Hadi Veisi

Experience and Interests

Teaching Experience

• Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran (2009-2019), Department of Environmental Law, Department of Environmental Education and Department of Agroecology

Research Interests

• Sustainability
• Environmental Governance and Policy
• Resilience and Climate Adaptation
• Energy and Environmental Justice
• Community-based Participatory Research

Involvement

Professional Memberships

• Editorial Reviewer, Human Ecology; Journal of Sustainability Sciences; Applied Environmental Education & Communication; Environment, Development and Sustainability
• Member: The Integrated Assessment Society; Journal of Development in Practice
• Member, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society
• Member, International Environmental Communication Association

Community

• Volunteer, Mid-State Literacy Council, Pennsylvania (2023-2024)
• Volunteer, Water Conservancy, State College, Pennsylvania (2023-2024)
• Volunteer, Citizen Climate Lobby, State College Chapter (2023-2024)

Selected Publications

• Veisi, H., Carolan, M. S., Esmaeilzadeh, H., & Toulabi, S. B. (2024). Learning ecology of IPM/FFS: the impacts of sustainability and health of agroecosystem. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04444-x
• Jackson-Smith, D., & Veisi, H. (2023). A typology to guide design and assessment of participatory farming research projects. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 5(2), 159-174.
  Veisi, H., Deihimfard, R., Shahmohammadi, A., & Hydarzadeh, Y. (2022). Application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in a multi-criteria selection of agricultural irrigation systems. Agricultural Water Management, 267(C).
• Jackson-Smith, D., & Veisi, H. (2021). Media coverage of a pandemic’s impacts on farmers and implications for agricultural resilience and adaptation. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(2), 157-179.
• Veisi, H., Lacy, M., Mafakheri, S., & Razaghi, F. (2019). Assessing Environmental Literacy of University Students: A Case Study of Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 18(1), 25-42.
• Veisi, H., Liaghati, H., & Alipour, A. (2016). Developing an ethics-based approach to indicators of sustainable agriculture using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Ecological Indicators, 60, 644-654.

For a full list of publications visit Google Scholar.

Fun Facts

A piece of advice for students?

Persistence is the key to unlocking your potential as a student. It’s the steady pursuit of knowledge and the refusal to give up, even in the face of challenges, that ultimately leads to success and personal growth.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

Learning every day and challenging my students