Research
Phd in Politics (2019 - now)
University of Manchester
Supervisors: Dr Martin Coward and Dr Andreja Zevnik
Based on the assumption that discourses, in digital environments, can be legitimised through authoritative performance and visibility, I am investigating how and why cultural Marxism, deep state, great replacement, and white genocide have been legitimised in online spaces. My research makes four contributions to politics and international relations.
My project makes at least three contributions to existing debates on the way digital technologies have been exploited to advance a xenophobic, racist, and sexist agenda. Firstly, it illuminates how novel ways of claiming authority facilitated by the internet have been used to invest stigmatizing conspiracy theories with the force of ”truth” either under the form of scientific knowledge or news. Secondly, it exposes how racist and sexist fantasies deeply rooted in our society have favoured the emergence of the alt-right. Thirdly, it demonstrates how the alt-right has become capable of triggering its own regime of conspiratorial “truth”
Co-lead of the Research Cluster Democracy and Trust
(2021 - 2022)
University of Manchester
Principal investigator of MAFTI
Mapping the Far-right "truth" industry
(04/2021 - now)
Independent research group
September 2019 - Now
Teaching
GTA
World Politics since 1945
Now
King's College London
GTA
Trust and Security
Now
University of Manchester
GTA
Questions about International Politics
(09/2022 - 01/2023)
University of Manchester
GTA / Lecturer
Conspiracy Theories and Democracy
Now
(01/2022 - 06/2022)
King's College London
Lecturer
MA Introduction to
Digital Culture and Society
(09/2021 - 01/2022)
King's College London
GTA
International Relations and Politics
(09/2020 - 01/2021)
University of Manchester
Industry experience
Digital Assistant
(05/2021 - now)
Review of International Studies
As a digital assistant for the Journal Review of International Studies published by Cambridge University Press, I am responsible for building its online presence across different social media networks - Twitter (@RISjnl), and
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RISjournal).
My tasks involve the production of social media content and the development of campaigns to engage internet users with its contents in a creative and effective way. In my first month in this position, the number of followers on Facebook increased by 8%.
Founder and CEO
(10/2018 - 01/2022)
Words Heal the World
Through the methodology called Educ-(ac)tion, I have equipped undergraduate and Master students from the UK, Brazil, and Argentina with knowledge and skills to challenge online hate speech and develop strategies to tackle different types of extremism. Under my supervision, over 30 students (per term) produced three short documentaries, developed social media campaigns, wrote articles, produced the report Hate Map of Brazil, and facilitated the workshop "From student to student: sharing skills to challenge hate" in Brazilian high schools."
Words Heal the World is a non-profit limited company registered in the UK (Registration number: 11601612).
For more information: https://www.wordshealtheworld.com
Conferences
Conferences
BISA 2022 (06/2022)
Accepted paper: "The dangerous impact of the digitalisation of international politics: the Alt-Right Regimes of 'Conspiratorial Truth'"
Council for European Studies 2022 (06/2022)
Accepted paper: ”Assessing The Risks To Democracy In The Digital Era: The Alt-Right Regimes Of 'Conspiratorial Truth'"
ISA 2022 (03/2022)
International Studies Association
Accepted paper: ”Examining power in network societies: the importance of transdisciplinarity to understand digital political phenomena”
PSA 2022 (04/2022)
Political Studies Association
Accepted paper: ”From 'stigmatized' to 'legitimate' knowledge: the Alt-Right Regimes of 'Conspiratorial Truth'”
TECH 2018 Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (11/2018)
UNESCO MGIEP - Vizag, India
Presented paper: “Challenging extremism through educ-(ac)tion: how students can break the vicious circle of hate”
Fellowships
2023: WHEN (Women’s Higher Education Network)
100 Black Women Professors Now Programme
2022: Center of Discourse Studies