CV

Education

  • PhD in Human Geography
    Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
    (Ongoing)
    Dissertation: Liquid Realms: Navigating Water, Scale, and Power in Iran

  • MSc in Regional Development Planning
    Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
    Thesis: The Analysis of Spatial Organization of the Urban Regions in the Central Desert of Iran with Emphasis on the Institutional Role of Water (Case Study: Ardakan and Meybod)

  • BSc in Architecture
    Art University of Isfahan, Iran
    Final project: Communal Housing for Migrant Workers on Kish Island, Iran

Professional Experience

  • Member of BAZPIRA Design Studio | Tehran

  • Member of the Architecture and Urban Circle at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (AUCtmoca)

  • Co-author of an Ecotourism Guide to Balochistan, in collaboration with local activists | Chabahar

  • Co-founder of MONAD Architecture Group promoting regional architecture | Tehran & Ardakan

  • Researcher and website content manager at Metamorphosis-Method Design Studio | Tehran

Publications and Media Work

  • Editorial board member of “Memari va Farhang” (Architecture & Culture) and “Namaye-Tehran” (Psychograph of Tehran) magazines

  • Guest executive editor for a special issue on Sustainable Architecture in “Memar” magazine

  • Contributor to “Hamshahri Memari” (Citizen-Architecture) Journal

  • Editor of the “Shahr Ara” section in “Roozegar” newspaper

  • Co-founder of Boom-Shahr (Eco-City), a student journal at the Art University of Isfahan

  • Co-founder of “Shahre-Digar” (Other City) urban activist group

  • Founder of “Halghe-Yekshanbe” (Sunday Circle) on urban issues

Conferences and Presentations

  • AAG 2023 – Denver

  • AAG 2024 – Honolulu

  • BRISMES 2023 – Exeter

  • BRISMES 2024 – Lancaster

  • DKG 2023 – Frankfurt am Main

  • ATINER 2022 – Athens

  • Place & Culture 25th Anniversary Conference – Eichstätt

Selected Publications

  • Khodabakhsh, L., et al. (2022). Räume Um-Denken: Doktorandinnen-Jahrbuch der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.* Hamburg: VSA Verlag.

Awards and Leadership

  • Certificate of Genius Student from Allameh Tabataba’i University

  • Board Member of the National Architecture Students’ Union

  • Secretary of the Student Council at Art University of Isfahan