Mohammad Zayaan Asimi

Mohammad Zayaan is a DPhil candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, technology, and society. His doctoral research focuses on digital sovereignty models and platform regulation. He is supervised by Professor Nicole Stremlau. He is a Rhodes Scholar (India & Oriel 2024). 

Prior to this, Zayaan completed his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree at Gujarat National Law University, India where he was the Co-Convenor of the GNLU Student Research Development Council and the Head of Research at the GNLU Centre for Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Justice. 

He has worked with NGOs, research centres, and civil society organisations on projects that aim to increase access to justice. He volunteered at the Migration and Asylum Project (MAP) post the political turmoil in Afghanistan and assisted in drafting reopening applications for asylum seekers before the UNHCR. He has also contributed to reports on indiscriminate policing, internet policymaking, and assessment of science and technology policies.