Reza Lahidji, PhD. - International Law and Policy Institute

Curriculum Vitae -­ Reza Lahidji Reza Lahidji, PhD. Director of Quantitative Research M +47 97 15 53 36 E [email protected] PROFILE Reza Lahidji is the Director of Quantitative Research at ILPI. An economist by background, he is an international expert on governance and policy evaluation. Lahidji has over twenty years of experience in policy analysis and has provided advice to a large number of government agencies in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). He has been team leader for several ground-­breaking policy evaluations, including the impact assessment of Norwegian support to the energy and road sectors in Pemba, Zanzibar (Norad, 2015) and the socio-­economic evaluation of social welfare reform in Greece (OECD, 2013). Lahidji is also an active researcher on public policy and a member of the Groupement de recherches et d’études en gestion d’HEC (GREGHEC, Paris). In his research, he applies decision-­theoretic and statistical methods to the study of public policies in areas where uncertainty is prevalent, such as disaster risk assessment and management. He has, in particular, carried innovative analyses of nuclear safety issues and is regularly consulted by nuclear energy agencies and operators. He frequently gives lectures on policy analysis and evaluation. Lahidji received a masters degree in econometrics and statistics from the Ecole nationale de la statistique et de l’administration économique (ENSAE, Paris), a masters degree in economics from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS, Paris) and a PhD in decision sciences from the Ecole des hautes études commerciales (HEC, Paris). WORK EXPERIENCE Director of quantitative research, International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo § In charge of leading and developing ILPI’s activity in quantitative policy analysis (economic and statistical studies, policy evaluation, risk assessment, strategic foresight), first as Programme director for economics and policy analysis and since February 2016 as Director of quantitative research. Current projects: § Analysis of illicit financial flows related to extractive industries, with a particular focus on East Africa. Norway Research Council. § Review of the International Center for Asset Recovery (ICAR). Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. § Policy assessment and capacity building on good governance in the central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). § Leading the drafting of the OECD 2016 States of Fragility report. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Recent projects: § Managing long-­term uncertainties in the safety of a nuclear waste repository. Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (Andra), France. § Analysis of the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to the international legal framework on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Ministry of 1
2014 – Present Curriculum Vitae -­ Reza Lahidji Foreign Affairs, Norway. § Analysis of global economic trends and their relevance for Norwegian foreign policy. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. § Impact assessment of Norway’s support to the electricity and road sectors in Pemba, Zanzibar. Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). § Contribution to the Employment and social policy reform programme of the Republic of Serbia. European Union twinning project. Associate researcher, GREGHEC, HEC School of Management, Paris § Research themes: public decision analysis, decision theory, Bayesian networks, public risk management, nuclear safety. 2007 – Present § Invited by the French Prime Minister’s cabinet to assess the public management of large risks in France (Conseil d’analyse économique, 2012, co-­authors Céline Grislain-­Letrémy and Philippe Mongin). § Advised French nuclear safety authorities (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire, Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire) in the context of the reappraisal of their policy in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. § Principal author of the report La décision publique face à l’incertitude (Comité de la Prévention et de la Précaution, 2010), officially endorsed by the French government as a guide for policy uses of the precautionary principle. Independent expert on public policy § Advisor to various government agencies and international organisations, including the OECD and the UN OCHA. 2006 – 2014 § Leader for the OECD review of governance in the central administration (2011) and the OECD-­IMF evaluation of social welfare programmes (2012-­13) in Greece, set up on the request of the government of Greece and the European Commission. Leader for OECD policy reviews in Sweden (2006), Japan (2007-­
08) and Greece (2009). Principal administrator, OECD, Paris § Principal Administrator at the OECD International Futures Programme, responsible for the development and management of the Futures Projects on Emerging Systemic Risks (ESR) and on Risk Management Policies (RMP). 2000 – 2006 § The ESR Project was aimed at drawing the attention of policy-­makers on the rise of major risks (natural disasters, industrial accidents, terrorism, nuclear safety, etc.), its economic consequences and the problems that public risk management systems were likely to face in the future. The RMP Project consisted in elaborating an evaluation procedure for risk management policies and applying it in areas of interest for participating countries. Deputy-­head of service, Commissariat Général du Plan, Paris 1998 – 2000 Administrator, OECD, Paris 1996 – 1998 Economist, Banque Indosuez, Paris 1991 – 1996 2
Curriculum Vitae -­ Reza Lahidji EDUCATION Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC School of Management), Paris § Doctorat en sciences de gestion – sciences de la décision (PhD in Management Science – Decision Sciences). Thesis title: Incertitude, causalité et décision : le cas des risques sociaux et du risque nucléaire en particulier (Uncertainty, causality and decision: The case of social risks and nuclear risk in particular). Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris § Diplôme d’études approfondies Analyse et politiques économiques (Masters degree in Economics). Ecole Nationale de Statistique et d'Administration Economique (ENSAE) Paris § Diplôme de statisticien-­économiste (Masters degree in Statistics and econometrics). Université de Paris XI, Orsay § Maîtrise de mathématiques appliquées (Bachelors degree in Mathematics). 2012 1991 1991 1988 LANGUAGES § Persian, French — Fluent (mother tongue) § English — Fluent § Italian — Conversational KEY PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED) § § § § § § § § § § Lahidji, R 2015, ‘Ambiguous Ambitions -­ The saga of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international legal framework regulating weapons of mass destruction’, Background Paper n°17/2015, International Law and Policy Institute. Lahidji, R 2014, ‘The organisation of ministries in the government of Kazakhstan’ and ‘Assessment of the functions and organisation of ministries – four case studies’, in OECD Public Governance Review: Kazakhstan – Review of the central administration. OECD Publishing, Paris. Grislain-­Letrémy, C, Lahidji, R & Mongin, P 2014, ‘L’action publique relative aux risques majeurs – Diagnostics et recommandations’. Risques, 98. Grislain-­Letrémy, C, Lahidji, R & Mongin, P 2013, Les risques majeurs et l’action publique. Conseil d’analyse économique, La documentation française, Paris. Lahidji, R 2013, ‘Les leçons de Fukuhima’, in Les risques majeurs et l’action publique, eds Grislain-­Letrémy, Lahidji & Mongin, Conseil d’analyse économique. Lahidji, R (co-­author) 2013, OECD Public Governance Reviews: Greece – Reform of social welfare programmes. OECD Publishing, Paris. Lahidji, R (lead author) 2011, OECD Public Governance Review: Greece – Review of the central administration. OECD Publishing, Paris. Lahidji, R 2009, ‘Measuring the Capacity to Cope with Natural Disasters’, in Natural and Conflict Related Hazards in Asia-­Pacific, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. Lahidji, R (lead author) 2009, OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies: Japan – Earthquakes and Floods. OECD Publishing, Paris. Lahidji, R 2009, ‘Infrastructure services: Lessons from 30 years of reform in OECD countries’, in OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform – China: Defining the Boundary between the Market and 3
Curriculum Vitae -­ Reza Lahidji the State. OECD Publishing, Paris. § Lahidji, R 2010, ‘Décisions publiques en situation d’incertitude’, Environnement, Risques et Santé, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 307-­12. § Verger, P, Bard, D, Noiville, C & Lahidji, R 2008, ‘Environmental Disasters: Preparing for Impact Assessments and Operational Feedback’, American Journal of Disaster Medicine, vol. 3(6). § Noiville, C, Bois, F-­Y, Hubert, P, Lahidji, R and Grimfeld, A 2006, ‘Opinion of the Committee for Prevention and Precaution about the Precautionary Principle’, Journal of Risk Research, 9:4. 4