Published 6 December 2024 Phenomena such as disinformation and propaganda have been widely studied across various academic disciplines, each offering unique perspectives on their causes, mechanisms, and effects. These disciplines include, for instance, political science, media & communication studies, philosophy, computer science, and military science. Despite the breadth of research, cognitive sc

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Published 24 January 2025 Elsa Hedling is an affiliated researcher at the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University, where she contributes to advance research on disinformation and hybrid threats. Elsa Hedling is an Associate Professor (Docent) in Political Science and an Associate Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the Centre for Languages and Literature. Her research focuse

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/researcher-profile-elsa-hedling - 2025-07-05

Published 30 January 2025 In today’s complex security environment, the intelligence community must address dynamic hybrid threats through coordinated efforts that span multiple sectors. In a recently published article, Swedish Defence University and PDRI researchers emphasise the critical interaction between intelligence analysis, communication, and societal resilience ("Hybrid Threats and the Int

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Published 7 February 2025 Two new reports have been presented as part of the EU Horizon project ADAC.io, coordinated by the Psychological Defence Research Institute. They aim to support the defender community in strengthening capabilities and methodologies related to the ongoing work of attributing information influence operations.The first report, "A Framework for Attribution of Information Influ

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/attribution-information-influence-operations - 2025-07-05

Published 14 March 2025 Affiliated with the Psychological Defence Research Institute, Rolf Fredheim explores the use of AI to detect harmful and illegal content on social media. Rolf builds systems to detect and measure harmful and illegal content on social media. This work presents distinct challenges: social media data is quickly removed from platforms, presented in visual formats, and often app

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/researcher-profile-rolf-fredheim - 2025-07-05

Published 14 March 2025 Hedvig Ördén of PDRI attended the panel 'The Societal Turn in Intelligence Practices: The Case of Scandinavia'. She presented a paper which explores the changing conditions for informal actors in intelligence oversight, focusing on Swedish journalists. The research team from the Psychological Defence Research Institute was well represented at the 66th annual convention of t

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/pdri-isa-chicago - 2025-07-05

Published 28 April 2025 Elsa Hedling, affiliated with PDRI, recently published a report on social identities and democratic vulnerabilities. The report, Social identities and democratic vulnerabilities: Learning from examples of targeted disinformation, is published by the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE). It discusses the sensitive relationship between soci

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/social-identities-and-democratic-vulnerabilities-learning-examples-targeted-disinformation - 2025-07-05

Published 9 May 2025 Hedvig Ördén of PDRI participated in the workshop "Intelligence, insecurity and the international: new encounters between IR and intelligence scholarship" at King's College. The workshop brought together scholars to discuss a wide range of topics at the intersection of intelligence and international relations. Participants discussed how to conceptualise intelligence in IR, tou

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/presentation-recent-research-kings-college-uk - 2025-07-05

Published 15 May 2025 Based on leaked documents, James Pamment and Darejan Tsurtsumia of PDRI have studied Russian malign information influence through the Doppelganger campaign and analysed the capabilities of one of the main actors behind it – the Social Design Agency (SDA). In 2022, a comprehensive and coordinated influence campaign was launched by Russian actors aimed at weakening internationa

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/beyond-operation-doppelganger-capability-assessment-social-design-agency - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 7 February 2025 Anny Matamoros, Ingrid Altamirano, Clara Heil, Diamantis Almpantis, Kimberly Montañez, Emmelina Eriksson, Anton Wrisberg, Abigail Starkey, Veronika Widengren and Maria João Silva. (Missing are Florencia Radeljak, Dylan Pashley and Jennifer Carey.) At the start of the new year, the Agenda 2030 Graduate S

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/thirteen-new-phd-students-join-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 March 2025 What we put on the table is important for our iron levels, a new study shows. Photo: Stefan Vladimirov/Unsplash Nearly four in ten female upper secondary school students suffer from iron deficiency. Among vegetarians and vegans, seven in ten have low iron levels, according to a new study led by Agenda 203

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/nearly-four-ten-female-students-suffer-iron-deficiency - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 9 April 2025 Could burying carbon dioxide under the seabed be the answer for the future? Lina Lefstad, who received an Honourable Mention in the Agenda 2030 Award, is exploring this in her research. Photo: Sara Håkansson She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Li

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 9 April 2025 From climate anxiety to death cafés and end-of-life care, Jamie Woodworth is honoured for research that brings care and death into the public conversation. What are your thoughts on death? How would you like to spend your last days? These kinds of existential questions are explored at so-called death cafés

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/when-care-becomes-luxury-jamie-woodworth-end-life-care-swedish-welfare-state - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 9 April 2025 With the Amazon under threat, Jesica López receives the Agenda 2030 Award for her research showing how cattle ranching is driving deforestation - and for her efforts to promote dialogue between communities, policymakers and landowners. Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding c

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/jesica-lopez-honoured-her-fight-future-amazon - 2025-07-05

Published 8 May 2025 We are proud to have two newly awarded PhDs within the Agenda 2030 Graduate School! Congratulations to Linn Ternsjö at Lund University School of Economics and Management and Billy Jones at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, who both successfully defended their theses with distinction. Linn Ternsjö to the far left. Linn Ternsjö’s research explores how the textile i

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/congratulations-our-new-phds - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 12 May 2025 Photo: Markus Spiske/Unsplash Johan Rockström, Gunhild Stordalen and Christer Fuglesang are among the headline speakers – and so is Anna Stubbendorff, an Agenda 2030 PhD student specialising in sustainable diets. Ahead of the Key Symposium, “Planetary Health – connect the dots. What saves the planet saves o

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/sustainable-diets-global-stage-three-questions-anna-stubbendorff - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 27 June 2025 Billy Jones explored in his thesis why aid projects in northern Kenya often fail and how local knowledge can contribute to more sustainable development for pastoralists. For hundreds of years, people have made a living from livestock herding in rural Kenya. Today, their traditional way of life is increasin

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/research-shows-sustainable-development-requires-locally-rooted-aid - 2025-07-05

By elmurod [dot] sobirov [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Elmurod Sobirov) - published 3 February 2024 The launch of the project “MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective” (MARS) took place in Istanbul on February 1-2, 2024. The project kick-off meeting brought together the researchers from all project partners to discuss the project idea, the implementation process and the resear

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/mars-project-kick-event-took-place-february-1-2-2024 - 2025-07-05

By elmurod [dot] sobirov [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Elmurod Sobirov) - published 5 February 2024 The MARS Workshop, titled "Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to Studying Migration and Mobilities in Non-Western Migration Locales," convened in Istanbul on February 3-4, 2024. It brought together both experienced and early-stage researchers of the MARS project to discuss methodologies and

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/mars-workshop-migration-methodologies-non-western-contexts - 2025-07-05

By chekhros [dot] kilichova [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Chekhros Kilichova) - published 10 January 2025 MARS project members participated in the joint conference of the CESS and ESCAS on January 8-10, 2025 in Lisbon A few MARS project members presented their research at the joint CESS and ESCAS conference, which took place on January 8–10, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal. The international Conference

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/participation-joint-conference-cess-and-escas - 2025-07-05