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Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Professor of Economics of the Middle East, University of Marburg

Professor of Economics of the Middle East, University of Marburg I am Professor of Economics of the Middle East and Chair of Research Group at Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) of Philipps-Universität Marburg. I acquired my Ph.D. in Economics (Dr.rer.pol) from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2009) with summa cum laude. My dissertation project on “Political Economy of Natural Resources and Governance in Iran: An Empirical Investigation" won Dr. Feldbausch Preis "Best Dissertation" in 2009. Following the PhD project, I received the Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for my research project at ZEW Mannheim and TU Dresden.