Pardis Asadi Zeidabadi is a Researcher and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at City St. George’s, University of London. Her research focuses on gender equality, feminism, migration, gender-based violence, and the experiences of MENA diasporic women, with particular expertise in Iranian women’s activism and feminist movements. She is the first co-editor of The Politics of Gender and Rights: The Islamic Context (2025) and has published in journals including Politics & Gender, Gender, Place & Culture, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. Her work explores women’s agency, safety, participation, and gender justice in Middle Eastern and diasporic contexts.
Atlas Torbati is a Senior Lecturer on the MA Understanding Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse (UDVSA) at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has extensive experience researching gender-based violence within diaspora communities, with a particular focus on how migration, displacement, and cultural belonging shape experiences of harm, help-seeking, and recovery. Her work also examines the intersections between diaspora, mental health, and the lived experiences of both women and men subjected to gender-based violence. Her scholarship situates sexual violence at the centre of the production, maintenance, and contestation of militarised, authoritarian, and settler-colonial regimes. Her recent edited volume expands on these themes, arguing that conflict must be understood as lived through bodies and social relations as much as through formal warfare.
Dorreh Khatibi-Hill is in her fifth year of a part-time Ph.D. in Media and Cultural Studies at Leeds Beckett University. Her research focuses on women's rights, activism—particularly online activism—intersectional feminism, social media, and participatory culture. Her thesis is a media and cultural project examining Iranian women’s activism and online participatory culture. It explores how Iranian women use social media to influence public perceptions of women’s status and to educate themselves and others about women’s issues. In addition to her academic pursuits, Dorreh is a Senior Programme Lead at Bauer Academy, where she teaches media production. She is also an activist advocating for women’s rights in Iran, particularly for those from marginalised groups.
