Until recently, the Nordics enjoyed the reputation of the region successfully resisting threats from disinformation. All countries in the region are traditionally scoring low in the studies measuring conspiratorial believes, and high in rankings of social and political trust.
The Nordics also enjoy leading position of the Free Media Ranking. But recent years, and the growing concerns regarding growth of populist movements in the region, as well as increased security threats and the spread of hybrid wars show that even the Nordic outliers are not immune to the new challenges. The aim of this network is to provide a better understanding of the levels of preparedness of Nordic communities to challenges posed by the current and upcoming disinformation threats (broadly understood).
We are interested in understanding historical, social and regional factors that shape the region’s resilience and how they can inform contemporary adaptive governance for preparedness and crisis mitigation. By examining current and past strategies to fight disinformation in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden this network will provide a space for identifying and sharing the best practices but also challenges to counter disinformation while protecting democratic values and peaceful coexistence of societies.
Through this network we will examine the capacities of the Nordic societies for planning, detecting, responding, recovering from, and mitigating risks, threats, and emergencies related to disinformation.
