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Curriculum Vitae: Dr Yaghoob Foroutan

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Curriculum Vitae

Dr Yaghoob Foroutan

Personal Information

Title: Dr Given name: YAGHOOB Preferred Name: Yaqub Family name: FOROUTAN Gender: Male

Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Demography & Sociology Program ((presently, the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute), The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2007 Master in Demography, University, Tehran, 1995 Master in Sociology, Azad University, Tehran, 1993 Bachelor in Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaie University, Tehran, 1990

Career History

2012 (July) – 2015 (July), Adjunct Research Fellow, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. 2010 (July) – Onward, Post-Doctoral Fellow, The National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, The University of , Hamilton, . 2010 (September) – Onward, Member, FASS Research Committee, of Arts and (FASS), The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. 2011 (January) – Onward, Organizer and Coordinator, NIDEA Seminar Series, The National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. 2007 (September) – Onward, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, University of , , , . 2006 – 2007, Member of Editorial Team, Assistance for A/Professor Heather Booth, Funding Editor of Journal of Population Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2003 – 2007, PhD Scholar, Demography and Sociology Program (presently, the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 1995 – 2002, Lecturer, Social Sciences Department, , Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran. 1997 – 1998, Associate Dean (Finance and Administration), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. 1995 – 1996, Head of Library, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran. 1 Curriculum Vitae: Dr Yaghoob Foroutan

Awards and Research Achievements

2011, FASS Contestable Research Fund, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, Research Project entitled “Demographic Patterns and Differentials of Immigrants in New Zealand: Comparative and International Perspective”. 2009, The Award of Excellence in Research, as the Best Researcher in the area of Social Sciences in a competitive basis amongst the academic staff of all universities in Mazandaran Province, Iran. 2004, The Award of The W. D. Borrie Essay Prize (by the Australian Population Association) for the best PhD research, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2001, The Award of Excellence in Teaching and Research by the University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

PUBLICATIONS

1) Book

2001, “Society and Population: An Introduction to Sociology of Population” [translated from English to Persian], Babolsar: University of Mazandaran Press.

2) Chapters in Book

2012, Content Analysis of Religious Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, IN: Society,the State and Religious Education Politics, pp. 49-67, edited by Jodicke, A., Würzburg, : Ergon Publishing House. 2012, Multiculturalism and Challenge of Religion: The Place of Buddhism from a Comparative Perspective, IN: Teaching Dhamma in New Lands, pp. 334-348, Bangkok: The International Association of Buddhist Universities. http://www.undv.org/vesak2012/book/teaching_dhamma_in_new_lands.pdf 2011, “Gender and Education: Empirical Observations”, Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference of New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Wellington: NZARE. 2010, “Consequences of Hijab in non-Muslim Societies: The Experience of Muslim Immigrants in the West” (in Persian), Proceedings of the Conference on the Hijab, Babolsar: University of Mazandaran Press, pp. 140-158. 2009, "Gender and Religion: The Status of Women in the Muslim World", IN: The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations, edited by Peter Clarke and Peter Beyer, London and New York: Routledge Publication, pp. 223-235. 2009, "Attitude about Women's Employment and its Association with Demographic Characteristics: The Case Study of Mazandaran University's Students", [in Persian], Proceedings of the Conference on the Social Problems of Mazandaran Province, Babolsar: University of Mazandaran Press, Second Volume, pp. 399-443. 2002, "The effects of women's employment on marital relations" [in Persian], Proceedings of The Second Conference on Women's Empowerment, Tehran: Presidential Office for Women's Affairs Publication, pp. 243-256. 2001, "Socio-cultural constraints of fertility and women's empowerment" [in Persian], Proceedings of the First Conference on Women's Empowerment, Tehran: Presidential Office for Women's Affairs Publication, pp. 237-255.

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2000, "A discourse on the association between demographic factors and social change", [in Persian], Proceedings of the Socio-Cultural Changes and National Security Conference, Tehran: Presidential Office for Strategic Studies Publication, pp. 141-166. 2000, “Demographic Characteristics of Forest Regions in the North of Iran” [in Persian], Proceedings of the National Conference on Management of Northern Forests and Sustainable Development, (Forest and Pasture Organisation of Iran), Tehran: Gostareh Publication, pp. 373-417.

