Infolge der Debatte über das infame Iwan-Iljin-Institut verteidigt nun der Dekan der politologischen Fakultät der MGU, Andrej Schutow, Iljin vor Dugin als Vermächtnis der 'politischen Tradition und zivilisatorischen Wahl des großen russischen Volkes'.

Why Ramzan Kadyrov’s demise could plunge Putin into a new war
The talk of Chechnya's Kadyrov being seriously ill seems a lot more solid than the wishful thinking about Putin. My take for The Times and The Sunday Times on what this may mean
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-ra…

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New paper out with Marcus Maurer, @meinungsfuehrer und Pablo Jost. How did German mainstream and alternative media cover the #COVID19 pandemic 2020-2021? tinyurl.com/ysac4exk Short summary---

Dear editors, I really appreciate your work - but this is just too funny ;)

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Wir freuen uns auf gute Bewerbungen für diese wichtige Wisskomm-Stelle im neuen DAAD-geförderten „Kompetenzverbund Interdisziplinäre Ukrainestudien“ ZOiS - Zentrum für Osteuropa- u. int. Studien mit Europa-Universität Viadrina Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Freie Universität BBAW Wissenschaftskolleg ⬇️

Friends: I'm indescribably chuffed to share that my first book is finally done and out shortly!

'The Politics of Platform Regulation' 🔓🔜is my 6+yearlong empirical exploration of how governments worldwide try to shape tech's trust & safety practices...
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In this article for The Guardian, Max Alyukov discusses Kremlin's instrumentalization of fact-checking as a new tool in the repertoire of authoritarian regimes

Updated my phone a few days ago and can‘t stop wondering why Apple is suggesting to use #yandex as a default browser. Did I miss something?

Ich habe meine Doktorarbeit über Friedenskongresse geschrieben. Eines der interessantesten Take-aways war für mich: diese diplomatische Praxis war eigentlich bereits aus der Mode gekommen, denn die Existenz friedenssichernder Strukturen machte sie überflüssig. Kleiner 🧵dazu /1

Wie funktioniert Kickls geheime Firma?
Ein Thread.

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Kickl und sein Parteifreund Sila gründen 2005 eine PR-Agentur. Kickl bleibt als Miteigentümer im Hintergrund und will nicht ins Firmenbuch. Sila ist Kickls Strohmann und muss ihm 50% der Gewinne der Firma abtreten.

Canada Should Demand More From Platforms - How to Mitigate the Impact of Disinformation and Cyber Operations in the Context of Russia’s War Against Ukraine
socialmedialab.ca/2024/04/16/can…

Yes, not long now! It’s been great working with you all on it. Hopefully it’s much more than the sum of its parts!

🚨Last day to submit your 300 - 500 word proposal to join the ecrea_eu pre-conference organized by Rusinform on autocracies’
informational influence abroad 🤞

‘Where are you from?’ The affective and emotional dimensions of an ambiguous event of everyday racism bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/… Based on in-depth interviews with Black Germans the article analyses when & why individuals sense racism through the question... so happy this is out now!

Wow! Career high news 🙂

Honoured to have been awarded an
European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant!

My 5-YEAR project is:

WARSHARE:
THE NEW WAR FRONT: DIGITAL PARTICIPATION IN WAR

#ERCAdG

Here’s a thread about the project and how I arrived here.

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According to Spotify’s “Viral 50” playlist, the 2nd-place song in Ukraine right now is a (horrible) bass-heavy thing called “Yes, I’m Russian,” with a refrain that goes, “Yes, I’m Russian, God is on my side, Russia Russia, our great power. Our Russia, America is a shithole.”

Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe ft.com/content/c3b500… via @ft