Dr Sophie Vériter is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, where she completed her doctorate under the supervision of Professor Joachim Koops. She specialises in misinformation and counter-misinformation policies, with a particular focus on the European Union, its eastern neighbourhood, and the broader politics of strategic communication, hybrid threats, and information governance. Her work takes an inter-disciplinary approach, drawing on law, political science, international relations, and security studies.

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Dr Sophie Vériter is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, where she completed her doctorate under the supervision of Professor Joachim Koops. She specialises in misinformation and counter-misinformation policies, with a particular focus on the European Union, its eastern neighbourhood, and the broader politics of strategic communication, hybrid threats, and information governance. Her work takes an inter-disciplinary approach, drawing on law, political science, international relations, and security studies.

Her research examines how political narratives and procedural choices shape information governance, asking how contemporary problems at the intersection of communications, technology, and democracy might be addressed. Recent work explores how complexity science, web3 and blockchain, and artificial intelligence might be brought to bear on the design of information-governance regimes. Selected publications include 'The Collective Securitisation of 'Disinformation' and the EU's Ban on Russia Today and Sputnik' (International Affairs); 'Countering Misinformation in the EU: Origins, Evolution, and Prospects'; 'Small-State Influence in EU Security Governance: Unveiling Latvian Lobbying against Disinformation'; 'Responding to the COVID-19 'Infodemic': National Countermeasures against Information Influence in Europe' (with Monica Kaminska, Dennis Broeders, and Joachim Koops); and 'Tackling COVID-19 Disinformation: Internal and External Challenges for the European Union' (with Corneliu Bjola and Joachim Koops).

Vériter holds a PhD in Security and Global Affairs from Leiden University, an MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford, and a BA in International Affairs from the Brussels School of Governance. She is a Europaeum Scholar and has held scholarships from the RENPET and Europaeum Networks. She worked on the Europe's Stories research project led by Timothy Garton Ash at the University of Oxford, and has consulted for NATO, the European Union, and leading think tanks. Earlier in her career she designed, launched, and led the Young European Ambassadors network, the flagship initiative of the EU's largest external communication programme.

A committed public communicator, Vériter has delivered over two hundred lectures at schools, universities, and high-profile venues including the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the World Press Institute, and The New York Times. She has served on the editorial board of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy since 2020. Beyond academia she is a social entrepreneur and democracy activist, and writes about global affairs, technology, academia, and personal development at sophiepomme.com.

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