3) Refereed Articles

2013 (forthcoming), Social Change and Demographic Response in Iran (1956-2006), British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, forthcoming. 2013 (forthcoming), The Challenges of Contemporary Family and Modernization: With Emphasis on Divorce in the Process of Demographic Transition, (in Persian), Journal of Social Problems of Iran, Vol. 4, No. 2, in press. 2013 (forthcoming), The Strategy of Religious Socialization in Iran, (in Persian), National Studies Quarterly, forthcoming. 2013 (forthcoming), The Socialization Process of the Veiling of Women in Iran, (in Persian), Women’s Studies, forthcoming. 2013 (forthcoming), The Patterns of Representation of National Identity in Iran’s Educational System, (in Persian), National Studies Quarterly, forthcoming. 2012, Gender Representation in School-textbooks in Iran: The Place of Languages, Current Sociology, Vol. 60, Issue 6: 771-787. 2012, Socio-Demographic Study of the Association between Migration and Identity’, (in Persian), National Studies Quarterly, 30 (2): 48-72. 2011, Multiculturalism and Women’s Employment: Sociological Perspective, New Zealand Sociology, Vol. 26, no. 1: 122-142. 2011, Generational Gap associated with Gender Roles and Demographic Changes in Iran (in Persian), Iranian Journal of Sociology of Youth, 1 (1): 119-144. 2011, Ethnic and Religious Discrimination?: Multicultural Analysis of Muslim Minorities in the West, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 31, no. 3: 327-338. 2011, ‘Representation of Women's Employment in the Textbooks of Iranian Schools’ (in Persian), Women in Development and Politics (Women’s Research), Vol. 9 (2 (33)): 39-78. 2011, ‘Population, War, and Power’ (in Persian), Population Quarterly, No. 75-76: 1-19. 2011, ‘Women and Language: Representation of gender identity in the Farsi, and English Textbooks of Iranian Schools’ (in Persian), Women’s Studies, Vol. 9, no. 2: 161-181. 2010, “Gender Socialization in Iranian Textbooks (Case Study: Primary Schools” (in Persian), Women in Development and Politics (Pajohesh Zanan), 8 (3): 195-216. 2009, "Migration and Gender Roles: Typical Work Pattern of the MENA Women”, International Migration Review, Vol. 43, No. 4: 974-992. 2009, "Religion, Migration and Social Change: Christian-Muslim Differentials", Australian Religion Studies Review, 22 (3): 295-319. 2009, “Demographic Approach on Women’s Employment: With Reference to Iran” (in Persian), Journal of Population Association of Iran, 3 (6): 171-192. 2009, “Sociology of Religion and Gender: A Theoretical and Empirical Study Focusing on Women's Employment” (in Persian), Journal of Social Problems of Iran (Journal of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities), 16 (63): 107-138. 2009, “Cultural Settings of Demographic Changes: Considerations on Iran's Fertility Transition” (in Persian), Quarterly Journal of Iranian Association for Cultural Studies & Communication, Vol. 5, No. 14: 91-110. 2008, "Women's Employment, Religion and Multiculturalism: Socio-demographic Emphasis", Journal of Population Research, Vol. 25, No. 1: 63-90.

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2008, "Migration Differentials in Women’s Market Employment: An Empirical and Multicultural Analysis", International Migration Review. Vol. 42, No. 3: 675-703. 2008, "Employment Differentials of Second Generation Muslim Migrants: Assimilation and Discrimination Hypotheses", Immigrants & Minorities, Vol. 26, No. 3: 219–241. 2008, "South Asian Female Migrants’ Work Differentials: Multicultural Assessment", South Research, Vol. 28, No. 2: 203–224. 2008, "Asian Migrant Women’s Employment Participation: Patterns, Determinants and Differentials", Asian Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2: 109-141. (co-author: Peter McDonald) 2008, "Gender, Religion and Work: Comparative Analysis of South Asian Migrants", Fieldwork in Religion, Vol. 3, No. 1: 29-50. 2002, “A study on demographic knowledge and attitudes of would-be parents” [in Persian], Population Quarterly, No. 37 - 38: 92-111. 2001, “Sociological study of population ageing in Iran” [in Persian], Journal of Human Sciences, No. 15 (Special Issue on History and Social Sciences), pp. 239-252. 2000, “Demographic considerations in Iranian public culture” [in Persian], Population Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 31-32: 46-69. 1999, “Family planning elements in UNESCO’s population education programs” [in Persian], Family Health, Forth Year, No. 13: 60-78. 1998, “Reproductive rights, reproductive health, and family planning” [in Persian], Family Health, Third Year, No. 12: 46-51 1998, “Family planning and males”, Family Health [in Persian], Third Year, No. 10, pp. 40-44.

