Hadi Bastani is a sound artist, anthropologist, composer, and performer who has taught as a visiting lecturer in anthropology of music, media, and the arts at Queen’s University in Belfast. He graduated with a B.A. in music technology from the Institut Francilien d’Ingénierie, University of Marne-La-Vallée in Paris (2012), and with an M.A. in sonic arts from the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast (2015). He received his PhD in 2019 at the latter institution for the thesis and original portfolio of sound-based practice titled «Recent Experimental Electronic Music Practices in Iran: An Ethnographic and Sound-Based Investigation».