Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- AI and the Global Political Economy of Labour and Resistance at AI, Iranian gig workers and feminist perspectives labour, by Invitation (San Francisco)
- Gig workers in Iran: the case of Snapp (University of Exeter, 2023 - present)
- Teaching the nation: the struggle of women teachers in Iran (Leiden University - NL, 2023 - present)
- "Resistance in their own words: the Iranian revolution in workers' slogans and memories" - PRESENTER AND PANEL ORGANISER (AIS - Association for Iranian Studies, 2022)
- "Knowledge production about Iran and Iranians: beyond inclusion as exclusion" - PRESENTER AND CHAIR (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2021)
- "Women at work for the Islamic Republic of Iran/ Donne al lavoro per la Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran" - PRESENTER (SIS - Società Italiana delle Storiche / Italian Society of Women Historians, 2021)
- "Appropriating Workers’ Grievances through Populist Narratives in Iran: Shifting Discursive Strategies from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad (1979-2009)" - PRESENTER (Middle East Studies Association of North America, 2019)
- "The Politics of Fieldwork in Iran: risks and challenges" - PRESENTER (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2019)
- "The Language of Resistance. The Iranian Revolution in Workers’ Words" - PRESENTER AND PANEL ORGANISER (SeSaMO - Società Italiana di Studi Mediorientali / Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2019)
- "Trajectories of Resistance: Workers’ Actions and Shifting Strategies in Iran" - PRESENTER (CAPOLCOT - International Conference Political Change and Territorial Conflicts in North Africa and Middle East, 2018)
Editorships
- Special issue on Contemporary Issues of Capitalism in the Middle East - Middle East Critique journal (Guest editor)
Event Roles
- The Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work: insights from the Global South and Global North (Workshop, 2024 - present)
- Spaces of difference: art and agency in the Middle East - HLC MENA Network (Workshop, 2024 - present)
- How to publish your research: from submission to publication (Talk/Lecture, 2024 - present)
- Women in Iran, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, University of Liverpool Feminist Society - Guild of Students, 2023 - present)
- "Academic grant writing" - talk, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Political Studies Association - Pre-Conference Day (John Moore University))
Grant Application Assessments
- External Post-submission (British Academy)
Media Appearances
- Iran, proteste e amnistia, RAI - RADIO 3
- Iran espulso dalla commissione ONU sulle donne, RAI - RADIO 3
- If sanctions do not put a halt to Iran’s economy, workers will, THE CONVERSATION
- "What do Iranians want? Better salaries, more jobs and safe working conditions", THE CONVERSATION (GLOBAL) / HUFFINGTONPOST US
- Iran’s startups promise paradise for the country’s unemployed youth, THE CONVERSATION (GLOBAL) / HUFFINGTONPOST US
Professional Body Memberships
- International Studies Association (Member - professional association, 2023 - present)
- British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (Member, 2023 - present)
- (RSA) Research Staff Association - University of Liverpool (Deputy co-chair, 2022 - present)
- British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (Member, 2019 - present)
- Middle East Studies Association of North America (Member, 2019 - present)
- SeSaMO - Società Italiana di Studi Mediorientali (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies) (Member, 2019 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Reviewer, Invited (International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Middle East Critique, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Journal of Family Studies, Pre-publication)