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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 

Visiting Professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Islamic Azad University, Tehran South Branch, Tehran, Iran. Ph.D. in Public Administration (Comparative Management and Development), Faculty of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Public administration researcher and senior executive with a PhD in Public Administration (Comparative Management and 

Development) — ranked second in the graduating cohort — and more than fifteen years of leadership across public, 

parliamentary, pharmaceutical, and international-institutional settings. Research centres on governance systems, institutional 

performance, organisational trust, and interest-group dynamics at national and supranational levels. Combines doctoral-level 

comparative research with extensive hands-on executive experience and direct engagement with EU institutions. Strong record of peer-reviewed publication, qualitative and mixed-methods empirical work, and cross-sector collaboration.

Research expertise

• Comparative public administration, governance systems, and policy evaluation

• Institutional trust, accountability, and principal–agent dynamics

• European integration, EU institutions, and interest representation

• Health governance, health-system resilience, and the social determinants of health

• Governance of emerging technologies and institutional trust in the age of artificial intelligence

• Qualitative research design: case studies, stakeholder interviews, institutional analysis

• Mixed-methods integration and empirical fieldwork 

EDUCATION

PhD, Public Administration — Comparative Management & Development 2025

Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran

Degree conferred 21 December 2025; doctoral diploma issued April 2026, with certified English translation and Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs legalisation completed in July 2026. Cumulative GPA 17.71/20 (Grade: Good), ranked 2nd among doctoral graduates of thecohort. Dissertation: “Structural and Organisational Challenges of the Policy Studies System in Iran, with a Focus on the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.”

MBA, Financial Management — GPA 19.50/20 (VOHECIR international recognition) 2019

M.Sc., Executive Management — Strategic Management, GPA 17.50/20 2015

B.Sc., Industrial Management — University of Tehran 2009

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deputy for Development & Support | Rahavard Tamin Pharmaceutical 2025 – Present · Tehran, Iran

• Lead strategic development, governance improvement, organisational planning, and innovation in a regulated .pharmaceutical environment.

• Analyse organisational mission–practice gaps and institutional alignment across complex multi-actor settings.Chief Executive Officer | Padyab Teb Medical Production Company 2021 – 2024 · Tehran, Iran

• Led organisational transformation and strategic management; returned the company to sustainable profitability after years of operational losses.

• Designed and implemented organisational sustainability policies; assessed how stated institutional values translated into practice.Economic Consultant (part-time, concurrent) | Tehran University of Medical Sciences2022 – 2024 · Tehran, Iran

• Advised on economic and financial matters relating to health-technology and academic programmes, in parallel with executive responsibilities.Deputy for Finance & Administration | Foolad Tejarat Dalahoo Holding 2018 – 2021 · Iran

• Executive board member directing financial and administrative affairs of an industrial trade holding (Iran Central Iron Ore .Company, Kerman Coal Company).Director General of International Affairs | Iranian Parliament Research Center 2015 – 2018 · Tehran, Iran.

• Directed international cooperation and comparative policy studies for the national parliamentary research body.

• Concurrently served as Senior Researcher in social and cultural studies, contributing to the Center’s research programme in this field.Invited institutional delegate, 7th EU–Iran Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, European Parliament, Brussels (September 2018) 

. documented by official diplomatic Note Verbale.Economic Consultant & Researcher | University-affiliated research 2010 – 2015 · Iran

• Conducted governance and policy studies; advised organisations on institutional reform and strategic development.

• Built foundational expertise in mixed-methods research design applied to public administration.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Visiting Lecturer — Fundamentals of Business in Nanotechnology | Tehran University of Medical Sciences2023 – 2024

• Taught the graduate course “Fundamentals of Business in Nanotechnology” to MSc students in Biomedical Nanotechnology across the first and second semesters of the 2023–24 academic year (theoretical and practical components, in person), under formal visiting-professor appointment.

Lecturer — Faculty of Management | Islamic Azad University, Tehran (South Tehran and Yadegar-e Imam branches)2016 – 2018

• Taught Comparative Management and Organisational Change Management over three semesters (2nd semester 2016–17 and 1st semester 2017–18), with class sizes of 28–33 students, concurrently with executive responsibilities.

• Taught Applied Computing in Accounting (two sections, Yadegar-e Imam Branch) in the first semester of 2016–17.METHODOLOGICAL EXPERTISE Qualitative methods (primary strength)

• Semi-structured interviews and stakeholder analysis

• Case study design and comparative institutional analysis

• Document and archival analysis

• Thematic analysis and interpretive codingMixed-methods & quantitative

• Structural equation modelling (SEM), regression analysis, survey research

• Statistical analysis and multi-source triangulationPUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH OUTPUTPeer-reviewed journal articles

• Mahdavian Sadr, M., & Hassani, E. (2026). Assessing Institutional Health in Iranian Pharmaceutical Companies: ADescriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Management Science in Industry, 5(1), 37–47. (First / corresponding author.)

