Dr. Mitra Shamsi is a research fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Bochum, Germany, working on digital feminist activism in Iran. She holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies from the University of Tehran, Iran. Her research lies at the intersection of political communication and feminist media studies, examining the mediation of women’s activism and contemporary gendered debates in Iran. She is particularly interested in the generation and circulation of feminist narratives by Iranian feminists and women’s rights campaigners, with a special focus on digital feminist discourses. Before joining the CAIS, she held a research and development position at the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc).