Ideen Ali Riahi

Assc Professor

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: ideen.riahi@baruch.cuny.edu

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Biography
Teaching
Research and Creative Activity
Grants
Honors and Awards
Service

Ideen Riahi’s research interests include economic development and political economy. Riahi received his PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University, MSc in Economics from Sharif University of Technology, and BS in Economics from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran.

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Simon Fraser University Burnaby Canada

MSc, Economics, Sharif University of Technology Tehran Iran

B.S., Economics, National University Tehran Iran

Journal Articles

(2026). The End of the Ice Age and the Rise of Agriculture. In Progress.

(2026). Artifical Intelligence for Social Scientists: A Gentle Guide for Understaning Our New Friends. In Progress.

(2024). Macroevolutionary Origins of Comparative Development. The Economic Journal ,

Riahi, I. (2022). Why Eurasia? A Probe Into the Origins of Global Inequalities. Cliometrica,

Riahi, I. (2021). Animals and the Prehistoric Origins of Economic Development. European Review of Economic History, 25(2).

Riahi, I. (2020). How Hominin Dispersal and Megafaunal Extinctions Affected the Birth of Agriculture. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 175. 227-250.

Monte, D., Riahi, I. A., & Robalinio, N. (2019). Collusion and Efficiency in Experience Goods Markets. Review of Economic Design, 23(3-4). 91-111.

Riahi, I. A. (2017). Colonialism and Genetics of Comparative Development. Economics and Human Biology, 27, PA(November). 55-73.

Presentations

Riahi, I. A. (2026, April 17). The End of the Ice Age and the Rise of Agriculture. MSPIA Research Seminar.

Riahi, I. A. (2026, April 17). Macroevolutionary Origins of Comparative Development. Royal Economic Society and Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference. Glasgow: Royal Economic Society and the Scottish Economic Society.

Riahi, I. (2019, December 31). Hominin Dispersals, Megafaunal Extinctions, and the Origins of Agriculture. Growth Lab Seminar. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University, Department of Economics.

Riahi, I. (2019, March 31). Human Dispersal and the Origins of Agriculture. 2019 Eastern Economic Association. New York: Eastern Economic Association.

Riahi, I. (2019, March 31). Human Dispersal and the Origins of Agriculture. MSPIA Brown Bag Seminar. New York: MSPIA.

Riahi, I. (2018, June 21). Animals and The Prehistoric Origins of Comparative Developement. 2018 North American Meeting of the Econometric Society. UC Davis: Econometric Society.

Riahi, I. (2017, May 31). Animals and The Prehistoric Origins of Comparative Development. MSPIA Faculty Research Seminar. MSPIA: CUNY.

Riahi, I. A. (2016, February 28). Colonization and Genetics of Comparative Development. MSPIA Faculty Research Seminar. Baruch College: CUNY.

Riahi, I. (2014, February 28). Colonization and Genetics of Comparative Development. Job Market Seminar. NY: CUNY.

Riahi, I. (2013, December 31). Colonization and Genetics of Comparative Development. SFU Department of Economics Seminar. Vancouver: Simon Fraser University.

Riahi, I. (2012, May 31). Economic Development and the Dynamics of State Repression. Dystopia and Global Rebellion. British Columbia: University of Victoria.

Title	Funding Agency Sponsor	Start Date	End Date	Awarded Date	Total Funding	Status
The evolution of agriculture: an empirical investigation	PSC-CUNY 51	07/01/2020	12/31/2022	04/17/2020	3200.5	Completed

Honor / Award	Organization Sponsor	Date Received
Dean's Research Award	Marxe School of Public and International Affairs	2019
SFU Department of Economics Fellowship	Simon Fraser University	2014
SFU Department of Economics Fellowship	Simon Fraser University	2013
SFU Department of Economics Fellowship	Simon Fraser University	2012
SFU Department of Economics Fellowship	Simon Fraser University	2011

College

Committee Name	Position Role	End Date
Diversity Committee	Committee Member	Present
Committee on Academic Standing	Committee Member	Present
MIA committee	Committee Member	Present
Honors Admission Comittee	Committee Member	Present
Marxe Representative to Zicklin School	Committee Member	Present
Curriculum Committee	Committee Member	Present
Curriculum Committee	Committee Member	Present
Research Committee	Committee Member	Present
P&B Committee	Committee Member	9/27/2025

University

Committee Name	Position Role	Start Date	End Date
Honors Admission Committee	Committee Member	1/1/2022	1/30/2022

Professional

Organization	Position Role	Organization State	Organization Country	Start Date	End Date	Audience
Cliometrica	Reviewer, Journal Article			8/8/2021	Present
Eastern Economic Association Meeting	Session Chair	New York	United States		Present	International
American Economic Review	Reviewer, Journal Article			9/16/2025	Present	International
Evolutionary Psychological Science	Reviewer, Journal Article			7/3/2025	Present	International
American Economic Association	Attendee, Meeting			1/5/2023	Present	International
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	Reviewer	NA	United States		Present	International
Econometric Society North American Meeting	Session Chair	California	United States		Present	International
Journal of Comparative Economics	Reviewer, Journal Article			12/28/2025	Present	International
American Economic Review: Insight	Reviewer	NA	United States		Present	International
Economics and Human Biology	Reviewer	NA	United States		Present	International
2019 Eastern Economic Association	Session Chair			1/1/2019	12/31/2019
American Economic Review: Insight	Reviewer, Journal Article			1/1/2018	12/31/2018
2018 Econometric Society	Session Chair			1/1/2018	12/31/2018
University of Colorado	Attendee, Meeting	Colorado	United States	10/21/2016	10/22/2016
Journal of International Development	Reviewer, Journal Article		United Kingdom	6/1/2014	12/31/2014