Photos from Policy Conference May 13

Summary

The Policy Conference on 'Online Political Influence and Misinformation' hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe (FROMDEE) took place on May 13th, featuring a keynote lecture by Professor Jacob Shapiro from Princeton University. The event included two panel discussions: one on 'Russian disinformation campaigns' and another on 'Social Media and Media Literacy'.

Keynote by Professor Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)

Photo by Dominick Nilsson.

Panel 1: Russian disinformation campaigns

Photo of (from left): Jonathan Lehne (Assistant Professor at SITE), Yelyzaveta Chekhovska (Senior Analyst at VoxCheck, VoxUkraine), Magnus Hjort (Director General of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency) & Michael Rochlitz (Associate Professor at the University of Oxford). Photo by Dominick Nilsson

In focus: Yelyzaveta Chekhovska. Photo by Dominick Nilsson

In focus: Magnus Hjort. Photo by Dominick Nilsson

In focus: Magnus Hjort. Photo by Dominick Nilsson

Panel 2: Social media and media literacy

Photo of (from left): Maiting Zhuang (Assistant Professor at SITE), Sonja Buchegger (Professor of Computer Science at KTH), Inga Springe (Investigative journalist and co-founder of Re:Baltica) & Zhenqi Liu (Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School). Photo by Dominick Nilsson