Dr. Sahar Azarkamand

Qualifications

Dr. Sahar Azarkamand holds a PhD (2013) and an MSc (2006) in Environmental management from Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch) in Iran. She got her second PhD in sustainability in 2021, at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona Tech – UPC).

Professional and research activity

Dr. Sahar Azarkamand is a postdoctoral researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF). Her primary research interests lie in Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Green Supply Chain Management, and Carbon Footprint. 

During her Master's degree, she evaluated the green management system of Iran Aseman Airline and throughout her Ph.D., she focused on green supply chain management at a petrochemical site in Iran, where she developed a conceptual model for evaluating the environmental impacts of the site.

In her second Ph.D, she developed an Excel-based tool for calculating the three scopes of greenhouse gas emissions in ports Tool, earning recognition as one of the top ten theses in the 'Thesis in 4 Minutes' competition that year.

Dr. Azarkamand has an academic background, having served as a researcher at the Waste Biotechnology Research Group at Alzahra University and supervised master's theses at Islamic Azad University (Najaf Abad) in Iran. Additionally, she worked at the BETA Research Center at the University of Vic for a year. In 2014, she co-authored a book titled 'Urban Environmental Management Strategies,' and in 2016, she translated and published a book titled 'Green Supply Chain Management.

Furthermore, she brings over a decade of experience from consultancy firms in Iran, where she worked on assessing the environmental impacts of various projects, particularly in the oil and gas and road construction sectors in Iran.