Call for the 2nd OCDS International Winter School on Disinformation
The Odesa Centre for Disinformation Studies (OCDS) is pleased to announce the 2nd OCDS International Winter School devoted to the challenges of disinformation in contemporary world politics.
The Winter School will be held online from 27 to 29 January 2026, and all sessions will be conducted in English.
This year’s programme focuses on analysing how disinformation strategies influence global political and communication processes. Participants will examine the evolution of Russian propaganda across different regions, evaluate the impact of misleading narratives on international security, and explore global experiences in combating disinformation and propaganda.
The School aims to broaden the understanding of analytical and research methods used to study disinformation, while also encouraging young researchers to engage in expert-level discussions about information manipulation, propaganda tools, and their significance in foreign policy.
Empowering the Geopolitical EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans
This blog post was prepared by Yillia Tarasiuk, representative of the Odesa team in
101132692 — GEO-POWER-EU — HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01 - Empowering the Geopolitical EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans
Project acronym: GEO-POWER-EU
Project duration: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2027
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Project goals and specific tasks: Starting in and continuing for three years, a consortium of 14 partner institutions has embarked on the “GEO-POWER-EU: Empowering the Geopolitical EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans” project, funded by the European Union’s H2020 Research and Innovation programme.
Cultural and social impact of the Turkish Republic on Ukraine in 2008-2024 (PDF)
The 1st International Winter School of the OCDS took place during February 17-19, 2025.
The school’s geography was very wide: we have had participants from Lithuania and the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy, and Turkey to distant Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, and Malaysia. Our lectors represent the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Bulgaria, and Mexico.
Feedbacks from more than 30 participants were positive: 83.3% evaluated School as excellent, 16.7% as good. The best opinions were told about level of delivered lectures from Ivanka Mavrodieva (Bulgaria), Ernesto Calvo (the USA) and José Joel Peña Llanes (Mexico). 100% of participants wrote, that they would recommend such events to their fellows.
Call for OCDS International Winter School on Disinformation
The Odesa Centre for Disinformation Studies (OCDS) will organize the 1st OCDS International Winter School on Disinformation in Modern World Politics.
The meeting will be organised online, and the preliminary dates are scheduled for February 17-19, 2025. All lectures at the OCDS International Winter School are held in English.
On the martinoticias.com page
On the martinoticias.com page, in the special section dedicated to the collaboration between the Office of Cuban Broadcasting (OCB) and OCDS, a new article has been added: Olga Brusylovska, Iryna Maksymenko “Informe Especial sobre votación de Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua entre 2014 - 2023 (Parte I)”.
Kateryna Vakarchuk took part in the event from January 22 to March 3, 2024 on the topic "Hybrid threats in the modern world"
The event was organized under the joint plan of the State Higher Educational Institution "Uzhhorod National University", the NGO "Institute of World Policy", the Volyn Regional Branch of the Center for Ukrainian and European Scientific Cooperation.
A new article has been added to the page martinoticias.com
On the martinoticias.com page, in the special section dedicated to the collaboration between the Office of Cuban Broadcasting (OCB) and OCDS, a new article has been added:
Kateryna Vakarchuk, Maiia Nikolaieva «Cuba, una pieza clave en la propaganda de Rusia contra Ucrania», https://www.martinoticias.com/a/cuba-una-pieza-clave-en-la-propaganda-de-rusia-contra-ucrania/384175.html
The Willy Brandt Centre organized a workshop
The Willy Brandt Centre organized a workshop “Contested solidarity: perceptions and attitudes towards the Russian war against Ukraine in Latin America and Europe” on March 12, 2024, in hybrid format in English, dedicated to the second anniversary of the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. At the workshop, the issues of the attitude of European countries towards Ukraine and the influence of Russian propaganda in the countries of Latin America were discussed. Kateryna Vakarchuk, an employee of the OCDS, took part in the workshop.
The special section created on martinoticias
Thanks to Alvaro Alba, Deputy Director Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)/ USAGM, the special section created on martinoticias.com for the publications dedicated to cooperation between the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) and the OCDS: www.martinoticias.com
For the moment it consists of an introductory article, the USAGM publication at the beginning of the joint work, the two articles by Kateryna Vakarchuk and her two videos. We will be adding to the section the materials that will be made in the future!
2nd International Round Table “INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DIGITAL AGE”
2nd International Round Table “INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DIGITAL AGE”, November 28. Format: online (remote). Purpose: discussion of current issues of international digital media communications. Kateryna Vakarchuk proposed the presentation "Russian propaganda in media of Latin American countries", noting the main narratives that Russia is spreading in the region, appealing to the colonial past of Latin American countries and strengthening anti-American sentiment.
