Pardis Shafafi (NO)
Associate Researcher at the Political Anthropology Lab (LAP), EHESS, Paris
Previously Marketing Director at The Social Gaming Group
Based in Oslo
Meet Pardis at:
Boye Aarhus 26 conference
Track: TBD
Presentation: TBD
Dates: 3 - 5 November
About Pardis Shafafi
Pardis is a British-Iranian political anthropologist and creative strategist with 15+ years of experience spanning design, tech, healthcare, humanitarian contexts, research institutions, and international media. Her work connects deep social analysis with business strategy and storytelling for impact.
She previously spent six years at Designit, including as Global Responsible Business Lead, where she led brand and growth strategy across B2B and B2C audiences, grounding creative work in cultural insight and long-range thinking. She went on to serve as Marketing Director at The Social Gaming Group, designing and leading global marketing strategies spanning digital, PR, and broader creative initiatives. Pardis also co-founded the Do No Harm Framework for Design, recognized in Fast Company's 2024 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, which continues to shape ethics-driven design practice across technology and creative sectors — work she brings to life through regular lectures in New York, Milan, and Oslo.
Today, Pardis is an Associate Researcher at the Political Anthropology Lab (LAP) at EHESS in Paris, co-editor of The Long Iranian Revolution (forthcoming 2026), and Executive Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Anthropology in Action. Her research focuses on post-revolutionary violence, state formation, and Iran, informing both policy and public analysis. She regularly contributes political commentary and social trend analysis to outlets including the BBC, Al Jazeera, France24, NRK, Aftenposten, Klassekampen, Filter Nyheter, Morgenbladet, and Zetland, and has published work in PoLAR, Obesity Reviews, and Open Democracy.
About EHESS
EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) is one of France's premier institutions for research and graduate education in the social sciences, based in Paris. Founded in 1975, it brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, and other scholars to conduct interdisciplinary research on society, culture, and history.
Pardis is affiliated with the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Politique (LAP), EHESS's Political Anthropology Lab, where she works as an Associate Researcher. The lab focuses on the anthropological study of politics, power, and conflict — research that informs Pardis's own work on post-revolutionary violence, state formation, and Iran, and connects her scholarly work to broader public and policy debates.
Past conference appearances
Boye Aarhus 25 conference
Presentation: Moved Fast and Broke Things? Reconnecting in the Age of Emerging Tech
Track: Digital Communication
Day: Thursday, Nov. 6