Elham Cheraghi

• AutoCAD
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• SPSS Statistics
• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Scholarship, Incentive scholarship for doctoral students at doctoral schools at the University of Lodz as part of the 'STER' Internationalisation of Doctoral Schools programme funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), 2024-11-01
• Grant, The PROM Project at the University of Lodz, 2023-06-01

• Branding strategy of industrial heritage cities in developing countries: a perspective from Iran, Dehghan Pour Farashah, M., Ghomeshi, M., Cheraghi, E., Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Under review, 2024-11-01
• The European Capital Of Culture As A Marketing Mega-Event: The Challenge Of Getting Nominated, Rudolf, W., Cheraghi, E., Olasik, M., Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology, 2023-07-01
• Creativity in Arts Across Cultures, Cheraghi, E., Rudolf, W., Humanitas University's Research Papers Management, 2023-04-01
• Factors and stimuli affecting the conversion of urban and rural places to tourism brands (Study: Guilan province), Nabizadeh H, Cheraghi E, Moosavi Nadoshan S M, Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences, 2021-12-01
• Gender and good urban governance with women's participation approach, Abdoli A, Cheraghi E, Hoseini M, Geography, Civil Engineering and Urban Management Studies, 2021-02-01

• Urban Development
• Creative Cities
• Place Branding
• Cultural Tourism

I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Lodz, working on The Role of Cultural and Creative Industries in Place Branding in the case of UNESCO Cities of Music. My scientific interests concentrate on Urban Management, Heritage, Historical Architectur, and Creative Tourism. Particular interests: Music Tourism, Place Identity, Place Branding, Creative Cities, Cultural and creative industries, Cultural Events and Festivals, and Planning of Sustainable & Smart Cities!

• Teamwork in a Professional Environment, June 2025 at University of Lodz, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
• Effective Collaboration in International and Intergenerational Project Teams, May 2025 at the University of Lodz, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
• How Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) supports researchers at their careers?, November 2024 at University of Lodz, Horizon Europe programme.
• Bydgoszcz Music Summit 2024, 'shaping the future of the European music industry', December 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• Digital media for tourism in Creative Cities: experiences from the center of Portugal, February 2024 at 2025 University of Coimbra in Portugal and UNESCO chair.
• Bridging Cultures through Travel: From theory to practice, June 2023 at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

• Doctoral School of Social Science, University of Lodz, Poland