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 Curriculum Vitae

 Academic qualifications

 Doctor of Philosophy, Demography & Sociology Program, The Australian National University,

Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2007

Master in Demography, Tehran University, Tehran, 1995

Master in Sociology, Azad University, Tehran, 1993

Bachelor in Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaie University, Tehran, 1990

 Career history

2007 (September) – onward, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

2006 – 2007, Member of Editorial Team, Assistance for A/Professor Heather Booth, Funding Editor of Journal of Population Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

2003 – 2007, PhD scholar, Demography and Sociology Program (presently, the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

1995 – 2002, Lecturer, Social Sciences Department, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

1997 – 1998, Deputy of the Faculty in Administrative and Financial Affairs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.

1995 – 1996, Head of Library, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

 Awards and research achievements

 2009, receiving the award of excellence in research, as the best researcher in the area of social sciences in a competitive basis amongst the academic staff of all universities in Mazandaran Province, Iran.

2004, receiving the award of The W. D. Borrie Essay Prize (by the Australian Population Association) for the best PhD research, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

2001, receiving the award of excellence in teaching and research by the University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

Publications

1) Refereed articles

 2009, "Migration and Gender Roles: Typical Work Pattern of the MENA Women”,  International Migration Review, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 974-992. 

2009, "Religion, Migration and Social Change: Christian-Muslim Differentials", Australian Religion Studies Review, Vol. 22, Issue 3, in press.

2008, "Women's Employment, Religion and Multiculturalism: Socio-demographic Emphasis", Journal of Population Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 63-90. 

2008, "Migration Differentials in Women’s Market Employment: An Empirical and Multicultural Analysis", International Migration Review. Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 675-703.

2008, "Employment Differentials of Second Generation Muslim Migrants: Assimilation and Discrimination Hypotheses", Immigrants & Minorities, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 219–241.

2008, "South Asian Female Migrants’ Work Differentials: Multicultural Assessment", South Asia Research, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 203–224.

2008, "Asian Migrant Women’s Employment Participation: Patterns, Determinants and Differentials", Asian Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 109-141. (co-author: Peter McDonald)

2008, "Gender, Religion and Work: Comparative Analysis of South Asian Migrants", Fieldwork in Religion, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 29-50.

2002, “A study on demographic knowledge and attitudes of would-be parents” [in Persian], Population Quarterly, No. 37&38, pp. 92-111.

2001, “Sociological study of population ageing in Iran” [in Persian], Journal of Human Sciences, No. 15 (Special Issue on History and Social Sciences), pp. 239-252.

2000, “Demographic considerations in Iranian public culture” [in Persian], Population Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 31-32. pp. 46-69.

1999, “Family planning elements in UNESCO’s population education programs” [in Persian], Family Health, Forth Year, No. 13, pp. 60-78. 

1998, “Family planning and males”, Family Health [in Persian], Third Year, No. 10, pp. 40-44.

1998, “Reproductive rights, reproductive health, and family planning” [in Persian], Family Health, Third Year, No. 12, pp. 46-51

 2) Book

 2001, “Society and Population: An Introduction to Sociology of Population” [in Persian], Babolsar: University of Mazandaran Press.

 3) Chapter in book

 2009, "Gender and Religion: The Status of Women in the Muslim World", The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations (the one-volume scholarly reference), edited by Peter Clarke and Peter Beyer, London and New York: Routledge Publication, pp. 223-235.

2009, "Attitude about Women's Employment and its Association with Demographic Characteristics: The Case Study of Mazandaran University's Students", [in Persian], Proceedings of the Conference on the Social Problems of Mazandaran Province, Babolsar: University of Mazandaran Press, Second Volume, pp. 399-443. 

2002, "The effects of women's employment on marital relations" [in Persian], Proceedings of The Second Conference on Women's Empowerment, Tehran: Presidential Office for Women's Affairs Publication, pp. 243-256. 

2001, "Socio-cultural constraints of fertility and women's empowerment" [in Persian], Proceedings of the First Conference on Women's Empowerment, Tehran: Presidential Office for Women's Affairs Publication, pp. 237-255. 

2000, "A discourse on the association between demographic factors and social change", [in Persian], Proceedings of the Socio-Cultural Changes and National Security Conference, Tehran: Presidential Office for Strategic Studies Publication, pp. 141-166.

