Farhad Mukhtarov

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Qualifications: 
PhD in Environmental Sciences and Policy
Master of Sciences in Environmental Sciences and Policy
Bachelor of Sciences in International Economics
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Dr. Mukhtarov has been recently awarded a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University. He holds a MSc degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the University of Manchester (Central European University), and a BSc from Azerbaijan State Economic University in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2007/2008 Dr. Mukhtarov was a Chevening Scholar at Oxford Centre for Water Research.

He worked as an IWRM expert for UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, Paris; a visiting scholar at Oxford University Centre for the Environment; a UNDP Researcher in Kazakhstan; and a teaching assistant at CEU. He conducted research on water governance in the UK, Norway, Hungary, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

Dr. Mukhtarov's research interests center on the issues of policy transfer and change in the area of water resources management and environmental management in general. In his PhD project Farhad analyzed the design and implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management projects in England (in flood management), Turkey (in regional development in the southeast), and in Kazakhstan (national IWRM planning). Abstract is available here.

Dr. Mukhtarov is currently interested to expand his research on Integrated Water Resources Management/ Environmental change in the Middle East and Former Soviet Union and is searching for post-doctoral research and consultancy opportunities.

Researcher, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

 

Affiliations: 
Alumni and Career Office
Center for Environment and Security (CENSE)
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Academic/research topics: 
Integrated Water Resources Management and Knowledge Transfer in England
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Academic/Research Areas: 
Environmental and Energy Studies
Political Science
External links: 
Intellectual History and Current Status of Integrated Water Resources Management: a Global Perspective. In, Pahl-Wostl, C., Kabat, P., Möltgen, J. (eds.) Adaptive and Integrated Water Management: Coping with Complexity and Uncertainty.
The Prospects of Privatization of Water Supply Services
Mukhtarov, F.G. (2007) Global Water Governance and the Concept of Legitimacy. Proceedings of the GRSC/GARNET International Conference on "Pathways to Legitimacy". University of Warwick, Sep 17 – Sep 19, 2007.
Mukhtarov, F.G. (2007) Integrated Water Resources Management From a Policy Transfer Perspective. Proceedings of the International Congress on River Basin Management: pp. 610-625. State Hydraulic Works of Turkey and World Water Council: Antalya, March 22-2
Mukhtarov, F.G. (2007) Privatization of Social Policy of Water Supply in the South Caucasus. Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Policy and Regional Development. Zagreb: EIZ Press: p. 91-115.
Mukhtarov, F.G. (2005) Review of the experience of using economic environmental policy instruments in Azerbaijan. The Caspian Panorama, (1): 17–19.
IWRM Implementation in Basins, Sub-basins and Aquifers:State of the Art Review. Contributor.