Research Interests:

• Migration and integration research
• Family and fertility research
• Survey methods
• Data analysis

Career
scientific activities

2021 - 2022, SHK, Deutsche Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM), Berlin

2019 – 2020, SHK, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich

2015 - 2016, SHK Institute of Social Studies and Research, University of Tehran

degree

2022 - Humboldt University, Berlin. Master of Research Training Program

2016 - Tehran University, Tehran. Master of Social Science Research

2013 - Golestan University, Gorgan. Bachelor of Social Science

Publications, research and projects

2021 Erfani, Amir& Roya Jahanbakhsh.“Do spousal intimate relationships affect Fertility intentions and preferences?”Journal of Family Issues, May17,2021

2020 Erfani, Amir, Roya Jahanbakhsh, Abdol-Hossein Kalantari. “Individualism and Fertility intentions” Journal of Population Association of Iran 15(29):239-264.

2018 Erfani, Amir, Roya Jahanbakhsh. “Spousal Intimate pure relationship and below-replacement fertility intentions and preferences” The 2018 annual meeting of European Population Conference, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium, June 6-9. Poster Session 2. Fertility.