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WEASA 2020 opens with an inaugural talk by Peter Chase
We opened up WEASA 2020 with an inaugural talk by Peter Chase, an expert at transatlantic affairs working with the German Marshall Fund. The conversation, entitled The Digital Transatlantic Rift, looked at why the EU and US often cannot agree on matters related to digital regulation. Both sides have different legal systems, political cultures, and […]
MoreNew WEASA rules of procedure are available
We have updated the WEASA rules of procedure. We urge all WEASA applicants to familiarise themselves with the rules – available here – before applying.
MoreWe have selected the winners of our WEASA 2019 small grants programme!
After a lengthy selection process, we have selected the winners of the WEASA 2019 small grants programme! The following projects will receive funding: An analysis of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Campaign within the framework of 2019 Parliamentary Election and Union State integration processes in Belarus The publishing of a textbook entitled Soft Power in […]
MoreWEASA 2019 – week two!
We hit the ground running in week two. Miranda Spivack, a Fulbright Scholar and investigative journalist who worked at outlets such as the Washington Post, provided us with an in-depth view of journalism in the 21st century. We talked about how to best tackle the scourge of disinformation and fake news and improve the quality […]
MoreWEASA 2019 – the first week
WEASA 2019’s first week has officially come to an end! We begun the week with a discussion with Dariusz Jemielniak, a Fulbright Program Alumnus and Full Professor of Management at Koźmiński University. Talks focused primarily on the wider relationship between humans and technology – to what degree will technology transform our lives in the coming […]
MoreWEASA 2019 had its official inauguration ceremony!
This year’s WEASA opened up with a speech by Ryan Heath – one of Europe’s most recognisable political correspondents. He held a deep conversation with participants on issues as diverse as the power of big tech, regulation, algorithms, and European politics. Much of it focused on how the digital era changed the face of modern […]
MoreWe have selected small grant projects to support
Every year, we work on making sure that there are some follow-ups to WEASA, be it informal meetings with the summer school alumni or a publication showing off participants’ work. We have something even more exciting in store this year: for the first time ever, we will be launching a small grants programme. This will […]
MoreWEASA – the final days
Wednesday focused on a completely new topic: free speech online and social media moderation. We met tech ethicist Matthew Stender and discussed what content should be kept off social media, and what can stay up. This is a difficult question. Participants themselves could not universally agree on what content should stay up and what should […]
MoreWEASA – days six and seven
We hit the ground running in the second week of WEASA. On Monday, we welcomed veteran journalist Edward Lucas, who shared his immense knowledge on matters related to modern journalism, disinformation, and much more. Participants had the chance to listen to his lectures, while also taking part in an extensive Q&A session, during which they […]
MoreWEASA – days four and five
Day four. Things are getting real. We are continuing to focus on information and disinformation. Margo Gontar from StopFake.org has visited our summer school, and we are conducting an exercise in which participants are designing their own disinformation campaigns. (We do, of course, follow up on those campaigns immediately, learning how we could fact-check the […]
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