Kaveh Ehsani’s current research is about the historical and contemporary impact of oil on society and politics; the historical sociology of warfare; the politics of property, land use, and water; the urban process and spatial change in Middle East cities; and the political economy and geopolitics of post-revolution Iran. He has been a longstanding contributing editor to the journals Goftogu (Dialogue) in Tehran, Middle East Report (Merip), and Iranian Studies. Ehsani has had extensive experience as an international development planner on postwar reconstruction, rural development, water resource management, environmental planning, industrial renewal, and urban development. He has served as consultant for the UNDP, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, the World Bank , FEMA, and the University of Tehran's Institute of Social Research.