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April 2008, Volume 5 - Issue 2

Meet the team: Ali Reza Kaldi

Contact Address : University of Welfare and Rehabilitation
Sciences, Department of Sociology,
Iranian Academic Institute on Ageing
Evin, Tehran, IRAN.
Tel: (+9821) 2423244
Fax: (+9821) 2423244
E-mail: arKaldi@yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 22 June, 1955
Place of Birth: Tehran - IRAN





Curriculum Vitae

I) Personal Data :

Name: Ali Reza Kaldi
Contact Address: University of Welfare and Rehabilitation
Sciences, Department of Sociology,
Iranian Academic Institute on Ageing
Evin, Tehran, IRAN.
Telephone: (+9821) 2423244
Fax: (+9821) 2423244
E-mail: arKaldi@yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 22 June, 1955
Place of Birth: Tehran - IRAN


II) Educational Qualifications:

PH.D.
Department & University: Sociology Department
Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND.
Major Field: Sociology of Development
Thesis Title: Modernisation and Social Change in Iran
Supervisor: Professor John A. Jackson
Dept. of Sociology (T.C.D.)
University of Dublin
Date of Completion: June 1992

M.A.
Department & University: Social Science Department
Tehran University, Iran
Major Field: Development & Social Welfare
Thesis Title: A Study of the Situation of Rehabilitation of Disable Persons in Tehran, and Offering a Method of Rehabilitation Planning
Supervisor: Dr. Mostafa Azkia
Dept. of Social science
Tehran University - Iran
Degree Received: I
Date of Completion: October 1985

B.A.
University : Allameh Tabatabai
Tehran - Iran.
Major Field: Social Welfare Management
Thesis Title: The Principles of Family Economics
Degree Received: I
Date of Completion: October 1978


III) Employment Experiences:
Position: Lecturer
Department: Social Science
Cooperation and Social Welfare Division
Tehran University
Course: Social Security & Social Welfare
Duration: 1994 - 1998

Position: Associate Professor
Department: Sociology Department
University of Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences
Tehran - Iran
Courses: Introduction to Sociology; Research Methods,
Sociological Theory; Medical Sociology
Duration: 1992 - present

Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Sociology Department
Islamic Azad University
Tehran; Arak; Kerman - Iran
Courses: Introduction to Sociology;
Sociological Theory; Urban & Rural Sociology; Sociology of Education;
Sociology of Science & Technology
Duration: 1992 - present

Position: Teaching Assistant
Department: Sociology (T.C.D.)
University of Dublin, Ireland
Course: Introduction to Sociology
Duration: 1990 - 1992

Position: Paper Presentation
Subject: Welfare of Elderly in Iran
Place: Vth Congress of Gerontology
2-5 July, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Position: Paper Presentation
Subject: The Evaluation of Needs for Social Services of
Eldery People in Iran
Place: 7th International Congress of
Gerontology
Bruxelles-Belgium
Duration: 22-25 September 2002


IV) Other Experiences:
Position: Fellowship (Sabbatical Leave)
Subject: Crime Prevention
Place: School of Social Sciences
University of Wales, Cardiff
Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
Supervisor: Professor Mike Maguire
Duration: June - September 2000

Position: Lecturer
Place: ESCAP, Bangkok - Thailand
Regional Seminar on the Family
and the Eldery
Paper Presented: National Policies
and Programmes to Assist Eldery
in I. R. of Iran
Duration: 2 - 12 Oct. 1998

Position: World Health Organisation Fellowship
Department: Dept. of Public Health & Nutrition University of Wollongong
Wollongong 2522, AUSTRALIA.
Field of Study: Prevention of Impairments
Duration: One Month, October 1995

Position: Research Director
Project: A Study on Physical, Social and Mental Problems of Elderly in District 13 of Tehran
Duration: 2003

Position: Research Director
Project: A Survey of People's Attitude Towards Disable Persons
Duration: 1998 - 1999

Position: Research Director
Project: Mate Selection amongst Handicap People
Duration: 1994 - 1995

Position: Research Consultant
Project : A Survey of Laborforce in the State Welfare Organisation
Tehran - Iran
Duration: 1992 - 1993

Position: Social Planning Expert, Research Assistant
Depatment: Dept. of Plan & Budget
The State Welfare Organisation
Tehran - Iran
Duration: 1978 - 1988


V) Publications:

Books:
Sociology of Modernisation & Development,
David Harrison
Translated into Farsi
1998

Attitude Change & Social Influence,
Arthur R. Cohen
Translated into Farsi
1999

Understanding Crime
Prevention: Social Control,
Risk and Late Modernity
Gordon Hughes
Translated into Farsi
2001

Rehabilitation Nursing
Dr S.S.B. Maddah,Dr A.R.Kaldi et. al.,
Published in Farsi
2002

East Asian Welfare Model
Roger Goodman
Translated into Farsi
2002

The Sociology of Ageing
Published in Farsi
2003

Articles

"The Interrelations Between Environmental
Structure and Social Anomie", No. 28, Autumn 1379 (2000), Journal of Social Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran - IRAN.

"Disable Persons and Marriage: Problems and Obstacles", No. 31 Winter 1377 (1998) Journal of Social Science and Humanities (Daneshnameh), Islamic Azad University, Tehran - IRAN .

"People's Attitude Towards Disable Persons", No. 11, Autumn 1379 (2000) , Journal of Social Science, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran-IRAN .

"Scientific Approach", No. 24 , Spring
and Summer, 1380 (2001) , Journal of Science Policy (Rahyaft) , Tehran - IRAN .

"Students' Tendency in Following the Norms in High Schools in Tehran" No.19, Autumn
1380(2001), Journal of Psychology, University of Tarbiat - Modaress, Tehran - IRAN .

"Science and Its Method", No. 25,
Fall 1380 (2001), Journal of Science
Policy (Rahyaft), Tehran - IRAN .

"Culture, Creativity & the Development
of Science & Technology", No. 26, Winter 2002, Journal of Science Policy (Rahyaft),
Tehran-IRAN .

"Globalization and its' Challenge for
Higher Education and Research, No. 27,
Spring 2002, Journal of Science Policy
(Rahyaft), Tehran-IRAN .

"Citizens'Attitudes Toward Participation in Urban Management", No. 42, Winter 2002, Journal of Population, Tehran-IRAN.

"Sociological Analysis of Alienation Among
University Students", No.35, Autumn (1381) 2002, Journal of Social Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran-IRAN.

"The Evaluation of Needs for Social Welfare and Services of Elderly in Iran", La Revue de Geriatrie, Vol.28, No.6, June 2003.

"A Study on Physical, Social and Mental Problems of Elderly in District 13 of Tehran", Age & Ageing Journal, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming.


VI) Research Interests:
Sociology of Development
Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
Ageing, Quality of Life


VII) References:
Professor John A. Jackson
Department of Sociology
Arts Building
Trinity College, Dublin 2
IRELAND
Phone: (+353) 6772941
e-mail: jjackson@tcd.ie

Dr Barbara Bradby
Senior Lecturer
Dept. of Sociology
Trinity College, Dublin 2
IRELAND
Phone: (+353) 6772941

Professor G. A. Tavassoli
Department of Social Science
University of Tehran
Tehran - Iran
Phone: (+9821) 8012131

Dr Charbanou Jochum-Maghsoudnia
Geriatrician
e-mail: charbanoujochum@yahoo.com