Job Market Paper

A healthy start for healthy start vouchers?  with Emma Frew and Johannes Lohse - (Under review)

Peer-reviewed Publication

Economics

Drouvelis, M. & Mohtashami Borzadaran, H. (2025) Social distance and delegation: does anonymity matter? Economic Inquiry, 1–23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.70035 

Health

Sultan, H., Afentou, N., Andrade, L.F. et al. Partnerships in Public Health Economics: Reflective Lessons from UK Obesity Research. Appl Health Econ Health Policy (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-025-01024-0

Oyebode, O., Bentil, H., Borzadaran, H. M., Scarborough, P., White, M., Thompson, C., ... & van Rens, T. (2025). P81 The use of eco-labels and price discounts to promote more sustainable online grocery purchases in the UK: a randomised controlled trial.

Frew, E., Afentou, N., Mohtashami Borzadaran, H. et al. Using Economics to Impact Local Obesity Policy: Introducing the UK Centre for Economics of Obesity (CEO). Appl Health Econ Health Policy 20, 629–635 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-022-00738-9

Abolhassani, L., Afghari, A. P., & Borzadaran, H. M. (2019). Public preferences towards bicycle sharing system in developing countries: The case of Mashhad, Iran. Sustainable Cities and Society, 44, 763-773.

Working papers

Discrimination during Brexit? with Johannes Lohse and Rebecca McDonald - (Under Review)

Surrogate Medical Decision-Making: Prevalence, Significance and Decision Priorities. with Wolfgang Luhan and Georgia Buckle

A Systematic Review of Food Swap Interventions used in Grocery Store Settings. With Helena Bentil, Eddie Hillier, Oliver Huse, Sarah Shaw, Viktorija Kesaite, Jess Brock, Bisola Osifowora, Jessica Renzella, Thijs van Rens, Oyinlola Oyebode - (Under Review)

The effect of eco-labels and price discounts to promote sustainable food purchases on the nutritional content of online grocery purchases in the UK: a randomised controlled trial. with Helena Bentil, Oyinlola Oyebode, Edward Hillier, Peter Scarborough, Martin White, Claire Thompson, Jessica Brock, Michael Clark, Anoushka Kumar, Theresa Marteau, Jean Adams and Thijs van Rens 

Work in Progress

When Labels Matter: How Digital Design Nudges Online Food Choice. with Emma Frew and Johannes Lohse - (Data collection stage)

Sharing is caring? Disentangling prosociality from virtue signalling with Konstantinos Ioannidis and Johannes Lohse - (Experimental design stage)

Impact of Having Daughters on Attitudes, Preferences, and Behaviors with Levent Neyse, S´everine Toussaert and et al. (writing up)