Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi is an Iranian
demographer
Demography () is the statistics, statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...
and a Research Fellow at the
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
.
She won
Iran's Book of the Year Award
Iran's Book of the Year Awards is an annual award about books in categories of religion, social sciences, language, applied sciences, art and literature.
It is the most prestigious book award in Iran and is granted by the Iranian president
The p ...
for the book ''
The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction'' (with
Peter McDonald and
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (born 23 August 1965) is an Iranian demographer and the president of Asian Population Association. He is a Professor of the Department of Demography and Chair of the Division of Population Research of the University ...
).
See also
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List of foreign nationals detained in Iran
Since the Iran hostage crisis, the Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in a pattern of detaining foreign nationals for extended periods. Dual nationals of Iran and another country are particularly vulnerable to arbitrary detention because the int ...
References
Iranian demographers
Iranian expatriate academics
Academic staff of the Australian National University
Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian National University alumni
Prisoners and detainees of Iran
Iranian emigrants to Australia
Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients
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