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). From Persepolis to the Khānaqāh: Iranian Sufism as Withdrawal from the Public Sphere and the 

Melancholia of Identity — a governance and public-administration reading of the historical retreat from public life. Journal of Humanities and Islamic Studies in the Third Millennium, 6(10), vol. 2. (Accepted for publication; ISSN 2717-4441.)

• Mahdavian Sadr, M., Daneshfard, K., & Givarian, H. (2025). Performance Management Model of the Policy Studies System in Iran’s Geography (Case Study: Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly). Journal of Technology in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, 4(1), 1–15.

• Mahdavian Sadr, M., Daneshfard, K., & Givarian, H. (2022). Presenting a Conceptual Model of Performance Management of Policy Studies Institutes (Case Study: Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly). Iranian Pattern of Progress, 9(4).Books & monographs

• Mahdavian, M., & Babaei, S. (2019). Performance of the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, 2012–2019. 

Tehran: Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. 500 pp. ISBN 978-600-6350-77-6. Role: co-author (first author).

• Practical Principles of Ceremonies in the Islamic Council (2016). Tehran: Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Role: Principal author and compiler.International conference papers

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). Institutional Trust as a Social Determinant of Health: A Governance Framework for Health Equity and System Resilience. 22nd International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion, Warsaw, Poland, 26 June 2026 — accepted and published in the conference proceedings.

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). Institutional Trust as a Determinant of Human Flourishing: A Conceptual Framework for Governance in the AI Era. 6th International Conference on Advanced Research in Management & Humanities, ICM Conference Centre, Munich, Germany, 22 August 2026 — accepted by the scientific committee; forthcoming.Conference papers indexed in the ISC / CIVILICA scientific databases

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). Institutional Health: The Missing Governance Link for Achieving Sustainable Development. 14th 

International Conference on Management, Accounting and Economics in Sustainable Development — full paper (11 pp.) 

published and permanently indexed in the CIVILICA citation database, COI: MGTCONF14_038.

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). Determinants of the Establishment of Knowledge Management at the Research Center of the 

Islamic Consultative Assembly. National Conference on Management, Commercialisation, Knowledge-Based Economy and 

Investment for Production, Science and Technology Park of East Azerbaijan (ISC-indexed), Tabriz, 14 August 2026 —

accepted for publication and full presentation.

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). Institutional Compassion: Can Public Institutions Alleviate Human Suffering? First National 

Conference on Innovations and Emerging Challenges in Law, Justice and Governance, 17 June 2026 — accepted for oral presentation; indexed in Civilica.

• Mahdavian Sadr, M. (2026). From Persepolis to the Khānaqāh: Iranian Sufism as Withdrawal from the Public Sphere and the 

Melancholia of Identity — a governance and public-administration analysis of retreat from public life. 13th International 

Conference on Islamic Science, Religious Research and Law, Tehran, 22 September 2026 — accepted for oral presentation; indexed in Civilica (article code diniconf13-00280028).

HONOURS, EXAMINATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Ranked 2nd among doctoral graduates of the cohort, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch (officially certified, June 2026).

• GRE General 332/340 — Verbal 162 (90th percentile), Quantitative 170 (perfect score). TOEFL iBT 92.

• Senior Advisor and member of the Scientific Committee and Review Board (public administration, public policy, and 

governance), Journal of Management Science in Industry (2025).

• Project Planning and Management — Centre for Public Management Training, Administrative and Recruitment 

Organisation of Iran (June 2026), within the national competency-development framework for professional managers.

• ORCID: 0009-0004-3747-3749 · Google Scholar: l5ahw_0AAAAJ.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & CULTURAL LEADERSHIP

ICOMOS Iran — Member, Conservation Critique and Communications working groups 2015 – Present

Decade-long engagement with international cultural-heritage governance, policy critique, and institutional advocacy.

International Non-Commercial Institute of Ancient Civilizations of the World (AXIO) — Vice Chair, Board of Directors 2025 –

Present

Executive governance role at an international institution operating at the intersection of cultural heritage and sustainable development.

Iran–Finland Friendship Association — Member 2018 – Present

Active connection to Finnish institutional and civic networks. Invited academic visit to Helsinki, 2023.

Marinus Science & Technology Campus, Qom — Founding Board Member 2026 – Present.

Founding governance member of a new science-and-technology ecosystem; civic-tech institution building.

All affiliations are voluntary and non-remunerated, in service of cultural and scientific advancement.

LANGUAGES

Persian (native) | English (fluent — TOEFL iBT 92) | Arabic (B1 conversational, B2 reading; advanced in classical and religious texts) | German (A1, in progress