Amir Farmanesh
| Amir Farmanesh | |
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Dr. Farmanesh in August 2016
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| Born |
March 10, 1979 Tehran, Iran |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Fields | Opinion Polling, Applied Social Science |
| Institutions |
People Analytics Inc. (IranPoll) Harvard University World Bank U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland Syracuse University, Maxwell School |
| Thesis | Enabling Environments (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Schelling, Carol Graham |
| Other academic advisors | Catherine Bertini |
| Spouse | Farnaz Alvandi |
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Website www.farmanesh.com |
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Amir Farmanesh (Persian: امیر فرمنش, born March 10, 1979) is a social entrepreneur and public intellectual specialized in demystifying people's opinion and behavior in complex societies and difficult contexts. He is the CEO and president of People Analytics Inc, and its subsidiary IranPoll.
Filling a long-standing void on global knowledge of people’s opinions in complex societies such as Iran, research conducted under his leadership have had a notable impact being widely utilized and cited by academia and think tanks including University of Maryland,Harvard University,Princeton University,Cornell University, the United States Institute of Peace, the Brookings Institution, the Atlantic Council, the Wilson Center, the Munich Security Conference, the Middle East Institute, the Carnegie Endowment, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,Center for Strategic and International Studies,The Washington Quarterly,Council on Foreign Relations' Foreign Affairs,Lowy Institute for International Policy,Al Jazeera Center for Studies,Institute for International Political StudiesEuropean Council on Foreign Relations, and McKinsey Global Institute.
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