Dr. Iman Islami is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor, Iran. His research focuses on the Social-Ecological Systems, especially in environmental development and sustainability, Social Networks Analysis (SNA), Natural Resources Management, participation and governance, resilience and local communities issues. He has also led several large-scale research or implementation projects, focusing on the management of human issues,social monitoring and evaluation, capacity building and empowerment of rural and local settlements in the field of natural resources and environment.