Teaching
I am teaching the following courses at the University of Aberdeen:
- AY5010: Managing the Past:Heritage Politics and Practice
- AY5002: Theory and Method in Research
- AY5504: Advanced Archaeological Approaches
- AY5510: Managing the Present:Heritage Communities and Representation
- AY4510, AY4518 (2025-26): Current Issues In Archaeology
AY5915: Research Project in Cultural Heritage
Courses taught as TA at College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran (Jan 2020 – Aug 2021)
- Research Methodology
- Urban Heritage Pathologies
- Conservation Design for Historic Sites and Monuments
- Adaptive Reuse Strategies
Supervising Masters Dissertations.
Workshops
Those activities I was involved in the organisations are marked by *
** During PhD Workshops:
1. * Erasmus+ Workshop in "Capacity Building in Sustainability for Architectural Heritage"
- Venue: In person (January 2023- December 2023)
- Organised by: Multiple Universities (University of Tehran (Iran), National Technical University Of Athens (Greece), National University of Architecture and Construction (Goris, Armenia)
2. PECUS Workshop on "Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping and Landscape Change"
3. PECUS Workshop on "Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping for Landscape Analysis"
4. * Heriland Rome Living Lab: "Reviving The Tiber River in Rome"
- Venue: In person and Online (22nd November-5th December 2021)
- Link: Read full report
- Organised by: Heriland Graduate School in collaboration with Roma Tre University
5. Heriland Workshop on "Writing a Journal Paper: a hands-on workshop for heritage and landscape researchers"
- Venue: Online (15th September, 6th October 2021)
- Link: Click here
- Organised by: Heriland Graduate School i
6. * Heriland Masterclass in "Digital Transformations and Heritage Planning"
- Venue: Online (28th June-2nd July 2021)
- Organised by: Heriland Graduate School
7. * Heriland Masterclass in "Jerusalem: Shifting demographies and contested identities – Managing multiple identities through assessment and evaluation
of design scenarios"
- Venue: Online (14th-18th June 2021)
- Organised by: Heriland Graduate School
** Before PhD Workshops:
1. Joint Workshop in "Cultural Transformations and Architectural References", RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with University of Tehran (October 2018)
- Venue: In person (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
- Organised by: Dr Ana Marjike Weber
2. * Joint Workshop in "Adaptive Reuse strategy for Zahir-ol-Eslam Historic House in Tehran, Iran", RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with University of Tehran (February 2018)
- Venue: In person (University of Tehran, Iran)
- Organised by: Dr Somayhe Fadaei Nezhad and Dr Ana Marjike Weber
3. * Joined Workshop in "Modern Use of Traditional Material (Sun-dried brick)", College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran in collaboration with University of Yazd, Iran (May 2016)
- Venue: In person (Yazd, Iran)
- Organised by: Architectural and Urban Heritage Student Association at Tehran University
Conferences- Webinars- Seminars
1. * Webinar for the International Day of Monuments, "Living Heritage & Emergency Response" (17th April 2026)
2. * International Conference on “Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning” (13-14th October 2024)
- Link: Click here
- Organised by: Heriland Research and Training Network
- Venue: Vrije Universitiet Amsterdam, Netherlands
3. A Seminar on "The Role of Heritage Planners in Future Landscapes" (10th October 2024)
- Link: Click here
- Organised by: Heriland Blended Intensive program of Heritage College of Heritage Planning
4. * A Webinar on the "Reconstructing/Reconciliating Contested Identities,Learning from Mosul" (15th June 2022)
- Organised by: Contested Identities and Shifting Demographies WorkPackage- Heriland Training Network
5. * A Webinar on the "Challanges of Integrated Heritage Conservation and Development" (23rd May 2021)
- Speaker: Dr Loes Veldpaus- Newcastle University
- Organised by: University of Tehran