Ahmadreza Mohebbi | Artificial Intelligence in Education | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Ahmadreza Mohebbi | Artificial Intelligence in Education | Best Researcher Award

Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dr. Ahmadreza Mohebbi is a researcher and academic writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. He holds a Ph.D. in Education and Social Work from the University of Auckland (2024), where his thesis focused on the cultural conceptualisations of common terms among Māori and non-Māori secondary school students. With over a decade of experience in academic and professional writing, his expertise spans academic and technical writing, editing, and research analysis.

Profile:

🎓 Academic Background:

  • Ph.D. in Education and Social Work, University of Auckland (2024)
    Thesis: Cultural Conceptualisations among Māori and Non-Māori Students

  • M.A. in TEFL, Kharazmi University (2012)

  • B.A. in English Translation, Kashan University (2010)

  • 🏅 CELTA-certified, University of Auckland

🧠 Key Competencies:

  • Academic & Technical Writing ✍️

  • Editing & Proofreading 🔍

  • Research & Policy Analysis 📊

  • Deadline Management ⏰

  • Cross-Cultural Communication 🌍

  • AI & Education Technologies 🤖

💼 Professional Experience:

  • EAP Lecturer, ICL Education Group (2024)

  • Online Instructor, Cluey Learning (2023–present)

  • Corporate English Instructor, Baran Institute (2010–2022)

📚 Publications:

  • Books:

    • A Comprehensive Bilingual Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs (2018)

    • Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (2017)

  • Book Chapters (In Press):

    • Cultural Linguistics of the Māori – Springer Nature

    • Choosing the Right Frameworks in Research – Springer Nature

  • Journals:

    • Cogent Education, Routledge, Asian Englishes, European Journal of Education, The Reading Matrix Journal, and more

🗣️ Conferences & Committees:

  • 🗝️ Keynote Speaker – Frankfurt (Sensors Conference, 2025)

  • 👥 Committee Member – AI/ML Conferences (Osaka, Rome, Copenhagen, Madrid)

  • 🧩 Presenter – CamTESOL, ICLLL Dubai

📝 Editorial & Peer Review Roles:

  • Editorial Boards:

    • SCIREA Journal of Education, Journal of AI & Machine Learning, Language Exploration, and others

  • Reviewer For:

    • Assessing Writing (Elsevier), Linguistic Landscape, Education Sciences, Applied Economics Letters, etc.

  • Guest Editor:

    • Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, Creative Education

📊 Citation Metrics:

  • Total Citations: 125

  • Citations Since 2020: 96

  • h-index: 5

  • i10-index: 4

Publication Top Notes:

  • Self-regulated learning, goal-oriented learning, and academic writing performance of undergraduate Iranian EFL learners
    MA Farsani, M Beikmohammadi, A Mohebbi
    TESL-EJ, 18(2), Article n2, 2014.
    📑 Cited by: 54

  • Enabling learner independence and self-regulation in language education using AI tools: A systematic review
    A Mohebbi
    Cogent Education, 12(1), 2433814, 2025.
    📑 Cited by: 24

  • Intelligence profile of Iranian domestically designed and published ELT textbooks and students’ multiple intelligences
    Y Taaseh, A Mohebbi, F Mirzaei
    International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 2(1), 24–31, 2014.
    📑 Cited by: 18

  • A typological investigation of errors in the use of English in the bilingual and multilingual linguistic landscape of Tehran
    A Mohebbi, AH Firoozkohi
    International Journal of Multilingualism, 18(1), 24–40, 2021.
    📑 Cited by: 13

  • The use of cultural conceptualisations as a translation strategy for culture-specific jokes and humorous discourse: A remedy for a malady?
    A Mohebbi
    Ampersand, 11, 2023.
    📑 Cited by: 9

  • Optimising language learning for students with ADHD: Strategies for cultivating attentional mechanisms
    A Mohebbi
    In: Psycholinguistics – New Advances and Real-World Applications, 2023.
    📑 Cited by: 4

  • Situating L1 cultural conceptualizations in reading tasks of domestically designed English textbooks: Linking cultural linguistics theories to materials development praxis
    A Mohebbi, E Rahimi
    The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 19(2), 28–47, 2019.
    📑 Cited by: 3

  • A mixed methods study of the impact of learning styles on learners’ uptake of corrective feedback
    A Mohebbi
    European Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020.