Hi, I'm Azadeh.
I'm a human-centred user researcher and mentor with a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Simon Fraser University. I've worked with product teams at global companies and startups, including Microsoft and Unity Technologies.
Based in Vancouver, Canada · Open to projects worldwide
My research has taken me into very different worlds:
Across all of them, I come back to the same approach:
Listening closely
Understanding people's experiences in their real contexts
Designing with them rather than simply for them
As AI becomes part of our everyday lives, I'm particularly interested in its impact on our emotional wellbeing, relationships and human connection.
To me, technological progress should be measured not only by what technology can do, but by what it means for people.
Curiosity beyond the everyday.
My curiosity about people and the many ways we experience life has taken me well beyond research. I'm a scuba diver and a traveller, and I've spent time in some very remote places with little or no technology.
Those experiences remind me that connection, community and care for the natural world and for each other come first, and technology should support them, not replace them.
azadeh.forghani@gmail.com · Open to research roles