2000, “Demographic Characteristics of Forest Regions in the North of Iran” [in Persian], Proceedings of the National Conference on Management of Northern Forests and Sustainable Development, (Forest and Pasture Organisation of Iran), Tehran: Gostareh Publication, pp. 373-417.

 4) Conference papers

 2009, "Socio-cultural Inclusion and Exclusion arising from Religious and Ethnic Diversity: Multicultural Analysis", Paper presented at the International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia 19-20 November.

2009 "Competing determinants of women’s work: ethnicity, religion and culture", Paper presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Marrakech, Morocco, 27 September – 2 October. The paper available on: http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90338

2009 "Gender identity and social change: The experience of female migrants from the MENA region", Paper presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Marrakech, Morocco, 27 September – 2 October. The paper available on: http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90486

2009 "Migration, Religion and Identity: Multicultural Evidence on Integration and Discrimination Hypotheses", Paper presented at the 30th Conference of International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), The University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 27-31.

2009 "Island in Island?: Sociological Explanation of Second Generation Immigrants, Religion and Gender Roles", Paper presented at the 30th Conference of International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), The University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 27-31.

2009 "Gender Identity of Minorities in the Border of Different Values: Empirical Analysis of Effects of Religion and Migration", Paper presented at the International Research Conference of Welfare and Values in Europe: Transition related to Religion, Minorities and Gender, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, March 26-28.

2009 "A Demographic Approach on Women's Employment" (in Persian), Paper presented at the Scientific Seminar Series organized by Department of Women's Study, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, 20 April.

2009 "Demographic Perspective on Women’s Work and Religion", The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, Michigan, the United States of America, April 30th – May 2nd. The paper available on: http://paa2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90049

2009 "Migration, Ethnicity, Gender and Religion: Double Employment Disadvantage?", The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, Michigan, the United States of America, 30 April– 2 May. The paper available on: http://paa2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90053

2008 "Intergenerational Transmission of Demographic Behaviour and Reproductive Health in Iran”, Paper presented at the Seminar on Early Adulthood in Time and Space: Multidimensional and Multilevel Perspectives, Organized by the International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and Institut National D’études Démographiques (INED), INED, Paris, France 26-27 June.

2008, "Demographic Aspects of Female Labour Force Participation" [in Persian], Paper presented at the Fourth Conference of the Population Association of Iran, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 4-5 March.

2006, "Gender, Religion and Multiculturalism: Muslim/Non-Muslim Differentials in Australia's Labour Market", Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 6-8 December.

2006, “Multicultural Assessment on Interaction between Gender and Islamic Identity: Special Focus on South Asian Women”, Paper presented at The 19th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), The University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands, 27-30 June.

2006, “Religion in Pluralistic Context: Empirical Evidences on Challenging Implications”, Paper presented at XVth International Congress of The International Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism, The University of Indonesia, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, June 29 - July 2.

2006, “Family, Religion, and Multiculturalism: Challenging Implications on Women's Economic Behavior”, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Los Angeles, the United States of America, March 30-April 01. Paper available on http://paa2006.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=60030

2005, “Does Religion Matter in Women’s Status in a Multicultural Context?”, Paper presented at the Conference of The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC), Rochester, New York, the United States of America, 4-6 November.

2005, “Gender and Demographic Swings in Cultural and Religious Climate: Some Lessons from Islamic Republic of Iran” Paper presented at the Conference of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Rochester, New York, the United States of America, 4-6 November.

2005, “Ethnic and religious Minorities in the ‘Lucky Land’: The Case of Australian Muslim Women”, Paper presented at the Australian Association for the Study of Religion Conference (AASR), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 30 September -02 October.

2005, “Asian Women in Australia: A Demographic and Economic Approach”, Paper presented at the 8th Women in Asia Conference, Women’s Caucus of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September.

2005, “Regional and Ethnic Diversity of Women’s Employment: An Australian Case”, Paper presented at the Population Association of New Zealand Conference, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 30th June- 1st July. [The paper has been reported in Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, Issue 26, October 2005, pp. 214-224.]

2004, “Reproductive Health in the Context of Society and Culture: A Demographic Approach on Modern Iran”, Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), 36th APACPH Conference, Brisbane. Australia, 1-3 December.

2004, “Culture and Population: Iranian Population-related Proverbs”, Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 15-17 September.

2004, “Demographic and Socio- Economic Characteristics of Muslim Women in Australia”, Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 15-17 September.

2003, “Reproductive Health, Demographic Knowledge and Attitude Among Young People: The Case of Iran”, Paper presented at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, Bangkok, Thailand, 6-10 October.

