Beyond
Academic Activities
Guest Lecturer, Localization and Globalization of Tourism in Europe and Asia, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, 2021-2024
Journal Reviewer, Studies in Geography, University of Lodz, Poland, 2023
Chapter Reviewer, Book title “Digital Transformation of the Hotel Industry: Theories, practices, and global challenges”, Published by Springer, 2022
Project Grant, Adolescents and Family Vacation Decision Making: A Global Survey. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2016-2020.
Co-chair of Tourism Café Lab, The 6th Annual Conference of EATSA – Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Association, GLOBAL TOURISM CONNECTING INSULARITIES IN ASIA AND EUROPE, Sardinia, Italy,June 2020
Guest Lecturer, For Courses:New Directions in Urban Housing, Sustainable Transformation and Architecture, Housing in Developing Countries; Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, 2015
Attending Conferences
Member of Scientific Committee, Annual Conference of EATSA – Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Association, Different Countries in Europe and Asia,2016-2024
Panelist and Member of Scientific Committee, XIII International Scientific Conference Tourism in Social Sciences 2024, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2024
Member of Scientific Committee (Country Chair), International Conference on Digital Economy, The impact of emerging technologies of the digital economy, Different countries in Europe and Africa, 2016-2023.
Panelist, 10th India International Hotel Travel and Tourism Research Conference, “Strategizing Tourism & Hospitality Facilities for the New Normal”, New Delhi, India, February 2021
Member of the Scientific Committee, The International Conference on Tourism Marketing and Destination Branding, Viseu, Portugal,October 2020
Member of the Scientific Committee, The National Convention on the Coastline Architecture of Southern Iran and the Cities of Tomorrow, Kish Island, Iran, April 2020
Keynote Speaker, 10th India International Hotel Travel and Tourism Research Conference: “Transforming Hospitality & Tourism: Sustainable Goals & Strategies for Future”, New Delhi, India, February 2020
Member of Scientific Committee, The International Conference on Tourism Marketing and Destination Branding, Torres Verdas, Portugal,October 2019
Member of Scientific Committee (Iran Chair), The 3rd International Conference on Digital Economy, The Impact of Emerging Technologies of The Digital Economy, Brest Business School (France), April 2018.
Member of Scientific Committee, Iran Architecture Conference: Past, Present and Future, The Special Themes of Religious and Ritual Spaces, Eqbal Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran,October 2017
Architectural Competitions
Jury Member,Urban Corridor Design Competition (Abshar Neighborhood), Municipality of Isfahan, Iran, 2023
Jury Member, Redesigning the Architecture of Tisa Commercial-Residential Complex Competition, Tisa Investment Development and Holding Company, Iran, 2020
Jury Member, Grand Recreational Pier of Kish Island Architectural Competition, Kish Free Zone Organization, Iran, 2020
Jury Member, Nations Square Urban Design Competition, Kish Free Zone Organization, Iran, 2019
Film Festivals and Workshops
Jury Member, The 9th to the 17thArt & Tour International Film Festival, Portugal, 2016-2024
Jury Member, The 2nd International TERRES Travel Film Festival, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain, May 2019
Lecturer, International Workshop on Architecture and Cinema, A Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (The National School of Architecture of Paris-La Villette and Eqbal Lahoori Institute of Higher Education), Architecture and City in The Camera Frame, Yazd, Iran, 2016-2022 (Five Annual Workshops)
Ambassador, The 2nd and the 3rd Natourale Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2022-2024
Jury Member, The 11thZagreb Tourism Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, October 2022
Member of the board of Directors, EATSA Film Festival, Coimbra (Portugal) & Goa (India), September 2021
Jury Member, The 11th and 12th Tourfilm Riga, International Tourism Film Festival, Riga, Latvia, 2018 and 2019
Jury Member, Kish Happy Island National Mobile Film Festival, Kish Island, Iran, March 2019
Films
Director of the Project and Co-Producer, The Movie “A Story of Caldas da Rainha”, Produced in Maajara Productions, Director: Mona Erfanian Salim, Producer: Sepideh Berenji, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, 2023
Advisor, The Movie of “Yerevan’s Blue”, Produced in Mahta Tasvir Memarian, Producer: Erfan Qasempour, Yerevan, Armenia, 2022
Advisor, The Movie “The Mysteries of Takht’e Soleyman”, Produced in East Art Phoenix Institute of Art and Culture, Director and Producer: Armin Isarian, Takaab and Tehran, Iran, 2018
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