Milad Jafari

Milad Jafari is an Iranian political scientist, researcher, and policy analyst specializing in water diplomacy and governance with a water science and engineering background. He holds two master’s degrees: one from Tarbiat Modares University, where he focused on the phenomenology of water governance issues in Tehran and also transboundary water challenges of the Helmand River, and the other from Jordan University of Science and Technology at the Water Diplomacy Center, where he concentrated on the post-regime change hydropolitics of the Helmand and Yarmouk Rivers. Milad has collaborated on national and international research projects studying water conflicts and cooperation, particularly examining the perceptions, values, and emotions of decision-makers in water governance. Milad is a co-author of the report Relative Deprivation, a Silent Driver in Hydropolitics: Evidence from Afghanistan-Iran Water Diplomacy. He also serves as an editorial board member at World Water Policy, a member of the Iranian Water Diplomacy Association and is a youth associate with the Blue Peace Middle East.

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