4) Conference Papers

2012, Family Characteristics and Educational System: Cross-Cultural Analysis, Paper presented to The Australian Population Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 5-7 December. 2012, Demographic and Socio-economic Analysis of Muslim Migrants in Austrasia, Paper presented to The Australian Population Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 5-7 December. 2012, ‘Family and Gender Representations through Educational System, Paper presented to the NIDEA Seminar Series, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 29th of November. 2012, “Racial and Religious Minorities: Socio-Demographic Perspective”, Paper presented to The SSSR Annual Meeting, The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Phoenix, Arizona, The of America, 9-11 November. 2012, “Social Dynamics and Religion: Two Typical Patterns”, Paper presented to The SSSR Annual Meeting, The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Phoenix, Arizona, The United States of America, 9-11 November. 2012, “Patterns and Determinants of Religious Socialization”, Paper presented to the RRA Annual Meeting Religious Research Association (RRA), Phoenix, Arizona, The USA, 9-11 November. 2012, Democratization in the Context of Socialization and Islamization: Socio-Demographic Perspective, Paper presented to the Democracy and Justice Flagship Seminar, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 16th of October. 2012, (with M. R. Pourrahim), Causes and Prospects of Family Changes in Second Demographic Transition Theory, (in Persian), Paper presented to The Conference of Population Association of Iran, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 10-11 October. 2012, Multiculturalism and Challenges of Religion: The Place of Buddhism from a Comparative Perspective, Paper presented to 2nd International Association of Buddhist Universities Academic Conference Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Bangkok, Thailand, 31 May-2 June.

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2012, “Patterns, Determinants, and Differentials of Immigrants’ Integration and Labour Market Participation: Socio-Demographic Perspective”, Paper presented to the Ethnic Affairs Conference, Organized by The Office of Ethnic Affairs, The Department of Internal Affairs, Novotel Hotel, Hamilton, New Zealand, April 01, 2012 2012, “Multiculturalism and Religious Tolerance: Socio - Demographic Perspective”, Paper presented at the 9th Annual National Interfaith Forum 2012: Spiritual Identity in a Secular Society, Church College, Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand, 17-19 February. 2011, “Demographic Consequences of Migration and Social Change: Cross-Cultural Comparisons’, Paper presented at the conference of Population Association of New Zealand (PANZ), The , Auckland, New Zealand, 28-29 November. [available on: http://panz.rsnz.org/?page_id=62] 2011, “Language Diversity and Gender Identity: A Developing World Investigation”, Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 23 - 26 November. [available on: http://www.led.education.auckland.ac.nz/assets/Uploads/programme/FINAL-LED-2011-Conference.pdf] 2011, “The Fateful Triangle: Gender, Religion, Migration”, Paper presented at the NIDEA Seminar Series, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 17th of November. [available on: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/nidea/events] 2011, ‘Living on the Edge: Competing Influence of Religion and Migration’, Paper presented to the 31st International Conference of International Society for Sociology of Religion, Aix-en-Provence (), June 30 - July 3. [http://testsite.sisr-issr.org/English/Newsletters/Network%20%28PDF%20and%20Word%29/Network-39.pdf] 2011, ‘The Portrayal of Religious Teachings in the Books: A Case Study’, Paper presented to the 31st International Conference of International Society for Sociology of Religion, Aix-en-Provence (France), June 30 - July 3. [http://testsite.sisr-issr.org/English/Newsletters/Network%20%28PDF%20and%20Word%29/Network-39.pdf] 2011, ‘Immigrants’ Integration in the Labour Market: Patterns and Determinants’, Paper presented to the Research Seminar Series of Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring Policy and Research Group Department of Labour, Wellington, New Zealand, 17th of May. 2011, ‘Demographic Perspective on Women’s Status and Religion: Multicultural Investigation’, Paper presented to The Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, March 31 - April 2. [The paper available on: http://paa2011.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=110281] 2011, ‘Values of Immigrants’ Family or Values of Residing Society?: A Typical Pattern’, Paper presented to The Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, March 31 - April 2. [The full paper available on: http://paa2011.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=110378] 2011, ‘Work Patterns of Migrant Women from the MENA: Analyses from Inside and Outside the region’, Invited paper presented to Workshop on “Migration and Development: Role of Women in Migration and Development”, Funded by the European Commission,Brussels,Belgium,1-2 Feb. 2010, “Gender, the Labour Market, and Multiculturalism: Demographic Emphasis”, Paper presented to the European Population Conference, Organized by The European Association for Population Studies, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 September. [The paper available on: http://epc2010.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=100941] 2010, “Empirical and Demographic Analysis of Religious Education and Social Application in the Islamic Republic of Iran: From Theory to Fact”, Paper presented to the International Conference on Society, State and Religious Education Politics, University of Fribourg, , June 25-26. 2010, “Gender and Religious: A Social Analysis on the Demographic Characteristics of Women in the Islamic Societies, with an Emphasis on Female Labour Force Participation” (in Persian”, Paper presented to the Social Sciences Seminar Series, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, 20th of April.

