Academic Awards
- Surveillance Studies Network’s 2022 “Early Career Researcher Awards” for publications in Surveillance & Society for Authoritarian Smart City: A Research Agenda
- Winner of University of Twente Media Award 2022
- Nominated for German PhD Prize 2021 in social science category
- Nominated for DAVO Dissertation Prize 2021, German Middle East Society
Journalism
- National Press Prize for Young Talents, Iran, 1998
- Roshd National Press Prize for Journalists, Iran, 2003
- National Press Prize for Reporters, Iran, 2003
Scholarships
- Co-funding for a post-doc position from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Germany 2020
- PhD Scholarship, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Germany, 2016-2019
- PJD Wiles Scholarship for master’s studies, UK, 2010-11