Azadeh Akbari
@azadehakbari.bsky.social
Prof. Critical Data & Surveillance Studies @ Goethe University Frankfurt / digital authoritarianism, surveillance, smart cities/
Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
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Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
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Azadeh Akbari
@azadehakbari.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Read my latest commentary on Big Tech Authoritarianism, which discusses how Big Tech actively constructs authoritarian spaces – both within their organisational structures and across broader socio-political contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter for February 2026 is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/02/09/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/02/09/s...
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | February 2026
We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.
surveillance-majority-world.net
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter for February 2026 is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/02/09/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/02/09/s...
When the internet is shut down in Iran, gunfire begins. Since Jan 8, all connections are cut and families, journalists & activists are unreachable. Protesters are being killed in silence. Internet access is a human right. Please sign and share our letter to the ITU: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Iran: When the internet is shut down, gunfire begins
To the International Telecommunication Union and the international Internet community,
When the internet is shut down, gunfire begins.
People of Iran are once again on the streets, risking their li...
docs.google.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
When the internet is shut down in Iran, gunfire begins. Since Jan 8, all connections are cut and families, journalists & activists are unreachable. Protesters are being killed in silence. Internet access is a human right. Please sign and share our letter to the ITU: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
Iranian protestors taking down the "regime's eyes"
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Iranian protestors taking down the "regime's eyes"
Iranian protestors taking down the "regime's eyes"
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Iranian protestors taking down the "regime's eyes"
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
📣 Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter for January 2026 is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/01/07/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/01/07/s...
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | January 2026
We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.
surveillance-majority-world.net
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
📣 Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter for January 2026 is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/01/07/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2026/01/07/s...
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
🚨Uns fehlen noch 90.000 Euro 🚨
Unterstütze uns mit einer Spende, damit wir uns 2026 mit unverminderter Kraft gegen die autoritäre Wende stemmen können!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Unterstütze uns mit einer Spende, damit wir uns 2026 mit unverminderter Kraft gegen die autoritäre Wende stemmen können!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨Uns fehlen noch 90.000 Euro 🚨
Unterstütze uns mit einer Spende, damit wir uns 2026 mit unverminderter Kraft gegen die autoritäre Wende stemmen können!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Unterstütze uns mit einer Spende, damit wir uns 2026 mit unverminderter Kraft gegen die autoritäre Wende stemmen können!
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
We‘re making our entire library of surveillance in the majority world in many languages in Zotero and it‘s the easiest software for any person across the world to immediately start working with it.
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We‘re making our entire library of surveillance in the majority world in many languages in Zotero and it‘s the easiest software for any person across the world to immediately start working with it.
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
Surveillance in the Majority World Network's November newsletter is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2025/11/25/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2025/11/25/s...
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | November 2025
We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.
surveillance-majority-world.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Surveillance in the Majority World Network's November newsletter is out!
surveillance-majority-world.net/2025/11/25/s...
surveillance-majority-world.net/2025/11/25/s...
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My feed these days:
"We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research" paper
next to "Open Conference of AI Agents for Qualitative Research 2026"
-The 1st open conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of research papers-
🤨
"We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research" paper
next to "Open Conference of AI Agents for Qualitative Research 2026"
-The 1st open conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of research papers-
🤨
<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
papers.ssrn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My feed these days:
"We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research" paper
next to "Open Conference of AI Agents for Qualitative Research 2026"
-The 1st open conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of research papers-
🤨
"We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research" paper
next to "Open Conference of AI Agents for Qualitative Research 2026"
-The 1st open conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of research papers-
🤨
Academics are capable of asking some of the dumbest most insensitive questions, a lay person can never dream of.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Academics are capable of asking some of the dumbest most insensitive questions, a lay person can never dream of.
Reposted by Azadeh Akbari
Call for Abstracts / Panels
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
Conference – Surveillance Studies Network
surveillance-studies.net
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for Abstracts / Panels
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
Come work with me at the wonderful Center for Critical Computational Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt!
You will define your own PhD project within the field of critical data and surveillance studies, with a focus on countries of the Majority World.
azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
You will define your own PhD project within the field of critical data and surveillance studies, with a focus on countries of the Majority World.
azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
Come work with me: PhD Position
In the Working group Critical Data & Surveillance Studies at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S) at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, which focuses on geographical, political, and/o...
azadeh-akbari.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Come work with me at the wonderful Center for Critical Computational Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt!
You will define your own PhD project within the field of critical data and surveillance studies, with a focus on countries of the Majority World.
azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
You will define your own PhD project within the field of critical data and surveillance studies, with a focus on countries of the Majority World.
azadeh-akbari.com/come-work-wi...
This is getting interesting. Why is it dark anyway?
September 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is getting interesting. Why is it dark anyway?
I was just reading a @theguardian.com column on fashion trends and “core”- and came across dark academia trend! 😳 who would have thought miserable looks can be fashionable?
onpointfresh.com/dark-academi...
onpointfresh.com/dark-academi...
The Dark Academia Aesthetic – Outfits, Clothing and Brands - OnPointFresh
The Dark Academia Aesthetic is a mysterious, alluring style that has been around for centuries, but has recently been popularized by mass media. Its name may
onpointfresh.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I was just reading a @theguardian.com column on fashion trends and “core”- and came across dark academia trend! 😳 who would have thought miserable looks can be fashionable?
onpointfresh.com/dark-academi...
onpointfresh.com/dark-academi...
On a Sunday note: here is my ultimate central Ottawa Foodie Guide! As an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie global fellow at the UOttawa, I spent a lot of time throughout 2024&5 in this city. This guide aims to liberate you from the shackles of Tim Horton & other chains with sad food.
The ultimate central Ottawa Foodie Guide
My EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie global fellowship was hosted by the University of Ottawa, and I spent a lot of time throughout 2024 and 2025 in this city. My driver’s license was stolen one day before my...
azadeh-akbari.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On a Sunday note: here is my ultimate central Ottawa Foodie Guide! As an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie global fellow at the UOttawa, I spent a lot of time throughout 2024&5 in this city. This guide aims to liberate you from the shackles of Tim Horton & other chains with sad food.
These are important reports + the news about China piloting village surveillance in Solomon Islands; China is exporting comprehensive surveillance packages now with marketing slogans of stability and security. They had done this before with all 'safe' city programs.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
September 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
These are important reports + the news about China piloting village surveillance in Solomon Islands; China is exporting comprehensive surveillance packages now with marketing slogans of stability and security. They had done this before with all 'safe' city programs.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Read my latest commentary on Big Tech Authoritarianism, which discusses how Big Tech actively constructs authoritarian spaces – both within their organisational structures and across broader socio-political contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
September 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Read my latest commentary on Big Tech Authoritarianism, which discusses how Big Tech actively constructs authoritarian spaces – both within their organisational structures and across broader socio-political contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
doi.org/10.1177/2976...
September 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM