Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
ABOUT
A PhD candidate in social policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. He studies the impacts of economic sanctions on Iran’s social welfare particularly poverty, inequality, and impoverishment in Iran. He holds an MA in sustainable international development from Brandeis, an MA in energy economics from the Islamic Azad University, and a BA in economics from Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, Kahalzadeh worked as an economist with the Department of Economic and Social Planning in the Social Security Organization of Iran (SSO) for eight years.
Discipline
Economics
Sub Areas
Development
Public Policy
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Specialties
Social Policy, Poverty And Inequality
Economic Sanctions
Languages
English (advanced)
Persian (native)
Education
PhD
| 2023
| Heller School
| Brandeis University
MA
| 2019
| Heller School
| Brandeis University
MA
| 2016
| Heller School
| Brandeis University
MA
| 2005
| Economics
| Islamic Azad University
BA
| 2001
| Economics
| Alameh Tabatabee
Abstracts
Economic Sanctions and Vulnerability to Poverty in Iran
