Dr Farhad Mukhtarov is currently a Researcher at Environmental Governance Group, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, The Netherlands; an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; and a Research Fellow at the Earth System Governance Alliance. Farhad received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Policy (magna cum laude) from Central European University (Budapest) in 2009. In 2007-2008, Dr Mukhtarov served as a CEU/FCO Chevening Scholar at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment.
He is a public policy scholar specialised in studying water resources and the environment. He has over 10 years of research experience in Western academia, and has worked in four different education systems (Azerbaijan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States). His work has appeared in numerous international peer-reviewed journals including Environmental Science & Policy, Policy Sciences, Global Governance, Globalizations, and Policy & Politics and edited volumes with major university presses, such as the Oxford University Press.