Yasamin OSTOVAR IZADKHAH

Present Occupation: Assistant Professor, Risk Management Research Center

E-mail: izad@iiees.ac.ir
Tel: +98 21 2283 1116, +98 21 2229 7657
Fax: +98 21 2229 9479

Joined IIEES on 1990

Education

• Ph.D. Disaster Management, Cranfield University, UK, 2004
  Thesis: Bridging the Generations: A Critical Assessment of Disaster Education in the Development of a Seismic Safety Culture in Iran

• M.Ed. in  English Education, Azad Islamic University, 1993

• B.A. in English Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran., Iran, 1989

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Research/Teaching & Memberships

Research Interests

• Public Awareness of Disaster Risks

• Public Education

• Disaster Management Training

• Community-Based Risk Management

• Gender and Disasters

Accomplished Projects

• Author of a booklet in two languages, “Earth, Science, and Safety”, a joint project of IIEES, UNDP, and UNESCO (1998).

• Translator and Editor of 2 educational books on disasters from Persian to English, Joint projects, IIEES+UNDP (1996) (1997), and 30 disaster reports, papers and films.

• Member of the experts group in “Evaluation of UNICEF’s Support to Mine Action Project, for methodology and analysis, April 2006.

Research/Educational Activities

• Author/co-author of 58 research papers including 39 conference papers, 13 journal and bulletin papers and 6 poster papers and 3 papers under submission.

• Editor and proofreader of many English informative and educational brochures and catalogues, 10 books and more than 100 journal papers.

• Translator of educational book on “Tsunami and Earthquakes”, May 2005.

• Certificates in various academic courses related to CBDM, TOT, Disaster Management, Mine Action, ........

• Contribution to “School Safety, Case Study of Iran” in IIEES website and the international online website: http://www.interragate.info/cogss/iran.html, June 2006.

Teaching

• Public Awareness of Disaster Risks

• Case Studies of Major Disasters

• Disaster Management Planning

• Impacts of South Asian Tsunami

Membership

• Member of Gender-and-Disaster-Network

• Member of Spider Network (Science and Policy Interfaces for Disaster Reduction)

• Member of Radix Network (Radical Interpretations of Disaster).

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Professional Experience

• 1990-2001, Superior Expert, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES),
  Executive Dept.’s = International Relations Dept., and Head Office
  Research Dept.’s = Disaster Management and Public Education Dept’s.
  Selestiuon of Activities: SEE-1, 2 and 3 Executive Secretary (1991-1995 and 1999)
  JSEE Journal Production Manager, 1998-present.

• 2005-2006, Research Associate, (Post-doctoral), Resilience Centre, Cranfield University

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Selected Publications

• “Reducing Pre-school Children’s Stress in Earthquake Preparedness through Proper Education", Y.O. Izadkhah and M. Hosseini, presented in the VIII. European Conference on Traumatic Stress, Berlin, Germany, May 2003, Abstract published in Scientific European Psychotherapy Journal, Special Edition, Vol. 4, 2003.

• "Earthquake Disaster Management Planning in Health Care Facilities", Nateghi, F. and Izadkhah, Y.O. Disaster Prevention and Management Journal, Vol. 13, (2), June 2004.

• "Using Internet Communication in Increasing Earthquake Disaster Awareness and Preparedness", Izadkhah, Y.O. and Hosseini, M., 13WCEE, Vancouver, Canada, August 2004.

• “Toward Resilient Communities in Developing Countries through Education of Children for Disaster Preparedness”, Izadkhah Y.O., Hosseini. M., International Journal of Emergency Management, 2005, Vol. 3, (2), pp.138-148.

• “Impact of the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake on the Personnel and Functioning of Local Government Organizations", Parsizadeh, F., Izadkhah, Y.O., Special Issue on Bam Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Dec. 2005.

• "Building Resilient Urban Communities", Davis, I. and Izadkhah, Y.O. Special Issue on South Asian Tsunami, Open House International Journal, Vol.31 (1) 2006, pp.11-21.

• “Disaster Education, A Right to the Generation’s Safety”. Education for Sustainable Development, Case Studies and Best Practices, A Contribution to the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), Kobe, Japan, January 2005.

• "Earthquake Disaster Management for Schools in Developing Countries", M. Hosseini, Y.O. Izadkhah, Disaster Prevention and Management Journal, 2006, Vol. 15 (4), Sept. 2006.

• “Problems and Opportunities in the Integration of School Education Programmes Within Wider Seismic Risk Reduction Strategies”, Y.O.Izadkhah, I. Davis, 8NCEE, San Francisco, April 2006.

• “Community Challenges Following Darb-e-Astaneh (Silakhore), Iran Earthquake of March 31, 2006”, Y.O. Izadkhah and M. Hosseini, 9CCEE, Canada 2007.

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