**Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary**

Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary is an Associate Professor of Economics at Tokai University in Japan. In addition, he is a vice president and co-founder of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS). He is a recipient of the Excellent Young Researcher status from the Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT). He is also a visiting professor at Keio University (Japan), the Technology Studies Institute (Iran), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), and a distinguished research fellow at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). Currently, he serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management and as an associate editor/board member of several scholarly journals. He has guest-edited special issues for several journals, including Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Resources Policy, and Finance Research Letters. His research credits include authoring more than 250 academic journal papers and book chapters and editing 17 books published by Springer Nature, Routledge, World Scientific, and Asian Development Bank Institute. He was nominated as a top global scholar in green finance based on a recent journal paper published in Renewable Energy (Elsevier) in 2022. In addition, In 2022, he was listed as of the world's top scientists in economics and energy fields based on the Stanford-Elsevier ranking. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Keio University with a scholarship from the government of Japan (MEXT)..