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2009, "Socio-cultural Inclusion and Exclusion arising from Religious and Ethnic Diversity: Multicultural Analysis", Paper presented at the International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relation, , Melbourne, Australia 19-20 November. [available on: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/ccg/events/conferences/abstract-migconf.php#005] 2009 "Competing determinants of women’s work: ethnicity, religion and culture", Paper presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Marrakech, Morocco, 27 September – 2 October . The paper available on: http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90338 2009 "Gender identity and social change: The experience of female migrants from the MENA region", Paper presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Marrakech, Morocco, 27 September – 2 October. [The paper available on: http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90486] 2009 "Migration, Religion and Identity: Multicultural Evidence on Integration and Discrimination Hypotheses", Paper presented at 30th Conference of International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR),University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, ,July 27-31. 2009 "Island in Island?: Sociological Explanation of Second Generation Immigrants, Religion and Gender Roles", Paper presented at 30th Conference of International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR),University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain,July27-31. 2009 "Gender Identity of Minorities in the Border of Different Values: Empirical Analysis of Effects of Religion and Migration", Paper presented at the International Research Conference of Welfare and Values in Europe: Transition related to Religion, Minorities and Gender, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, March 26-28. 2009 "A Demographic Approach on Women's Employment" (in Persian), Paper presented at the Scientific Seminar Series organized by Department of Women's Study, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, 20 April. 2009 "Demographic Perspective on Women’s Work and Religion", The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, Michigan, the United States of America, April 30th – May 2nd. (Not presented), [The paper available on: http://paa2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90049] 2009 "Migration, Ethnicity, Gender and Religion: Double Employment Disadvantage?", The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, Michigan, the United States of America, 30 April– 2 May, (Not presented), [The paper available on: http://paa2009.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=90053] 2008 "Intergenerational Transmission of Demographic Behaviour and Reproductive Health in Iran”, Paper presented at the Seminar on Early Adulthood in Time and Space: Multidimensional and Multilevel Perspectives, Organized by the International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and Institut National D’études Démographiques (INED), INED, Paris, France 26-27 June. 2008, "Demographic Aspects of Female Labour Force Participation" [in Persian], Paper presented at the Fourth Conference of Population Association of Iran, Tehran University, Tehran,Iran,4-5 March. 2006, "Gender, Religion and Multiculturalism: Muslim/Non-Muslim Differentials in Australia's Labour Market", Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The , Adelaide, Australia, 6-8 December. 2006, “Multicultural Assessment on Interaction between Gender and Islamic Identity: Special Focus on South Asian Women”, Paper presented at The 19th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), The University of Leiden, Leiden, the , 27-30 June. 2006, “Religion in Pluralistic Context: Empirical Evidences on Challenging Implications”, Paper presented at XVth International Congress of The International Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism, The , Depok, West Java, Indonesia, June 29 - July 2. 2006, “Family, Religion, and Multiculturalism: Challenging Implications on Women's Economic Behavior”, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Los Angeles, the United States of America, March 30-April 01. [Paper available on http://paa2006.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=60030] 6 Curriculum Vitae: Dr Yaghoob Foroutan

