Ayyoob Sharifi

Assoc. Prof., Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

Ayyoob Sharifi is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. He also has a cross-appointment at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering. His research is mainly at the interface of urbanism and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Ayyoob actively contribute to global change research programs such as the Future Earth and currently is serving as a lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Before joining Hiroshima University, he was the Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP)-a Future Earth core project- leading the urban flagship activity of the project which is focused on conducting cutting-edge research for supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities. Ayyoob holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, and a doctorate in Environmental Engineering. The ultimate goal of his research is to provide further insights into how to develop sustainable, peaceful, just, and resilient communities.


Programs

# Program Name Day Hour Room #
1 Pandemics and cities: Is history a futile experiment? 01.10.2021 16:00 - 17:30 Room 6