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Mahsa Bazrafshan

Activity areas

  • Landscape sustainability science
  • Human-nature interactions
  • 3D virtual landscapes
  • Socio-ecological systems

Training / professional career

  • Since 2024 Scientific collaborator at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2017 - 2023 PhD candidate in Environmental Systems Science, ETHZ & WSL, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2015 - 2017 Landscape architect, SABZSAZEHco., Tehran, Iran
  • 2014 - 2016 M.Sc. in Environmental Design, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
  • 2007 - 2011 B.Sc. in Landscape Design Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Awards

  • 2017: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship -  For Foreign Scholars and Artists (ESKAS no: 2017.1113)

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Bazrafshan, M., Grêt-Regamey, A., & Kienast, F. (2024). How do rural landscapes support place attachment in refugees? Results from a photo elicitation. Landscape Research. Accepted
  • Bazrafshan, M., Spielhofer, R., Hayek, U. W., Kienast, F., & Grêt-Regamey, A. (2023). Greater place attachment to urban parks enhances relaxation: Examining affective and cognitive responses of locals and bi-cultural migrants to virtual park visits. Landscape and Urban Planning, 232, 104650
  • Bazrafshan, M., Tabrizi, A. M., Bauer, N., & Kienast, F. (2021). Place attachment through interaction with urban parks: A cross-cultural study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 61, 127103