Kian Tajbakhsh
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| Native name | کیان تاجبخش |
| Born | January 25, 1962 |
| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Fields |
Social science Urban planning |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University University College London |
Kian Tajbakhsh (Persian: کیان تاجبخش, born January 25, 1962) is an Iranian-American scholar, social scientist and urban planner. He has taught at both American and Iranian universities. Tajbakhsh is an international expert in the areas of local government reform, urban planning, civil society capacity building and international public policy research collaboration. He has also directed international projects in the areas of public health and social policy.
Tajbakhsh was one of the Iranian-American dual citizens arrested and detained for years in Iran for allegedly engaging in activities against national security. He was finally permitted to leave on Implementation Day on January 16, 2016.
Tajbakhsh’s academic research spans both theoretical and policy projects related to urbanism and city life. He has conducted empirical research on decentralization, the role of social capital in local government performance, and local economic development in a number of countries.
He is the author of two books, The Promise of the City: Space, Identity and Politics in Contemporary Social Thought (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 2001), and Social Capital: Trust, Democracy and Development (Tehran: Shiraze Publishers 2005, in Persian). He co-edited the book City Diplomacy: The role of local governments in conflict prevention, peace-building, post-conflict reconstruction. Tajbakhsh has also published numerous scholarly articles, as well as essays on cinema and culture in Iran and India.
From 1994 until 2001, Tajbakhsh taught Urban Policy and Politics at the Milano Graduate School of The New School for Social Research in New York City. He was a member of the American Sociological Association and the Iranian Sociological Association. He received his BA from Imperial College London in 1983, his MSc from University College London in 1984, and his PhD from Columbia University in 1993.
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