Dr. Aliakbar Barati

Research Group Climate Change and Security
Institute of Geography
Cluster of Excellence CliSAP
Universität Hamburg

Dr. Aliakbar Barati is a member of the faculty of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran. He is also a visiting fellow at CLISEC. His research interests include land use planning, sustainable agricultural development, socioeconomics modeling and simulation, and climate changes. His studies focus on modeling and simulating land-use and climate changes trends, their interactions, causes and effects by using system dynamics, agent-based modeling and game theory techniques. He teaches system dynamics, system thinking, simulation and modeling, agribusiness development and natural resources management and governance.  

Recent publication:

Barati, A. A., Azadi, H., & Scheffran, J. (2021). Agricultural land fragmentation in Iran: Application of game theory. Land Use Policy, 100, 105049.

Hishe, H., Giday, K., Soromessa, T., Van Orshoven, J., Muys, B., Barati, A. A., ... & Azadi, H. (2020). Should we leave nature unattended or assist through enrichment to foster climate change mitigation? Exclosure management in the highlands of ethiopia. Environmental management, 1-10.

Barati, A. A., Azadi, H., & Scheffran, J. (2019). A system dynamics model of smart groundwater governance. Agricultural water management, 221, 502-518.

Barati, A. A., Azadi, H., Dehghani Pour, M., Lebailly, P., & Qafori, M. (2019). Determining key agricultural strategic factors using AHP-MICMAC. Sustainability, 11(14), 3947.

Dehghani Pour, M., Barati, A. A., Azadi, H., & Scheffran, J. (2018). Revealing the role of livelihood assets in livelihood strategies: Towards enhancing conservation and livelihood development in the Hara Biosphere Reserve, Iran. Ecological Indicators, 94, 336-347.

Barati, A. A., Kalantari, K., Nazari, M. R., & Asadi, A. (2018). A hybrid method (ANP-SWOT) to formulate and choose strategic alternatives for development of rural cooperatives in Iran.

Azadi, H., Barati, A. A., Rafiaani, P., Taheri, F., Gebrehiwot, K., Witlox, F., & Lebailly, P. (2017). Evolution of land use-change modeling: routes of different schools of knowledge. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 13(2), 319-332.  

Dehghani Pour, M., Motiee, N., Barati, A. A., Taheri, F., Azadi, H., Gebrehiwot, K., Witlox, F. (2017). Impacts of the Hara Biosphere Reserve on Livelihood and Welfare in Persian Gulf. Ecological Economics, 141, 76-86. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.023.  

Memarbashi, E., Azadi, H., Barati, A. A., Mohajeri, F., Passel, S., & Witlox, F. (2017). Land-Use Suitability in Northeast Iran: Application of AHP-GIS Hybrid Model. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 6(12), 396.   

Asadi, A., Barati, A. A., Kalantari and Odeh, I. (2016). Study of relationship between roads network development and agricultural land conversion in Qazvin Province, Iran. International Journal of Environmental Research, 10(1), 51-58.  

Azadi, H., Barati, A. A., Rafiaani, P., Raufirad, V., Zarafshani, K., Mamoorian, M., Van Passel, Steven and Lebailly, P. (2016). Agricultural Land Conversion Drivers in Northeast Iran: Application of Structural Equation Model. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s12061-015-9160-4  

Barati, A. A., Asadi, A., Kalantari, K., Azadi, H., & Witlox, F. (2015). Agricultural Land Conversion in Northwest Iran. International Journal of Environmental Research, 9(1), 281-290.