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About Larissa Doroshenko

Larissa Doroshenko is an open-source intelligence analyst at the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the German Marshall Fund. An expert in state-sponsored disinformation, she detects and analyzes foreign information manipulation and interference using ASD tools and other computational methods. Prior to joining ASD, Larissa taught and conducted research at Northeastern University’s Communication Studies Department and the Network Science Institute. Her projects examined the use of new media for disinformation campaigns and sought ways to mitigate their influence through early detection and grassroot activism. Larissa’s research about political campaigning and citizens’ online engagement in Ukraine received support from the Open Society Foundation and appeared in leading academic journals and edited volumes. Larissa received her bachelor’s in journalism from Belarusian State University, her master’s in media and communications from Mid Sweden University, and her doctorate in political communication with a minor in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to English, Larissa is fluent in her native Belarusian, Russian, Polish, and has a working knowledge of French.