POLI-Tisch: Protection and resilience against disinformation in elections and campaigns

In the organizer's words:

English version. German version below. Registration: below.

Fake news and disinformation campaigns are already influential tools for state and non-state actors to spread their own narratives, manipulate opinion-forming in democratic systems, and destabilize liberal societies.

What approaches are available to democratic systems to defend themselves, become more resilient, and expand their capacities in the future? What role do state actors such as Russia or China play in spreading disinformation campaigns? And how do non-state actors operate? What actual influence can already be measured in our societies, and what can we expect in the future?

Together with the Embassy of Canada, Polis180's The America(n)s and Digitalization and Cybersecurity programs want to find answers to these questions. We warmly welcome you to join us on November 11, starting at 6:30 p.m. Together with Jennifer Irish*, founding director of the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa, we will explore the impact of disinformation campaigns on democratic societies and discourse. At the same time, we want to engage in conversation with you. What are your questions, your assessments of the challenges, and possible solutions for reducing the influence of disinformation campaigns on our overall social discourse?

Please note: The event will be held in English.

We look forward to your participation. Please register for the event in advance using the registration form below.

Rafael Bürkle (for the Digitalization & Cybersecurity programme); contact: rafael.buerkle@polis180.org

Robin Haug (for the program the America(n)s); contact: robin.haug@polis180.org

*About the speaker: Jennifer Irish is the founding director of the Information Integrity Lab at the university of Ottawa. She brings more than 35 years of career expertise in the foreign service and federal government with her, including 5 diplomatic postings abroad as well as further leadership experience in international security, global environment issues, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. She also served as Director General at the Integrated Terrorism Assesment Centre and as Director of Operations of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of Canada' Privy Council Office.

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Fake news and disinformation campaigns are already influential tools for state and non-state actors to spread their own narratives, manipulate the formation of opinion in democratic systems and destabilize liberal societies.

What approaches are there for democratic systems to defend themselves against this, to become more resilient and to expand their capacities in the future? What role do state actors such as Russia or China play in the spread of disinformation campaigns? And how do non-state actors act? What actual influence is already measurable in our societies and what can we expect in the future?

Together with the Canadian Embassy, Polis180's The America(n)s and Digitalization and Cybersecurity programmes want to find answers to these questions. On November 11, starting at 6:30 pm, we welcome you to join us. Together with Jennifer Irish*, founding director of the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa, we will take a closer look at the influence of disinformation campaigns on democratic societies and discourses. At the same time, we want to get into conversation with you. What are your questions, your assessments of challenges and possible solutions to reduce the influence of disinformation campaigns on our overall social discourse?

Please note: The event will be held in English.

We look forward to your participation. Please register for the event in advance using the registration form below.

Rafael Bürkle (for the Digitalization & Cybersecurity programme);contact: rafael.buerkle@polis180.org

Robin Haug (for the program the America(n)s);contact: robin.haug@polis180.org

*About the speaker: Jennifer Irish is the founding director of the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa. She has more than 35 years of professional experience in the Foreign Service of Canada and other leadership positions within Canadian federal agencies, including five diplomatic postings abroad, as well as other leadership experience in international security, global environmental issues, human rights and humanitarian affairs. She was also Director General of the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre and Director of Operations for the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of the Privy Council Office of Canada.

📅Date: Tuesday, 11.11.2025
🌎Location: oskar | freiwilligenagentur lichtenberg
Weitlingstraße 89, 10317 Berlin
🕗Time: 18.30-20.30 hrs

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