Dr Keyvan Hosseini

Dr Keyvan Hosseini is a Research Fellow in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton, working on the Extreme Temperature and Health Outcomes (ETHOS) project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UKRI).

Previously, he was a Research Fellow in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, contributing to the eHUBS project funded by Interreg North-West Europe and the CONUNDRUM project funded by Science Foundation Ireland.

He also serves as an Affiliated Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden, and as an Associate Editor for Environmental Development (Elsevier).

Keyvan holds a PhD in Management Science (Public Administration), an MSc in Management Science and Engineering, and a BEng in Industrial Engineering (Systems Planning and Analysis).

His work has been published in journals such as Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Energy Research & Social Science, and Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

His research focuses on just transitions, climate change, and optimisation, and falls within three main strands: 

1. Sustainability transitions towards climate neutrality.
2. Development of operations research (OR) based frameworks for sustainability and efficiency assessment
3. Designing public policies to enable just transitions, reduce car dependence, and improve accessibility and affordability in the transport sector.