Nimah Mazaheri

Comparative Political Economy, Middle East and South Asia regions
Assistant Professor

Biography

Nimah Mazaheri's research and teaching interests center on comparative political economy with a focus on developing countries, oil and energy sectors, and private sector development. His primary regions of interest are the Middle East and South Asia. His dissertation examines the effect of oil wealth on the regulation of business and the growth of competitive markets. His research has been published in World Development, The Middle East Journal, Middle Eastern Studies, and Iranian Studies. From 2010 to 2011, he worked as a consultant at the World Bank in Washington, DC on various projects that examine natural resources, public financial management, and public goods provision in India. He received training in methodology at the University of Washington, the EITM Institutes, and ICPSR. He has lived and worked in Iran and India and was a visiting researcher at the Gulf Research Center in Dubai, UAE. He will receive his PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington in 2011.

Courses

PS 138-09: The Political Economy of Developing Countries
PS 138-10: The Politics of Oil and Energy

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