Prof. Dr. Azadeh Akbari

Azadeh Akbari is Professor of Critical Data & Surveillance Studies at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S) and a faculty member in the Institute for Human Geography at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of digital transformation, digital authoritarianism, data justice, and ICTs for development. Azadeh Akbari is a director of Surveillance Studies Network and the founder and director of Surveillance in the Majority World Research Network. She is an associate editor at the journals Surveillance & Society and Information Technology for Development. Azadeh Akbari was formerly Assistant Professor of Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands, and an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Actions fellow with a project on authoritarian smart cities. She appears frequently in international media and consults policy-makers and civil society on issues of surveillance and digital repression.

For more information please visit her web page at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S).