Hossein Ayazi, Ph.D., is Senior Policy Analyst at the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) at the University of California, Berkeley. A researcher, educator, and policy strategist, his work examines U.S. and global socio-environmental systems, political economy, and governance, with a focus on climate impacts, agri-food systems, displacement and migration, and transnational social movements. At OBI, he collaborates with organizers, advocates, researchers, and institutional partners to translate interdisciplinary research and community-driven learning into public-facing analysis and policy strategies that address the structural drivers of vulnerability and dispossession while advancing justice-centered frameworks of belonging. Hossein currently serves as Coordinating Lead Author for California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment topical report on climate-induced human displacement and migration, and has advised the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on preventing loss of nationality and statelessness in the context of climate change. He received his Ph.D. in Society & Environment from the University of California, Berkeley and has held academic appointments at Tufts University, Williams College, and Santa Clara University.
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Senior Policy Analyst at the Othering & Belonging Institute
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