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Farid is an environmental social scientist. His main research interests are in the social sciences, with a particular focus on issues related to the energy transition, climate change, energy security and energy politics. 

Farid has several years of international work experience in various interdisciplinary fields, both in and outside academia. He has worked at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Finland,  the University of Greifswald in Germany;  Aalto University and the University of Helsinki in Finland; as a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria; and at the European Patent Office in the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki and an MSc. in Sustainable Energy Technology (major in Energy and Society) from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. During his PhD studies, he visited the University of Essex, UK and the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His PhD dissertation aimed to demonstrate the impacts of cultural orientations on risk perceptions of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and their policy implications.

I was on sabbatical for a fellowship in the Academy of International Affairs, Germany, from December 2023 to March 2024: ;