UNESCO Chairs

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UNITWIN / UNESCO Chairs Programme

UNESCO Chair Last Name First Name Title Email
Water Reuse Sarafzadeh Mohammad Hussein Professor sarrafzdhatTehran.png
Engineering Education Memarian Hussein Professor memarianatTehran.png
Islamic Architecture Golabchi Mahmud Professor golabchiatTehran.png
Interdisciplinary Research in Diabets Moosavi Movahedi Ali Akbar Professor moosaviatTehran.png
Entrepreneurship Faghih Nezamedin Professor nfaghih@rose.shirazu.ac.ir

Launched in 1992, the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work.

The Programme supports the establishment of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in key priority areas related to UNESCO’s fields of competence – i.e. in education, the natural and social sciences, culture and communication.

Through this network, higher education and research institutions all over the globe pool their resources, both human and material, to address pressing challenges and contribute to the development of their societies. In many instances, the Networks and Chairs serve as think tanks and as bridge builders between academia, civil society, local communities, research and policy-making. They have proven useful in informing policy decisions, establishing new teaching initiatives, generating innovation through research and contributing to the enrichment of existing university programmes while promoting cultural diversity. In areas suffering from a dearth of expertise, Chairs and Networks have evolved into poles of excellence and innovation at the regional or sub-regional levels. They also contribute to strengthening North-South-South cooperation.

Today, the Programme involves over 854 institutions in 134 countries.

At present, 5 UNESCO chairs are active in University of Tehran including:

  • Islamic Architecture,
  • Entrepreneurship,
  • Engineering Education,
  • Water Reuse,
  • Biophysics of Diabetes (Interdisciplinary Research in Diabetes)

Some more chairs are under final processing stage in UNESCO, Paris, including:

  • Cyberspace: Dual Speciation of the World,
  • Globalization and Regionalism: Sustainable Development,
  • Technology Commercialization,
  • Irrigation and Water Drainage,
  • Social Health and Quality of Physical Education in Schools.