Assoc. Prof. Dr. PAYAM MAHASTI SHOTORBANI

Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)

• Alikhanzadeh, M., & Shotorbani, P. M. (2026). Redefining liminal space through traditional communal typologies: Threshold urbanism and the social–spatial role of Takyeh in Isfahan. URBAN DESIGN International. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-026-00317-7 - 2026
• MahastiShotorbani, P., Alikhanzadeh, M., & Mokhtarshahi Sani, R. (2025). Social legibility in disputed territories: an observational study of North Nicosia. Open House International, 50(4), 755-775. https://doi.org/10.1108/ohi-08-2024-0257 - 2025
• Reviving the Lost Spaces: Rewilding the Walled City of Nicosia Buffer Zone, Journal of Asian and African Studies (SSCI), Şaşmaz Kavas p., Mahasti, p. 2023 - 2023
• Exploring the semiotic meaning of the first oil city in the Middle East: Masjed Soleyman, Social Semiotics, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol. 25, No. 3, 342'363. Rafooneh Mokhtarshahi Sani, Payam Mahasti Shotorbani & Naciye Doratli. - 2015
• Symbolic Use of Windcatchers in Iran, Open House International, (SCCI, AHCI), Vol.38 No. 2, pp. 76-87 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013, - 2013
• Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, (ELSEVIER) Volume 35, pp. 523-530 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2012, - 2012

Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings

• Evaluating of successful place making for bazaars in Iranian cities, 7th ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (AHTMM) CONFERENCE July 10 ' 15, 2017 - 2017
• Youth, City and Place, International Symposium on Urban Design, 4-6 October 2016, Ankara, Turkey - 2016
• Social Analysis of Class Segregation in Industrial Cities through the Eyes of Karl Marx, 7th International Architecture and Engineering Symposiums, European University of Lefke, 2012 - 2012
• Regenerating Regional Identity for Sustainable Tourism Development, Case study: Eslami Island, Iran, (presentation and paper) AiCEBS 2011 Famagusta - 2011
• Tourism regeneration of Silk Road in Iran, International association of Silk Road universities, international conference, Istanbul (presentation and paper) 2011 - 2011
• Physical and Cultural Sustainability of Traditional Settlements, Internatıonal Housing Confference, Glascow, 2009 - 2009

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

• An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity and Change in Housing; an Iranian Perspective, Sociology Mind, (EBSCO, ProQuest, the Library of Congress), Vol.3, No.3, 230-237 Mokhtarshahi Sani, R., Mahasti, p., 2013 - 2013