The proliferation of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) presents significant challenges to societal cohesion, trust in institutions, and democratic processes. Research methodologies that explore the broader theme of FIMI include surveys, behavioural modelling, psychometric tests, computational ‘big data’ approaches and Artificial Intelligence (AI). To deepen our understanding of the methodological landscape of the scientific study of FIMI and develop effective strategies, we invite researchers of all ranks (PhD candidates to Full Professors, as well as researchers from non-academic research institutes) to contribute to an interdisciplinary workshop.
This event will focus on the micro, meso and macro-level correlates and drivers of FIMI vulnerability and public attitudes related to such tactics. We are also interested in studies that measure and conceptualise its socio-political consequences and its impacts on collective action, societal structures and democratic processes. The primary goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for empirical researchers of information warfare, information manipulation, propaganda, hybrid warfare, and FIMI, with a particular interest in those who study novel and experimental methods. By bringing scholars who explore psychological, behavioural, social, digital, diplomatic and cultural correlates and drivers of FIMI, we seek to produce a tour d’horizon of the most recent research methods used in information manipulation and warfare. We aim to create a platform for interdisciplinary exchange, fostering holistic and multidimensional approaches in understanding and addressing FIMI.
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