Syllabus:
- The role of culture in range management
- Patterns of rural and nomadic community's adaptation to rangeland
- Rangeland utilization regimes in Iran and worldwide
- Social ecology
- Social participation in rangeland management
- Social psychology and behavioral analysis of rangeland stakeholders
- Political ecology and ownership regimes in rangeland management
- Centralized governmental management vs. participatory management in rangelands
- Social- ecological concepts in rangeland management
- Social system sustainability (resilience, adaptation, vulnerability)
- Adaptation strategies of local communities
- Behavioral modeling of rangeland utilizers based on agent-based models
- Institutions in rangeland management
- Organizational sociology in rangeland management