Bijan Kimiagar / Environmental Psychology
Graduate Student Researcher
July 2014 – May 2016bijankimiagar@gmail.com
Project: Organizing Ourselves
Bijan Kimiagar is an alumnus of the Environmental Psychology doctoral program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Using a critical and participatory approach, Bijan’s research concerns strengthening young people’s understanding and engagement in resolving global social and environmental injustices. During his time at the Graduate Center, he collaborated on several projects with the Children’s Environments Research Group, including directing the Article 15 Project field research in Latin America, South Asia, North and West Africa.
His past work at the New Media Lab builds on data collected in partnership with international child-centered community development agencies and the children’s groups they support. Specifically, Bijan developed a compendium of the organizational and governance structures of children’s groups and how each reflects each group’s perspective on social inclusion, age and gender equity, and views of children’s citizenship.