7 September 2026
ECREA 2026 Pre-conference: Communication and Democratic Resilience: Perspectives and Pathways.
Conference presentation:
Democratic Resilience as Communicative Achievement: Organising Recognition, Grievances, and Participation. C. Cassinger. Presentation at the ECREA 2026 Pre-conference Communication and Democratic Resilience: Perspectives and Pathways, September 7, Brno. Czechia.
13-15 August 2026
Conference track: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty.
28th Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) Conference, 13-15 August, 2026, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Conference presentations:
Communicating Democratic Resilience: Exploring its Contradiction. C. Cassinger, N. Gustafsson, I. Karlsson. Presentation at the NFF Conference 2026, 15 August, Aarhus, Denmark.
29 June 2026
Conference presentation:
(De)securitizing influencers in the darker corners of social media. N. Pelevina, S. Laaksonen, E. Skënderi. Presentation at the IAMCR 2026 conference, June 28 – July 2, Galway, Ireland.
7 June 2026
Conference presentation:
“How Many of You Are Going to Vote for My Friend?” Democratic Participation of Social Media Influencers. N.M. Pelevina; E.H. Kannasto; E. Pöyry; H. Reinikainen; S. Laaksonen. Presentation at the International Communication Association ICA 2026, June 4-8 2026, Cape Town, South Africa.
4 June 2026
Conference presentation:
“POV: You wake up with the Viking you met last night” – contesting history narratives in synthetic Viking imagery. N. Pelevina, S. Laaksonen, H. Reinikainen & T. Sihvonen. Presentation at the ICA VCSD 2026 Pre-Conference – Decolonizing the Visual: Community, Memory, and Resistance. June 4, 2026, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
7 May 2026
Conference presentation:
Somevaikuttajat informaatioresilienssin ja maanpuolustussuhteen rakentajina? [Social media influencers as builders of information resilience and defense willingness?] H. Reinikainen, N. Pelevina & S. Laaksonen. Presentation at MEVI Days 2026, Vaasa, Finland.
6 March 2026
Official kick-off for INFLU-NORD in Helsingborg, Sweden: we are ready to get this project started!