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Joanna Szostek joined the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in September 2018 and is currently a senior lecturer in Political Communication. She is an associate fellow at the Russia Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Her research primarily focuses on the media's role in international relations, particularly regarding the projection and reception of strategic narratives and the challenges autocracies face in exerting influence over democratic states through media. Szostek has conducted extensive research on Ukraine and Russia, including leading a project investigating the reception of competing political narratives among audiences in Ukraine from 2015 to 2018, which was funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship from the European Commission. She has also been involved in projects funded by the British Academy that examine media use among peripheral audiences in Ukraine and its implications for state security. Szostek's work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, and she has provided commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine to various national and international media outlets. She holds a doctorate in Politics from the University of Oxford and has professional experience that includes years at the BBC and living in Russia and Ukraine.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Teaching and conducting research in Political Communication, focusing on the media's role in international relations.