October 21, 2026 • Online
Global Disinformation Conference
Kharkiv 2026
Working languages: English • Ukrainian
Participation: Supported by the organizers (no registration fee)
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About the conference
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How disinformation works today
The Global Disinformation Conference Kharkiv 2026 brings together international scholars, policy experts, media professionals, and technologists to examine disinformation as a systemic global phenomenon operating across conflicts, crises, and digitally transformed information ecosystems.
The conference focuses on institutional, technological, and governance responses to disinformation at international, national, and regional levels, with particular attention to hybrid threats, platform power, and the resilience of democratic systems.
Accepted contributions will be published in the conference proceedings with an assigned DOI and ISBN.
Submission format
1. Extended abstract
Up to 5 pages
2. Presentation slides
Up to 10 slides
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Agenda
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Programme
09:00 – 12:00
Plenary Session
Keynote addresses by international and Ukrainian experts addressing
- Global disinformation infrastructures and coordinated campaigns
- Information security and epistemic warfare during armed conflict
- Institutional resilience of media systems and democratic societies
- Information security and epistemic warfare during armed conflict
- Institutional resilience of media systems and democratic societies
13:00 – 14:30
Panel I
Technological and Societal Responses to Disinformation
This panel explores cutting-edge approaches to countering information manipulation, including:
- AI-assisted fact-checking and automated detection systems
- Deepfake identification and synthetic media analysis
- Network analysis of coordinated inauthentic behavior
- OSINT investigations and cybersecurity strategies
- Media literacy, critical thinking, and psychological dimensions of virality
- Regulatory frameworks, digital democracy, and governance innovation
- AI-assisted fact-checking and automated detection systems
- Deepfake identification and synthetic media analysis
- Network analysis of coordinated inauthentic behavior
- OSINT investigations and cybersecurity strategies
- Media literacy, critical thinking, and psychological dimensions of virality
- Regulatory frameworks, digital democracy, and governance innovation
Moderators
Viktoriia Bolotova
PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor, Department of Media Communications, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
Liliia Zmii
PhD in Sociology, Head of the Press Service, Public Relations Center, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
14:30 – 16:00
Panel II
Hybrid Threats and Information Security
This session examines disinformation as a strategic tool within hybrid warfare and geopolitical competition:
- Systemic disinformation campaigns and sovereignty erosion
- Strategic communications and international counter-disinformation coalitions
- Export of authoritarian influence and democratic destabilization
- Electoral manipulation and economic disruption
- National information security strategies in contemporary conflicts
- Systemic disinformation campaigns and sovereignty erosion
- Strategic communications and international counter-disinformation coalitions
- Export of authoritarian influence and democratic destabilization
- Electoral manipulation and economic disruption
- National information security strategies in contemporary conflicts
Moderators
Kateryna Yaresko
PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.
Iryna Ivanova
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.
16:00 – 17:30
Panel III
Global Crises and Manipulative Narratives
The final panel addresses disinformation surrounding major global challenges:
- Climate change denial and energy transition narratives
- Migration, refugees, and humanitarian crises
- Pandemics, global biosecurity, and health misinformation
- Artificial intelligence and emerging technological risks
- Colonial legacies, neo-colonial narratives, and public diplomacy
- Climate change denial and energy transition narratives
- Migration, refugees, and humanitarian crises
- Pandemics, global biosecurity, and health misinformation
- Artificial intelligence and emerging technological risks
- Colonial legacies, neo-colonial narratives, and public diplomacy
Moderators
Nataliia Vinnykova
Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
Serhii Prokopenko
Editor and Publisher of Gwara Media, PhD in Management and Communication
17:30 – 18:00
Closing remarks
Synthesis of key insights and directions for future collaboration.
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We want Ukraine to be a source of practical knowledge on countering disinformation, which we turn into research impact at the global level
Serhii Prokopenko
Editor, Gwara Media
