Rasoul Yousefpour

Dr. Rasoul Yousefpour is an Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat a. Z.) at the Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany. He has been serving in this position since October 2014. Prior to this, he worked as a Postdoc Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg and at the Danish Forest and Landscape Centre, University of Copenhagen.

His educational background includes:

• Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in "Risk Management in Forestry" from the University of Freiburg (2005-2009)
• MSc in Forestry and Forest Economics from the University of Tehran, Iran (2000-2002)
• BSc in Natural Resources Engineering-Forestry from the University of Guilan, Iran (1996-2000)

Dr. Yousefpour's research focuses on Operations Research in Forestry, including Optimization, Forest Modelling and Decision-making, Climate Change Risk Management, and Adaptive Forest Management. His work examines the Economic Implications of provisioning Ecosystem Goods and Services, particularly related to Biodiversity and Carbon. He also investigates Risk Analysis, Uncertainty Analysis, and Insurance in the context of forest management under climate change. His research integrates theories from Ecophysiology, Carbon cycle, Forest growth, Forest economy, and Decision science, using methods such as Data acquisition, Modelling, Simulation, and Optimization.

An analysis of Dr. Yousefpour's recent publications reveals a strong focus on climate change adaptation in forestry, with particular emphasis on risk management and decision-making under uncertainty. His work spans multiple disciplines including Forest Economics, Climate Science, and Decision Theory. The research often employs sophisticated modeling techniques to address complex forestry challenges, particularly related to biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, and economic optimization under changing climate conditions. Many studies adopt a multi-criteria approach that balances ecological, economic, and social objectives in forest management.

Dr. Yousefpour is actively involved in numerous research projects including EU Cost Action "PESFOR-W", EU Cost Action "CONVERGES", SNF NRP 73 "Sustainable Economy" Project "DIVES", and the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE action "SuFoRun" which he coordinates. He also serves as Coordinator of the IUFRO Working Group 4.04.07 "Risk Analysis" and as Associate Editor for the Annals of Forest Science.