Sabina Mihelj joined the editorial board of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies, published by the Illiberalism Studies programme at George Washington University. The journal "aims to provide an intellectual space for critical analyses of the concept of illiberalism and its…
Václav Štětka was a speaker at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Regional Forum for Europe on 29 April 2021. Hosted by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (European University Institute, Florence), the event was part of UNESCO’s…
Sabina Mihelj delivered a presentation at the Virtual Scientific Conference organised by PERITIA (Policy, Expertise, and Trust), an EU-funded project investigating public trust in expertise. Held on 18-19 March, the theme of the conference was 'Trust in Expertise in a…
Václav Štětka delivered a talk on 20 November 2020 at the inaugural event of the newly launched Jean Monnet Network on European Media and Platform Policies - EuromediApp (http://euromediapp.org/). Organized in collaboration with the Euromedia Research Group (http://www.euromediagroup.org/), the online…
Sabina Mihelj gave a keynote at the annual ‘Moscow Readings’ conference, organised by the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, with support from the International Media and Communication research Association and UNESCO. The conference took place online on 19-20…
The Illiberal Turn team has published a study exploring how exposure to particular media types and news content impacts on attitudes to immigration and support for populism in the Czech Republic. Combining a 2-wave panel survey, digital data tracing, real-time…
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented our project team with unexpected challenges, but also opportunities. In several countries of Eastern Europe – including some of the countries covered in our project – the introduction of emergency measures coincided not only with…
We are very excited to announce that we are officially expanding our research team with three new members. Dr Markéta Doležalová, Dr Damian Guzek and Dr Ana Stojiljkovic are joining us as Local Research Assistants, working on the qualitative strand…
The New Year also brings a new member to the ‘Illiberal Turn’ project team: we are delighted to announce that we have recruited our second Research Associate, who will be working on the qualitative strand of the project with Professor…
Following the successful completion of Work Package 1 – which combined population surveys, digital tracking, media diaries and interviews, all conducted in the context of the 2019 EP elections in the Czech Republic – the research has now moved on…