Experience > Academic
| 08/2025- ongoing | Professor of Critical Data & Technology Studies |
| Centre for Critical Computational Studies & Institute for Human Geography, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | |
| 04/2022- 07/2025 | Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Digital Transformation (tenured) |
| University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioural, Management & Social Sciences | |
| 10/2024-07/2025 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow |
| Project e-Authopia: Authoritarian Smart Cities, University of Ottawa and University of Twente | |
| 01/2023- ongoing | Trusted Member of Faculty (Vertrauensdozentin) |
| Hans-Böckler Foundation of German Trade Unions | |
| 09/2022- ongoing | Co-Director of International Surveillance Studies Network |
| 10/2019- ongoing | Founder and Director of Surveillance in the Majority World Network |
| 09/2023-ongoing | Affiliated Fellow at the University of Ottawa |
| Centre for Law, Technology & Society & Centre for International Policy Studies | |
| 04/2024- 09/2025 | Advisory Board Member of the Horizon Europe-funded project GATHERINGS |
| 2024-2027 | Associate Editor and Member of Editorial Board |
| Surveillance & Society Journal | |
| 2024-2025 | Associate Editor and Member of Editorial Board |
| Information Technology for Development Journal | |
| 02/2024-07/2025 | Representative of Behavioural, Management & Social Sciences Faculty |
| Ethics Committee, Faculty of Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation, University of Twente | |
| 2021- 2024 | Digital Editor and Member of Editorial Board |
| Territory, Politics, Governance Journal, Regional Studies Association | |
| 2021- 2023 | Digital Editor and Member of Editorial Board |
| Surveillance & Society Journal | |
| 2022-2024 | Organising member, research network “Emancipatory Technology Studies: Between Social and Technical Transformations (Emanzipatorische Technikforschung: Verhältnisse zwischen technischem & gesellschaftlichem Wandel) |
| German Research Foundation (DFG) | |
| 12/2019- 04/2022 | Academic Staff and Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| University of Münster, Political Geography Group | |
| 3/2019 – 11/2019 | Scientific Assistant |
| Heidelberg Center for American Studies | |
| 9/2014 – 7/2015 | Lecturer, Sociology of Gender and Sexuality |
| Science & Culture University, Tehran | |
| 10/- 12/2011 | Research Assistant |
| SOAS University, London, Chair of Prof. Sreberny
Book project: Persian Service: The BBC and British Interests in Iran |
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| 2007 – 2008 | Research Assistant |
| University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Research project: Rapid Situation Assessment of Female Sex Workers in Tehran |
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| 2004 – 2005 | Research Assistant |
| University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Tehran
Research project: Analysis and Evaluation of Drug Demand Reduction Management |
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Experience > Policy & Consultancy
| 06/2026-Ongoing | Member of the EU AI Act Advisory Forum |
| 11/22- 02/23 | Consultant for the Guide on Digitally Mediated Assemblies |
| European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stitching | |
Experience > Non-Academic
| 8/2015 – 3/2016 | Communication & Community Outreach Consultant |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tehran | |
| 8/2011 – 2/2014 | Digital Communication Manager |
| British Council HQ, London | |
| 1/2009 – 8/2010 | Media Officer |
| United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Tehran | |
| 1/2008 – 1/2009 | Political Analyst |
| British Embassy, Tehran | |
| 9/2001 – 9/2016 | Freelance Journalist, Stringer, and Documentary-Maker |
| New York Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, ABC News, Associated Press, BBC Persian, etc. | |