In the following you can find all my talks, podcast and videos in support of academic freedom.
Talk: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” The Case of Iran under a Totalitarian Regime, Open Access Week, 20 Oct. 2025
Academic Corruption under the Islamic Republic in Iran, IranWire, 28 Mar. 2025
فساد آکادمیک در حکومت جمهوری اسلامی، ایران وایر، ۸ فروردین ۱۴۰۴ (نسخه کامل مصاحبه)
Gender Apartheid in Iran and its Effect on Science, Equality and science: the place of women Event, Université de Rennes I, France, 12 Mar. 2025
Free to Think Podcast (Episode 42), Scholars at Risk (SAR), 10 Mar. 2025
Gender Apartheid in Iran and its Effect on Science, ISC-SCGES (Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES)), (Video (1:04:00 - 1:31:00), Slides), 10 Feb. 2025
Civil Society and Academics in the Authoritarian Regimes: Cases of Iran, Freedom and Responsibility Conference, Vilnius, 16 Nov. 2024 (Video)
Iran: A physicist trapped in exile (Iran: Eine Physikerin gefangen im Exil, in German), NZZ Akzent, 15 Oct. 2024
The beginning of the academic year at the University of Tehran and Masoud Pezzekian's statements, RadioFreeEurope, 12 Oct. 2024
آغاز سالتحصیلی دانشگاه‌ها در دانشگاه تهران و اظهارات پزشکیان (دقیقه ۵ تا ۱۳)، رادیو فردا، ۲۱ مهر ۱۴۰۳
The status of suspended students and expelled professors, RadioFreeEurope, 17 Sep. 2024
وضعیت دانشجویان تعلیقی و اساتید اخراجی (دقیقه ۴۱ تا ۴۸)، رادیو فردا، ۲۷ شهریور ۱۴۰۳
The role of universities in the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and the situation of students on the eve of the new academic year, ARYEN TV, 16 Sep. 2024
نقش دانشگاه‌ها در جنبش زن، زندگی، آزادی و وضعیت دانشجویان در آستانه سالتحصیلی جدید، تلویزیون آرین، ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۳
Introduction by the Minister of Science of the 14th government and discussion of the return of expelled professors and suspended students, VOA, 29 Aug. 2024
معارفه وزیر علوم دولت چهاردهم و بحث بازگشت اساتید اخراجی و دانشجویان تعلیقی، صدای آمریکا، ۸ شهریور ۱۴۰۳
Successes and challenges in advocating for support for at-risk scholars, Scholars At Risk Congress, Vilnius, 27 Jun. 2024
"Responsible Assessment of Research and Researchers: Changing the Evaluation Culture in Academia", ENLIGHT RISE workshop, 21 May 2024
Training and mentorship programs within Young Academies to promote science, science education, and science literacy, International Science Council, 16 May 2024
Organizer, Towards a Global Definition of Excellence in Research, International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) Conference, Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2024
Science Diplomacy, World Forum for Women in Science, 16 Apr. 2024
Academic Freedom in Iran, پادکست آزادی آکادمیک با حضور سه تن از اساتید سابق دانشگاههای ایران, Mar. 2024
"Science, Peace, Human Rights", The 2023 Nobel Science, focused on Attosecond Physics, Quantum Dots, and Human Rights, American Physical Society, 3 Mar. 2024 (Video)
Voices Unsilenced: Navigating Academic Suppression in Iran, Scholars At Risk Summit: Freedom to Think Conference, Carleton Uni., Canada, 21 Nov. 2023
Science diplomacy in uncertain times – are we on the right track?, Canadian Science Policy Conference, Ottawa, 13 Nov. 2023
Anniversary of Mahsa Amini, BBC, 16 Sep. 2023
Science diplomacy in uncertain times – are we on the right track?, UN General Assembly 78 Science Summit, New York, 14 Sep. 2023
Dismissal of professors on the eve of the Mahsa Amini anniversary, BBC Persian, 26 Aug. 2023
اخراج اساتید در آستانه سالگرد مهسا امینی، ۴ شهریور ۱۴۰۲
Women, Life, Freedom Protests at Universities in Iran, Universities & Crisis, Cambridge University, 24 Jul. 2023
What is happening at the Universities of Iran during the “Women, Life, Freedom” Revolution?, Supporting and Learning from Universities in Times of Conflict Symposium, University of Sussex, 6 Jul. 2023
Toward an International Decade of Sciences for Sustainability, Sustainability, Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress, Panama, 28 Jun. 2023
Reporting on Iran: Science under revolt and repression, Association of British Science Writers, 16 May 2023 (Video)
The Situation of Academics in Iran, Science Diplomacy Network of EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
Protests at Iranian Universities, Annual Meeting, Committee of Concerned Scientists, USA, 16 Apr. 2023
Current situation of academics and students in Iran, Global Approach & International Cooperation in R&I of the EU Commission, 14 Feb. 2023
Academic Freedom in Iran: How Ideology Can Affect Science, Online, 28 Jun. 2023
What is happening in Iran?, Encieh Erfani & Daniel Munier, European Association for International Education (EAIA), 18 Jan. 2023
Protests at Iranian Universities, Japan Academy of Sciences, 28 Dec. 2022
Protests at Iranian Universities, Rome University, Italy, 1 Dec. 2022 (Video, Italian/English)
What is happening at Iran's Universities?, Amnesty International/Karlsruhe University, Germany, 8 Nov. 2022
Suppression of students in the universities of Iran, BBC Persian, 7 Nov. 2022
Inclusive Excellence for Sustainable Societies: Making Space for At-Risk and Displaced Scholars, Triennial Conference of the InterAcademy Partnership, Arizona, USA, 1 Nov. 2022
University presidents are involved in suppressing students, RadioFreeEurope, 1 Nov. 2022
رؤسای دانشگاه ها در سرکوب دانشجویان دخیل هستند، رادیو فردا، ۱۰ آبان ۱۴۰۰
When the streets of Iran are covered in blood, I could not be part of the system, Iran International, 29 Oct. 2022
وقتی خیابان‌های ایران غرق در خون است نمی‌توانستم به عنوان بخشی از سیستم ادامه دهم، ایران اینترنشنال، ۷ آبان ۱۴۰۱
Paradox at Iran's universities, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), 28 Oct. 2022 (in German)
Mr. Zolfigol (Minister of Science, Research and Technology): The university is not a "barracks"!, RadioFreeEurope, 28 Oct. 2022
آقای زلفی گل: دانشگاه «پادگان» نیست!، رادیو فردا، ۶ آبان ۱۴۰۱
Research under adverse circumstances, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), 22 Oct. 2022 (in German)
I could not keep silent, RadioFreeEurope, 20 Oct. 2022
نمی توانستم «خفه خون» بگیرم، رادیو فردا، ۲۸ مهر ۱۴۰۱
Opening ceremony of the UN General Assembly 77 Science Summit, Sep. 2022
“Scientific Integrity" Conference, UNESCO German Commission, 9 Dec. 2021
Engaging, Supporting, and Outreach to Refugee, Displaced, and At-Risk Scholars, Science in Exile Launch Workshop, 30 Mar. 2021
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