2002, “Socio-Demographic Changes of Ageing in Iran”, Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The University of Macquarie, Sydney, Australia, 4-6 October.

 2001, “Effects of Women’s Employment on Marital Relations” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Conference on Women’s Empowerment: The Status of Women’s Employment in Human Development, Presidential Office for Women’s Affairs & UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 September. 

2000, “Socio-Cultural Obligations of Fertility and Women’s Empowerment” [in Persian], Paper presented at the 1st Conference on Women’s Empowerment, Presidential Office for Women’s Affairs & UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 September.    

2000, “A Study on Aspects of Interdependence of Demographic and Social Problems” [in Persian], Paper presented at the 2nd Conference of Social Problems of Iran, Jointly held by Sociological Association of Iran and Internal Ministry of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 14-15 June. 

2000, “A Study on Interlink between Demographic and Social Changes” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Conference on Socio-Cultural Changes and National Security, Jointly held by Social Sciences Faculty of Tehran University and National Center of Strategic Studies, Tehran, Iran, 15-16 May.

1999, “Rethinking about Interlink between Cultural and Demographic Changes” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Conference on Cultural Changes of Gilan Province, Jointly held by Islamic Culture and Guidance Center of Gillan and Iranian Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance, Rasht, Iran, 20-21 September. 

1998, “Demographic Indexes of Development” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Third National Conference on Vital Statistics, Jointly held by The Organisation of Vital Statistics Registration of Iran and UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 14-15 February.  

1997, “Demographic Debates on Economic Development” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Seminar on Population and Development (in occasion of International Day of Population), Health Department, The Medical University of Babol, Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran, 20 July. 

    5) Poster Presentations

 2006, “Economics, Multiculturalism, and Gender: Competing Factors Influencing Women’s Economic Behaviour in Multicultural Setting”, Poster presented at The European Population Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 21-24 June.

2005, “A Comparative Perspective on Integration of Muslim Immigrants in the Australian Society and Labour Market”, Poster presented at the XXV IUSSP International Population Conference, Tours, France, 18-23 July.

2005, “Shadow of Culture on Demographic Behaviour in a Developing Country: Facts from Iran”, Poster presented at the XXV IUSSP International Population Conference, Tours, France. 18-23 July.

2003, “A Demographic Study of Women Population Changes In Iran”, Poster presented at the European Population Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 26 -30 August.

2000, “Demographic Characteristics of Forest Regions in the North of Iran” [in Persian], Poster presented at the National Conference on Management of Northern Forests and Sustainable Development, Forest and Pasture Organisation of Iran, Ramsar, Iran, 5-6 September.

 6) Research projects reports

 2008, "Attitude about Women's Employment and its Association with Demographic Characteristics: The Case Study of Mazandaran University's Students", [in Persian], Research Report, Department of Research Affairs, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

2001, “A study on demographic knowledge and attitudes of would-be parents” [in Persian], Research Report, Department of Research Affairs, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

1996, “A Study on Cinema Movies Broadcasted on Post-Revolutionary Television” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 498, Tehran, Iran (co-author: Toran Bagheri).

1995, “A Survey on Rumour” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 212, Tehran, Iran (co-author: Flor Ghafori).

1995, “A Survey about Two Imaginary Radio and Television Programs: Assessing the Reliability of Responses to the Center’s Questionnaires” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 181, Tehran, Iran (co-author: Flor Ghafori).    

 Referee for reviewing journal articles

 I have acted as referee to review articles submitted for publication for the following journals:

2009, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

2008, Journal of Population Research, A publication of the Australian Population Association.

2006, Review of Religious Research (an interdisciplinary, international professional journal), Sociology Department, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Reviewing an article on Family, Gender, and Religion. [The contribution has been confirmed in "RRR Reviewers 2006", The June 2007 Issue, p. 2.]

2005, International Migration, Reviewing an article on immigration and acculturation. [The contribution has been confirmed in “List of Reviewers”, Vol. 43, Issue 5, pp. 211-213].

 Contact details :

 Dr. Yaghoob Foroutan

Assistant Professor

Department of Social Sciences,

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

The University of Mazandaran,

Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran

Email:   y_foroutan@yahoo.com    &     y.foroutan@umz.ac.ir

Homepage: http://www.umz.ac.ir/en/dynamic/dynamic.asp?Userid=699#

 Last Update: January 30, 2010