision making methods for sustainable water resource management in arid lands (Nakajima Peace Foundation, 2016-2017).

[10] Sustainable water resource management for desertification and droughts (Asahi Group Academic Promotion Foundation, 2016-2017)