Mohammad Mirzaee Information 5

Mohammad Mirzaee was born in 1943 in the Moniriyeh neighborhood of Tehran. His father, an employee of the Ministry of Post and Telegraph, had a deep interest in culture and Islamic sciences, which brought him closer to Mohammad’s maternal grandfather, a respected cleric. Mirzaee completed his primary and secondary education at Jafari School, where his father also taught. After obtaining his high school diploma in mathematics, he took the entrance exam for a mathematics degree but did not secure a definitive acceptance in his first attempt. During this time, his interest in the National Front of Iran led him to attend a lecture where he met Dr. Gholamhossein Sadeghi, who inspired Mirzaee’s interest in sociology and eventually led him to the Institute for Social Studies and Research.

Due to his skill in calculations, he was selected by Dr. Amani as an assistant in several research projects. Despite graduating as a top student, Mirzaee began his military service due to a lack of information about scholarships. He completed his service with the Health Corps in Mashhad. Following this, he resumed his studies in sociology at the University of Tehran’s master’s program and eventually received a scholarship to study in Greece. However, dissatisfied with the academic standards there, he returned to Iran to complete his master’s degree before obtaining a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, USA. There, he successfully earned both his master’s and Ph.D. in demography and later worked with the United Nations Population Division.

In 1979, Mirzaee returned to Iran and began teaching at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tehran. From 1980, he served as the head of the Demography Department for 21 years and held the position of dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for two terms totaling 16 years. In addition to numerous authored and translated works, Dr. Mirzaee has actively contributed to various academic journals. He retired as a full professor in 2019.

Selected Works

 Books (Authored, Translated, and Co-authored)

– Population and Development, with Emphasis on Iran (Ten Articles)

– Essays on Applied Demography

– Population, Development, and Reproductive Health

– Encyclopedia of Demography

– Population and Development in Iran: Dimensions and Challenges

– Dictionary of Social Sciences

– Social Status Report of Iran

 Articles (Authored and Co-authored)

– General Demographic Changes in Provinces and General Governorships

– Study of Population Structure and Human Resources in Earthquake-Affected Regions of Gilan Province (June 1990)

– Optimal Population Size and Its Relevance to Iran

– Use of Compound Survival Probability in Calculating Joint Life Expectancy

– Assessment of the 1986 Census Based on Age and Gender Indices

– Bakhtiaris

– Dynamic Analysis of Upper Level Frontal Systems in Three Cyclonic Systems over Iran and the Middle East

– Mortality Level and Development: A Model Presentation

– Changes in Population Distribution and Resource Allocation

– In Memory of Alfred Sauvy

– Demographic Considerations Related to Development in Iran

– Fluctuations in Birth Control Trends in Iran

– Measurement of Work Motivation and Its Influencing Factors

– Theoretical and Conceptual Changes in Theories of Demography and Rural Development

– Development Programs, International Political Events, and Demographic Discourse Directions in the 20th Century

– Analysis of Upper-Level Frontal Genesis Using Potential Vorticity over the Middle East and Iran

– Estimating Mortality Levels and Investigating Influencing Factors in Tehran (2005) and Epidemiological Changes Over the Last Three Decades

– Demography of the Elderly in Iran Based on the 1956-2006 Censuses

– Gender Inequalities in Family Life Among Elderly in Tehran

– Factors Affecting Self-perceived Health Among the Elderly in Iran

– Impact of Demographic Components on Environmental Favorability: A Study in Five Selected Areas of Tehran