RTG 1666: Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems

Name

Dr. Hamid Oskorouchi

Current Position

Postdoctoral Researcher

Education


  • May 2016–May 2018 Ph.D. Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany
    Advisors Prof. Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Prof. Klaus Prettner
  • Nov 2014–May 2018 Ph.D. Development Economics, University of Trento, Italy
    Advisor Prof. Donato Romano
  • Oct 2011–Apr 2014 Master Development Economics, University of Florence, Italy
  • Oct 2007–Feb 2011 Bachelor Economics and Management, University of Cagliari, Italy

    • Research Experience


    • Nov 2018–Present Research Associate, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
    • Oct 2017–Dec 2018 Research Associate, Insitute for Health Care & Managament, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
    • Mar-Jun 2018 Consultant at IFAD, Operational Policy and Results Division (OPR), International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy
    • Mar-Apr 2018 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    • Sep-Dec 2012 Research Assistant, London Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom

      • Publications


      • Oskorouchi, H.R., A. Sousa-Poza (in press). Floods, food security, and coping strategies: Evidence from Afghanistan. Agricultural Economics.
      • Otterbach, S., H. Oskorouchi, M. Rogan, M. Qaim (2021). Using Google data to measure the role of Big Food and fast food in South Africa’s obesity epidemic. World Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105368
      • Oskorouchi H.R. Learning to Fight: In Utero Exposure to Conflict and Afghan Child Health, Population and Development Review (accepted for publication)
      • Oskorouchi, H. R., Nie, P., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2018). The effect of floods on anemia among reproductive age women in Afghanistan. PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0191726

        • Work in Progress


        • “If Only I Could Have More”: Protracted Armed Conflict and Fertility in Afghanistan
        • The Influence of Big Food on Obesity and Overweight in South Africa (joint with S. Otterbach & M. Rogan)
        • The Long-term Effects of Floods on Diet and Micronutrient Deficiencies of Afghan Households (joint with A. Sousa-Poza)
        • Protracted Exposure to Conflict and Adolescents’Obesity in Iraq (joint with M. Parigi)
        • Eid al Adha and Child Diarrhoea: Causal Evidence using Global Microdata (1989-2016)

          • International Conferences


          • Oct 2018 14th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflcit Network, Medellin (CO):“If Only I Could Have More”: Protracted Armed Conflict and Fertility in Afghanistan., H. R. Oskorouchi
          • Jun 2018 European Society for Population Economics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, (BE):“If Only I Could Have More”: Protracted Armed Conflict and Fertility in Afghanistan., H. R. Oskorouchi
          • May 2018 Meetings of Society of the Economics of the HOusehold (SEHO), Paris School of Economics, Paris, (FR): Less is too Much: In Utero Exposure to Conflict and Afghan Child Health, H. R. Oskorouchi
          • Jan 2018 ASSA-AEA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (USA): Less is too Much: In Utero Exposure to Conflict and Afghan Child Health (Poster Session), H. R. Oskorouchi
          • Oct 2017 56th Italian Economic Society Annual Conference, Rende (IT): Less is too Much: In Utero Exposure to Conflict and Afghan Child Health, H. R. Oskorouchi
          • Sep 2017 4th SITES/IDEAS Annual Conference, Rome (IT): The Effect of Floods on Anemia among Reproductive Age Women in Afghanistan. H. R. Oskorouchi, Pen Nie & Alfonso Sousa-Poza
          • Sep 2016 3rd SITES/IDEAS Annual Conference, Florence (IT): Conflict and Household Food Resilience Threshold in Afghanistan. H. R. Oskorouchi & Maria Sassi