Heidi Tworek

About Heidi Tworek

Heidi Tworek is assistant professor of international history at the University of British Columbia, a visiting fellow at the Center for History and Economics at Harvard University, and a non-resident fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. She is working with the Alliance for Securing Democracy project at GMF on issues related to media. Tworek is the author or co-editor of three books forthcoming in 2018 on the history of news, business, and international organizations. Tworek has published in academic venues including Journal of Policy History, Business History Review, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Global History, Journalism Studies, and German History. She has also published in newspapers and magazines including Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, Politico, Wired, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. She previously held the position of assistant director of undergraduate studies and lecturer on history in the History Department at Harvard University. Tworek has held visiting fellowships at Birkbeck, University of London and the Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany. She was a fellow at the Transatlantic Academy at GMF in 2016–17. Tworek received her BA (Hons) in modern and medieval languages from the University of Cambridge and earned her PhD in history from Harvard University.

Paris Call Community for Countering Election Interference: What Democracies Can Learn from the Government of Canada

In November 2019, ASD partnered with Microsoft to launch the Community for Countering Election Interference, a multi-stakeholder forum dedicated both to raising global awareness of the threat cyberattacks pose to elections and other democratic insti [...]

2020-06-24T12:11:28-04:00May 26, 2020|By David Salvo and Heidi Tworek|

Heidi Tworek on State Control of Social Media in The Atlantic

ASD Non-resident Fellow Heidi Tworek uses the example of prewar Germany to discuss the problem of government over-regulation of media in The Atlantic. [...]

2020-06-25T15:58:26-04:00May 29, 2019|By Heidi Tworek|

Heidi Tworek Testifies Before the International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy, and Democracy

International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy, and Democracy May 27, 2019, Ottawa, Canada Remarks by Dr. Heidi Tworek, Assistant Professor of International History at the University of British Columbia, Visiting Fellow at the Joint Center for [...]

2019-06-20T14:11:58-04:00May 28, 2019|By Heidi Tworek|

The Next North American Election: How Canada Is Protecting Itself and What Can Still Be Done

Later this year, Canada faces its first federal elections since potential foreign interference became one of the main concerns for democratic elections in the 21st century. After extensive discussions and consultations, the government has taken sign [...]

2019-07-26T14:13:29-04:00March 5, 2019|By David Salvo and Heidi Tworek|

Responsible Reporting in an Age of Irresponsible Information

In Brief: Disinformation and misinformation seem to be everywhere. They are often spread by foreign actors like the Russian government who aim to stoke tensions within the United States. Other state or non-state actors may already be starting to co [...]

2018-06-22T23:27:44-04:00March 23, 2018|By Heidi Tworek|