Inga Kristina Trauthig

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Inga Kristina Trauthig is the head of research for the Propaganda Research Lab at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her PhD in Security Studies from King’s College London and was a research fellow with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at the Department of War Studies at King’s College. She speaks regularly to academic, media, and government audiences, and her writing has appeared in both popular and scholarly outlets. For example, she published on challenges of  “the Dweb” for the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), on new frontiers of disinformation for The Hill, or on the role of encrypted chat apps during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Lawfare. Inga is regularly consulted by policy and security professionals and has given oral evidence in the U.K. Parliament, for instance.