Profile
Mahla Rashidian is a multi-disciplinary professional with a background in engineering, system dynamics, and sustainability studies. She is experienced in designing participatory modeling sessions for socio-environmental projects, engaging experts and multiple stakeholders. Using systems thinking and mental mapping, Mahla builds qualitative and quantitative models to understand and manage complex systems. Her work involves analyzing feedback structures in socio-economic and environmental systems, identifying policy intervention points, and recognizing potential policy resistance, conflicts, synergies, and trade-offs among sustainable development goals at local and international levels.