I consider myself a scholar-activist with some experience across multiple countries in teaching, mentoring, counselling, research, and fieldwork. With a Ph.D. in Women's Studies from the University of Pune, India, I currently serve as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer in the School of History, Culture, and Arts at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). My academic journey includes positions at Turku University and Oslo University, as well as institutions in Iran and India.

My interdisciplinary research interests span gender, minorities, migration, culture, religion, political religion, academic freedom, and social movements. While my primary focus has been Iran, I have also conducted significant studies in India and South Asia. I am dedicated to exploring and addressing critical social issues through a multicultural and interdisciplinary lens.

My current research centres on migration and political activism in Middle Eastern countries, especially those with religious governments. Employing a comparative approach, I aim to understand the dynamics of political and social change. My research questions often focus on women from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, investigating their agency and constructive resilience as social activists or political prisoners. I use qualitative research methods to analyze personal narratives and cultural memories through interviews, diaries, documentaries, and political reports. My work is driven by a commitment to uncovering the profound impacts of these narratives on societal change and development.

Agreement for publishing a monograph titled: "Minority Women and Agency in Iran: The Unyielding Voices of the Baha’i Community", Routledge, Winter 2025, English

Acceptance for a chapter titled: " Breaking Boundaries: An Intersectional Analysis of Iranian Bahá'í Women Activism" for the volume titled: "Intersectional Reading, Social Justice and Literary Activism", Routledge, Summer 2025, English

Acceptance for a chapter titled: " Politicized Mourning and Collective Subjectivation in Post-Revolution Iran: The Case of Iranian Mothers for Justice " for the volume titled: "Social Revolts as events of Political subjectivation", Routledge, Summer 2025, English

Acceptance of publishing an article titled: "Vacavi e Ameliyat e Digari: Gofteman e Jameye Bahai Ghabl va Bad az Enghelabe 1979"[ Analyzing the Agency of the Other: The Discourse of the Iranian Baha'i community before and after the 1976 revolution] Iran Academia Journal, Spring 2025, Persian

Acceptance of publishing an article titled: " Intersecting Narratives of Resistance: A Comparative Methodological Study of Solidarity and Resilience Among Imprisoned Women", Palgrave, Summer 2025

My teaching experience has been chiefly lecturing based on my research work, which includes:

- Baha'i Studies, Turku University

- Women’s Agency and Movements in the Middle East, Turku University

- Ethnicity and Diversity, University of Trento

- Religion and Gender, Oslo University

- Research Methodology, Institute for Higher Education, Iran

- Gender and Iranian Culture, Institute for Higher Education, Iran

- Development Studies, Institute for Higher Education, Iran

- Teaching Social Studies, International School and College, Tehran

- Preparation for Social Action, New Era International School, India

- Philosophy from a Bahai Religious Perspective, Institute for Higher Education, Iran

My research accomplishments include:

- Postdoctoral Researcher, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (2022–present)

- Research Fellow, Oslo University (2020-2022)

- Research Fellow, National Chiao Tung University of Taiwan (2018)

- Supervising MA Theses, Oslo University and Institute for Higher Education, Iran

- Research Fellow, “Gyaan Adab” and “Samyak” NGOs in India

- Self-Funded Researcher, Shiraz, Iran

- Researcher cum Field Worker, “Research for Children of the World,” Iran