2018 - Present: PhD, Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
2015: M.A. (Erasmus Mundus), Human Rights Policy and Practice, University of Göteborg, Sweden, University of Roehampton, UK, University of Tromsø, Norway.
2013: M.A. Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
2010: B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India.
2018 - 2021: Hans Boeckler Stiftung Dissertation Funding
2013 - 2015: Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarship
English, Hindi, Urdu, German
2023 - December 2024: Researcher, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany.
2018 - July 2023: Research Fellow, Globalization, Work and Production, Berlin Social Science Center, Germany.
2018 - Sep 2022: Research Fellow, Working in Highly Automated Digital-Hybrid Processes, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Germany.
Jan - Dec 2016: Digital Engagement Campaigner, Greenpeace India.
April - May 2015: Outreach Officer, Amnesty International, Norway.
June 2014: Research Intern, Shan Women’s Action Network, Thailand.
Jan - May 2014: Communication Intern, Child Rights International Network, United Kingdom.
March - Aug 2010: Researcher, National Foundation for India.
2015: Asia Europe Foundation Young Leaders Summit, Luxembourg.
2015: Rome Model United Nations, Italy.
2014: Model Asia Europe Meeting, Italy.
Ahmad, S., Sinders, C. (2021). The labor behind the tools: Using design thinking methods to examine content moderation software. In: ACM Interactions 28(4), 6-8, New York.
Ahmad, S., Krzywdzinski, M. (2022). Moderating in Obscurity: How Indian Content Moderators Work in Global Content Moderation Value Chains. In M. Graham, & F. Ferrari, (Eds.), Digital Work in the Planetary Market. International Development Research Centre & MIT Press.
Ahmad, S., & Greb, M. (2022). Automating social media content moderation: implications for governance and labour discretion, Work in the Global Economy (published online ahead of print 2022).
Ahmad, S. (2023). Who moderates my social media? Locating Indian workers in the global content moderation practices. In C. Strippel, S. Paasch-Colberg, M. Emmer & J. Trebbe (Eds.), Challenges and perspectives of hate speech analysis (pp. 74-88).