Ignoring antagonistic information threats: Costs and evidence from Ukraine

About the event

The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) together with the Swedish Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia (SUCC), will host a high-level expert event titled “Ignoring Antagonistic Information Threats: Costs and Evidence from Ukraine.”

As democracies worldwide grapple with mounting disinformation, influence operations, and hybrid threats, Ukraine’s experience offers an evidence base for understanding what happens when such threats are underestimated or ignored. This event will bring together leading Ukrainian and international experts to examine the economic, political, and societal consequences of antagonistic information aggression, and to discuss what Europe must learn from Ukraine’s decade on the front lines.

The program features keynote addresses and a panel discussion focused on evidence from Ukraine, implications for Europe, and emerging policy priorities for resilience-building and strategic communication.

The event will open with remarks from Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE, and Rikard Westerberg, Director of CSSC at SSE.

Special guest

Special opening remarks from Svitlana Zalishchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Keynote speakers

Liubov Tsybulska, Director, Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Ukraine.

Natalia Mishyna, Advisor, State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.

Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics.

A panel discussion, moderated by Anna Anisimova (SITE/SSE), will bring together the keynote speakers and:

Mary Prokhorova, expert in information security and digital communication Swedish Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia  and  co- founder Nordic- Ukrainian Working Group.

James Pamment, Director of the Lund University Psychological Defence Research Institute,  to explore how Ukraine’s lessons can guide European resilience-building and strategic communication. 

Photo: Johan Persson

Program

A detailed program will be published closer to the event date.

Registration

To attend the event, please complete your registration by [clicking here]. Venue details will be shared exclusively with confirmed attendees.

Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at site@hhs.se.