2005, “Does Religion Matter in Women’s Status in a Multicultural Context?”, Paper presented at the Conference of The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC), Rochester, New York, the United States of America, 4-6 November. 2005, “Gender and Demographic Swings in Cultural and Religious Climate: Some Lessons from Islamic Republic of Iran” Paper presented at the Conference of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Rochester, New York, the United States of America, 4-6 November. 2005, “Ethnic and religious Minorities in the ‘Lucky Land’: The Case of Australian Muslim Women”, Paper presented at the Australian Association for the Study of Religion Conference (AASR), , Sydney, Australia, 30 September -02 October. 2005, “Asian Women in Australia: A Demographic and Economic Approach”, Paper presented at the 8th Women in Asia Conference, Women’s Caucus of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September. 2005, “Regional and Ethnic Diversity of Women’s Employment: An Australian Case”, Paper presented at the Population Association of New Zealand Conference, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 30th June- 1st July. [The paper has been reported in Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, Issue 26, October 2005, pp. 214-224.] 2004, “Reproductive Health in the Context of Society and Culture: A Demographic Approach on Modern Iran”, Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), 36th APACPH Conference, Brisbane. Australia, 1-3 December. 2004, “Culture and Population: Iranian Population-related Proverbs”, Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, ANU, Canberra, Australia, 15-17 September. 2004, “Demographic and Socio- Economic Characteristics of Muslim Women in Australia”, Paper presented at Australian Population Association Conference, ANU, Canberra, 15-17 September. 2003, “Reproductive Health, Demographic Knowledge and Attitude Among Young People: The Case of Iran”, Paper presented at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, Bangkok, Thailand, 6-10 October. 2002, “Socio-Demographic Changes of Ageing in Iran”, Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of Australian Population Association, The University of Macquarie, Sydney, Australia, 4-6 October. 2001, “Effects of Women’s Employment on Marital Relations” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Conference on Women’s Empowerment: The Status of Women’s Employment in Human Development, Presidential Office for Women’s Affairs & UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 September. 2000, “Socio-Cultural Obligations of Fertility and Women’s Empowerment” [in Persian], Paper presented at the 1st Conference on Women’s Empowerment, Presidential Office for Women’s Affairs & UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 September. 2000, “A Study on Aspects of Interdependence of Demographic and Social Problems” [in Persian], Paper presented at the 2nd Conference of Social Problems of Iran, Jointly held by Sociological Association of Iran and Internal Ministry of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 14-15 June. 2000, “A Study on Interlink between Demographic and Social Changes” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Conference on Socio-Cultural Changes and National Security, Jointly held by Social Sciences Faculty of Tehran University and National Center of Strategic Studies, Tehran, Iran, 15-16 May. 1999, “Rethinking about Interlink between Cultural and Demographic Changes” [in Persian], presented at Conference on Cultural Changes of , Jointly held by Islamic Culture and Guidance Center of Gillan and Iranian Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance,Rasht,Iran,20-21 eptember. 1998, “Demographic Indexes of Development” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Third National Conference on Vital Statistics, Jointly held by The Organisation of Vital Statistics Registration of Iran and UNFPA, Tehran, Iran, 14-15 February. 1997, “Demographic Debates on Economic Development” [in Persian], Paper presented at the Seminar on Population and Development (in occasion of International Day of Population), Health Department, The Medical University of , Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran, 20 July.

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5) Research Projects Reports

2011, “Demographic Patterns and Differentials of Immigrants in New Zealand: Comparative and International Perspective”, FASS Contestable Research Fund, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. 2008, "Attitude about Women's Employment and its Association with Demographic Characteristics: The Case Study of Mazandaran University's Students", [in Persian], Research Report, Department of Research Affairs, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran. 2001, “A study on demographic knowledge and attitudes of would-be parents” [in Persian], Research Report, Department of Research Affairs, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran. 1996, “A Study on Cinema Movies Broadcasted on Post-Revolutionary Television” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 498, Tehran, Iran (co-author: Toran Bagheri). 1995, “A Survey on Rumour” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 212, Tehran, Iran (co-author: Flor Ghafori). 1995, “A Survey about Two Imaginary Radio and Television Programs: Assessing the Reliability of Responses to the Center’s Questionnaires” [in Persian], Research and Studies Center of Broadcasting Organisation of Iran, Research Report No. 181, Tehran, Iran (with F. Ghafori).

Referee for Reviewing Journal Articles

I have acted as referee to review articles submitted for publication for the following journals:

Journal for Scientific Study of Religion Sociological Inquiry International Migration Review. Journal of Sociology. Ethnic and Racial Studies. Journal of Population Research, Review of Religious Research International Migration,

Dr. Yaghoob Foroutan

Post-Doctoral Fellow, The National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand http://cms.its.waikato.ac.nz/nidea/people/foroutan

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, The University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran http://www.umz.ac.ir/en/dynamic/dynamic.asp?Userid=699#

Adjunct Research Fellow, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

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