Public administration, tourism management strategies, the application of metaverse technology in government management, tourism policy and global trade;

[1] PhD in Public Administration

Branch: Digital Tourism Management

Institute/University: University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Hefei, Anhui, China

2024

[2] Master of Tourism Management

Branch: Tourism Marketing

Institute/University: University of Tehran

Tehran, Iran

2015

[3] Bachelor of Accounting

Institute/University: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

2012

[1] National Social Science Foundation Key Project "Research on the Data Governance Literacy of Urban Grassroots Cadres and Its Transformation into Governance Capability" (24AZZ009)

2024- Present

[2] Manuscript Reviewer. Wiley. United States

2020 - 2024

[3] Contract Administrator. ANDISHE DAVAM Co.

Tehran, Iran

2020 - 2023

[4] Manuscript Reviewer. Remote manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Public Affairs - Publisher: JohnWiley & Sons.. Immersive Learning Research Network. Vienna, Austria

2022 - 2022 

[5] Manuscript Reviewer. The reviewer of the 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network. University of Science and Technology of China

2022

[6] Finance Manager. Kasra Toos Construction Company. Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

2014 - 2016 

[7] Financial manager. Farid Hotel in Mashhad. Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

2013 - 2014

[1] Khosravi, E., Gholizadeh, A., & Saneinia, S. (2025). Bridging the digital divide: Exploring digitalization’s role in sustainable tourism for BRI countries. Journal of Environmental Management, 127420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127420

[2] Gholizadeh, A., Wang, Y., & Saneinia, S. (2025). The political economy of regional development initiatives: A multiple-case analysis of economic impact and strategic objectives. Journal of Environmental Management, 394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127356. Corresponding author. 

[3] Gholizadeh, A., Yu, J., & Saneinia, S. (2025). Energy resilience and sustainable development: a network analysis of BRI energy trade with a focus on China-Iran cooperation. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-06464-1. Corresponding author. 

[4] Saneinia, S., Zhai, X., Zhou, R. et al. Beyond virtual boundaries: the intersection of the metaverse technologies, tourism, and lifelong learning in China’s digital discourse. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 1287 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03624-y

[5] Saneinia S, Zhou R, Gholizadeh A, Asmi F. Immersive Media-Based Tourism Emerging Challenge of VR Addiction Among Generation Z. Front Public Heal. 2022;10(July):1–10

[6] Saneinia S, Gholizadeh A, Zhou R. A holistic view of tourism development and potential policy concerns: A case of Birjand City, Iran. African J Hosp Tour Leis. 2020;9(1). 

[7] Saneinia S, Gholizadeh A. Impacts of Sociocultural Factors on Tourism: Case Study of Birjand City. In: Conference: 2nd International Conference on modern Research in Management, Economics and Humanities. 2016. 

[8] Zhai X, Wang M, Zhou R, Anwar MA, Saneinia S, Ahmad I, et al. The Nexus between VR Affordability, Cognition, and VR Addiction: A Gaming Perspective. In: Proceedings of 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2020. 2020. p. 116–24. Corresponding author. 

[9] Gholizadeh A, Madani S, Saneinia S. A geoeconomic and geopolitical review of Gwadar Port on belt and road initiative. Marit Bus Rev [Internet]. 2020 Apr 29;ahead-of-p(ahead-of-print). Available from: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MABR-11-2019-0051/full/html

[10] Zhai X, Asmi F, Zhou R, Ahmad I, Anwar MA, Saneinia S, et al. Investigating the Mediation and Moderation Effect of Students’ Addiction to Virtual Reality Games: A Perspective of Structural Equation Modeling. Discret Dyn Nat Soc. 2020;2020. 

[11] Gholizadeh A, Madani SA, Saneinia S. Analyzing Pakistan’s Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Importance to BRI. J Soc Sci Res. 2020 Feb 5;(62):147–53. 

[12] Gholizadeh A, Saneinia S, Zhou R. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a Turning Point on China’s Infrastructure Interconnection and Talent Exchange: Case of High-Speed Railway. J Soc Polit Sci [Internet]. 2019 Dec 30; First author and second author contributed equally to this manuscript.

[1] A Fellowship by Chinese Scholarship Council for Ph.D. program in

USTC

September 2016

[2] Academic Reviewer Certificate

Institute: 10th international conference Immersive Learning Research Network- IEEE

explore (University of Glasgow)

2024

[3] Academic Reviewer Certificate

Institute: WILEY

2021

[4] International Certificate of Australian Universal Academy

Institute: Australian Universal Academy

2016