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Mehdi Ebadi was a research associate at the Human Geography Research Group of the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University until 2015.

Dissertation project

Religious Tourism in Turkmen-Sahra, Iran: A study on the forms, impacts and significances of the visits to Khāled Nabi shrine

Research interests

• Tourism Geography
• Religious Tourism
• Religious/Heritage Sites
• Intangible Heritage
• Literary Tourism

Memberships

• Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tourismuswissenschaft e.V. (DGT) (German Society of Tourism Research) (since 2012)

Courses

• Summer 2014:
  Proseminar Human Geography with Prof. Hans Gebhardt, Holger Köppe
• Summer 2011:
  Big excursion Iran together with Prof. Dr. Hans Gebhardt and Hendrik Meurs (from September 5 until September 28, 2011).

Publications

• Ebadi, M. (2014): Typologies of the visitors at Khaled Nabi shrine, Iran: Tourists or Pilgrims? International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Emerald (forthcoming)
• Ebadi, M., Jowkar Arsanjani, J., Bakila, M. (2014): Crowdsourced-Based Mapping Of Historical West-To-East Routes From The Textual Accounts Of European Traveler. Vortrag im Rahmen des 17. The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE), Castellón, Spain.
• Ebadi, M., Cheung, J. (2012) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi: A Historical Geographer and Poet, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill. Vol. 16. Pp. 169-184.
• Ebadi, M. (2007): „Die Rolle der mentalen Geographie des Rumi und Tourismus in Iran“, Farhang va Mardom, vol. 23. S.110-115. Teheran. (in Persian)
• Ebadi, M. (2007) Magisterarbeit: Die Rolle der mentalen Geographie des Rumi und Literarische Tourismus in Iran. Teheran.

Presentations

• The Shrine of Khaled Nabi: A nostalgic place for Turkmen of Iran? Vortrag im Rahmen des 32. Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT), Münster, 23.09.13
• Internationale Tourismus-Konferenz. „Ethnischer Tourismus in Khaled Nabi Und Guizhou (China): ein Vergleich“, Teheran. 04.05.2011
• Internationale Tourismus-Management-Konferenz. „Hafiz und Saadi: ein Potential von literarischen Tourismus in Shiraz“. Marvdasht. 26.09.2011