Biography
Assistant professor in the field of LGBTQ+ rights (AI, queer data, equal marriage rights/same-sex marriage) and lecturer in European Union law and international law (human rights, specialised in LGBTQ+ rights). Extensive experience in teaching, research, and organisational responsibilities in various areas of law (besides European Union law and international law). Currently acting as a member of the Diversity Platform within the Erasmus School of Law. Also a co-coordinator of the LGBTQI+ Working Group of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCE). Interested in writing on the intersection of LGBTQ+ rights & AI and queer data, LGBTQ+ rights in general, European internal market and competition law, international law and privacy law.
For more information about my background, most recent projects, and publications I am working on, please visit my LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/masumashahid
Erasmus School of Law
- shahid@law.eur.nl
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Work
- Masuma Shahid (2025) - Queering courts: Analysing equal marriage rights cases before the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the United States Supreme Court
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2024) - Cases and Materials European Union Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid (2023) - Artificial Intelligence and LGBTQ+ Rights - [link]
- Masuma Shahid (2023) - Equal marriage rights and the European Courts - ERA Forum, 23 (3), 397-411 - doi: 10.1007/s12027-023-00729-w - [link]
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2022) - Cases and Materials European Union Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2022) - Cases and Materials International and European Union Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid (2021) - Europees recht begrepen - [link]
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2021) - Cases and Materials European Union Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2021) - Cases and Materials International and European Union Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid & Lana Said (2021) - Cases and Materials Public International Law - [link]
- Masuma Shahid (3 December 2024) - AI & Identity: Challenges for Marginalised Communities (Focus on the effects of AI on LGBTQ+ Rights)
- Masuma Shahid (3 July 2023) - De weg naar inclusie: waar staat Nederland in de emancipatie van LHBTQIA+ personen?
- Masuma Shahid (25 January 2023) - Grondwetswijziging voor LHBTIQ’ers en personen met beperking: waardevol of waardeloos?
- Masuma Shahid (2025) - Lecture AI & LGBTQ+ Rights (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2025) - Lecture Equal Marriage Rights in Europe: a Multidimensional 'Problem'? (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2025) - Lecture AI and LGBTQ+ Rights (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2025) - Privacy, Gender and Sensitive Populations (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2024) - AI & Identity: Challenges for Marginalised Communities: the impact of AI on LGBTQ+ Rights (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Masuma Shahid (2024) - Digicon Annual Conference (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2024) - Reclaiming Power: Using Ethical AI for More Equitable Futures (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Masuma Shahid (2024) - AI and the LGBTQ+ Community (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Masuma Shahid (2024) - Academic Networking and Branding yourself on LinkedIn (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2024) - AI and LGBTQIA+ Rights (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2024) - AI for Good: Myth or Reality? (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Federica Violi, Amr Marzouk, Masuma Shahid & Tegan Snyman (2024) - Screening of "Call Me Kuchu" (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2023) - Queering AI: how queer theory could lead to a more diverse, inclusive, safe and fair application of artificial intelligence (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Masuma Shahid (2023) - De Impact van AI op Minderheidsgroepen (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Masuma Shahid (2023) - Queering AI: The effects of artificial intelligence on LGBTQ+ rights (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Masuma Shahid (2023) - De mensenrechtelijke bescherming van LHBTI+'ers (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Masuma Shahid (2023) - The role of the EU in promoting the rights of LGBTIQ families (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic
Co-Coordinator LGBTIQ+ Working Group
- Start date approval
- September 2020
