Bushra Ebadi is a Research Associate at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2022.
Her research interests include culture, decolonisation, digital justice and rights, climate justice, intersectional policymaking, global governance, peacebuilding, media and information literacy, social innovation, and systems change.
Her main projects at UNU-EGOV include digital access as a human right, climate justice and tech, and initiatives focused on digital rights and justice, concentrating on crises and conflict contexts.
As a social innovator, researcher, global strategist, and writer, Bushra mobilizes knowledge, resources, and people to advance justice, peace, human rights, and the agency of systematically marginalised communities around the world. She is also the co-founder of the Health and Information Literacy Access (HILA) Alliance.
Before joining UNU-EGOV, Bushra co-led the development and coordination of the Just Tech Movement community, of which she remains a member, with Amnesty International. She has diverse experiences working with United Nations agencies, think tanks, civil society organisations, and community groups, including UNDP, UNICEF, CCUNESCO, and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, supporting various global and regional initiatives related to just futures, tech ethics, refugee and migration governance, infodemic management, pandemic preparedness and response, gender justice, youth engagement, and peacebuilding.
Bushra is actively engaged in communities and spaces promoting justice. She currently serves as a board member for Equitas, an international human rights education organisation. Bushra holds a Master of Global Affairs (MGA) from the University of Toronto and a Joint Honours BA in Political Science and Philosophy, with minors in Management and French from McGill University. She has also completed training in Infodemic Management by WHO.