Kaveh Ehsani

Kaveh Ehsani is a Professor of International Studies at DePaul University, with a focus on the socio-political impacts of oil, postwar reconstruction, and urban development in the Middle East. He has extensive experience as a consultant for organizations including the UNDP, World Bank, and Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies.

His research interests include:

• Historical and contemporary impact of oil on Iranian society
• Politics of property, land use, and water
• Urban processes and spatial change in Middle Eastern cities
• Political economy and geopolitics of post-revolutionary Iran

Professor Ehsani is a long-standing contributing editor to journals such as Goftogu (Dialogue), Middle East Report (MERIP), and Iranian Studies. He has authored two books:

• Working for Oil: Comparative Social Histories of Labor in the Oil Industry
• Social History of Oil in Iran: The Built Environment and the Formation of Industrial Working Class