Hossein Kermani (2025). Twitter Activism in Iran: Social Media and Democracy in Authoritarian Regimes

Mitra Shamsi is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS),
Bochum, Germany. Her research focuses on digital feminist activism in the Iranian context, examin-
ing the construction of digital feminist discourses in their traversing both inside the country and in
the diaspora. In her current research trajectory, she is interested in ways in which online women's
rights campaigners navigate and respond to nationalist narratives, with a specific focus on the recent
Women, Life, Freedom uprising. She holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies from the
University of Tehran.