Rovshan Karimov has PhD in Geography (“Economic, social and political geography”), senior researcher of Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
He is a national contact point at Horizon Europe Program by Cluster 5 “Climate, Energy and Mobility”.
During the last 10 years, R.Karimov lectured in various Universities of Azerbaijan, including Baku State University, Khazar University, Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University.
He collaborated and lectured in a few Universities of other countries within Erasmus+ program. He is a winner of several grant competitions conducted by the Ministry of Science & Education of Azerbaijan Republic and Science Development Foundation of Azerbaijan.
R.Karimov has been involved in a number of international projects on tourism, migration, sustainable development, climate change and ecosystem services, including Horizon-2020, SCOPES, UNEP, GIZ, IOM etc., where he has worked as a focal point, expert or consultant.