Education

Ph.D., Demography, University of Tehran, November 2015.

M.S., Demography, University of Tehran, March 2008.

B.S., Social Sciences, University of Payam Noor Shahrekord, January 2002.

Scientific
Position

Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, University of Isfahan, September, 2016-Present.

Books (In Persian)

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. and Shams Ghahfarokhi, F. (2009). “Demography”, Farhikhtegan University, Tehran.

Norolahi, T, H. Khodamoradi, and Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. (2011). “MortPak 4 (for windows): The United Nations Software Package for Mortality Measurement” (Translated in to Persian), Tehran, Statistical Center of Iran.

Book Chapters

Mirzaei, M. and Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. (2009). “Population Aging Trend in the Past Half Century and to Evaluate the Health Status among Elderly People”in "Population and Development in Iran: Issues and Challenges"Eds. Rasoul Sadeghi, Tehran, Research and Study Center for Population in Asia & the Pacific, Iran.

Refereed
Journal
Publications

Mirzaei, M. and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2007). “Demography of Elder Population in Iran Over the Period 1956 to 2006”, Salmand, 2(3): 326-331.

Mirzaie, M. and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2008). “Factors Affecting the Elderly Self-Perceived Health Status”, Salmand, 3(2): 539-546.

Mirzaie, M. and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2014). “The Impact of Women's Employment Characteristics on the Likelihood of their Fertility during Five Years Period of 2010-2014: Case Study of the City of Isfahan”, Population Association of Iran, 17, 113-139.

Peer-Reviewed Journals Articles

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. (2017). “The Effect of Employed Women’s Working Hours on Fertility”, Journal of Applied Sociology.

Conference
Papers and
Presentations

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M., M. Mirzaie, and F. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2010). “Assessment of Disability Prevalence by Using Iran's Population and Housing Census Data in 2006”, Paper Presented at the International Conference on APA Conference, during 16-20 November 2010, New Delhi, India.

Mirzaie, M, and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2008). “Population Distribution in Urban System of Iran”, Paper Presented at Conference on Analysis of the Iran 2006 Census, Statistical Center of Iran, 24-25 December 2008, Tehran, Iran.

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. (2016). “The Effect of Employed Women’s Working Hours on the Likelihood of their Fertility during Five Years Period of 2010-2014”, The First Conference on Population and Family, 10 December 2016, Isfahan, Iran.

Research Reports

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M.  F.  Shams Ghahfarokhi, and M. Rezaei (2008). “Prevalence of Disability as National and Provincial and its Relationship with the Development of Provinces Based on the 2006 Census Data”, Statistics Research and Training Centre, Tehran, Iran.

Shams Ghahfarokhi, M. (2007). “The study of disability in Iran”, Supported by Population and Development Project, UNFPA & University of Tehran, Iran.

Monzavi, M. Ansari, . , and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2012). “International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)”, Statistics Research and Training Centre, Tehran, Iran.

Monzavi, M. Ansari, . , and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2013). “International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)”, Statistics Research and Training Centre, Tehran, Iran.

Abed Jafari, H. D. Hosini Hashemzadeh, . , and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2011). “Principles and Policies, Strategies and Approaches to Integrity”, University of Tehran, Iran.

Kosheshi,M., . , and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi, (2011). “Population Studies in the Master Plan for the City of Surrey”, Ministry of Road and Urban Development Iran.

Taheri, G., .,  and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2013). “Review, Compilation and Preparation of Iran Statistical Yearbook”, Office of Calculation of Macro Plan and Policies Indicators, Statistical Center of Iran.

Taheri, G., .,  and M. Shams Ghahfarokhi (2014). “Land Use Planning and the MDGs Iindicators, Office of Calculation of Macro Plan and Policies Indicators”, Statistical Center of Iran.

Training Courses

Introduction to Demography
Principles of Population Analysis
Demography of Iran
Socio-Economic Demography
Applied Demography
Population and Family Planning

Introduction to Sociology

Honors and
Awards

Top Ranks in the PhD Entrance Exam in Demography, 2010, University of Tehran.

Membership

Population Association of Iran (PAI)

Asian population Association(APA)

Review Services

Journal of Applied Sociology

Journal of Population Association of Iran

Theses Supervised

B.S. Thesis in Social Sciences: 5 in progress, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Special Skills

Software’s:
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
LISREL & HLM
Demographic Software's: Mort Pack, Fert, People, Pas, DemProj and …

Research
Interests

Quantitative Research Methods, Demography of family, Mortality, Migration, Fertility.

References

Mohammad Mirzaie, Professor in the Department of Demography of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

 Tel: (98) 21 88024936, Fax: (98) 21 88334963, E-mail: mmirzaie@ut.ac.ir

Contact

Phone:+98-(0)31-37933161
Fax:+98-(0)31-37933151
Email: Mehri_shams2001[at]yahoo[dot]com

Updated

12rd May 2017