Dominika Hajdu is Research Fellow and Programme Manager of the Strategic Communication Programme, which focuses on defending democracy against subversive efforts aiming to undermine it and at the examination of strategies, actors and tools utilised in information operations.
In research, she focuses on the impact of information operations and social media on a democratic society; on cognitive security; and on strategic communication of the public sector. In her current capacity, she has led several international research, awareness-raising and capacity-building projects for various target groups aiming to build societal and state resilience.
In her previous capacities, Dominika has gained experience working first in an advertising sector and later with the EU policy-making, having trained at the EU’s Committee of the Regions and worked for a public affairs agency in Brussels.
Dominika holds a BA in European Studies from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the Comenius University in Bratislava, and a MA in EU Foreign Policy from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
Publications
- Slovenské voľby 2020 v informačnom priestore
- Youth Trends 2020
- Ako sa brániť proti informačným operáciám: príručka pre komunikátorov
- Strategická komunikácia v podmienkach Slovenskej republiky
- GLOBSEC Trends 2019: Central Europe 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain
- From Online Battlefield to Loss of Trust?
- Nationalistic Populism and Its Reception in Central Europe
- GLOBSEC Trends 2018 – Central Europe: One region, different perspectives
- Generation Trends 2018
- Connected (with) Youth (EN)
- Connected (with) Youth (SK)
- From Democracy Defenders to Foreign Agents
- Slovakia: A Pro-European Island in Central Europe?
- GLOBSEC Trends 2017
- The US and Its Values in CEE’s War of Narratives
Core projects
- Strengthening Public Diplomacy in Central Europe
- Countering Disinformation in the V4 and Western Balkans: mapping needs, building capacity and generating civic activism
- Nationalistic populism and its reception in Central Europe
Key activities beyond research
- Interactive map on How much do you know about Central and Eastern Europe?
- Campaigns with influencers increasing the awareness about false news online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJdwJzM89jo&t=54s & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNZd6njqiE&t=1s
- Online course on media and disinformation: https://www.knowhoax.org/
- Online toolkit for active citizens keen to know more about helping free societies from the pressure of disinformation and false news: https://counterdisinfo.org/
- Capacity-building trainings for civil society organisations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VFs0IqEnt8
Current projects
- Strengthening Public Diplomacy in Central Europe
- Strengthening the capacity and resilience of public administration to hybrid threats
- HADES: Exposing Russian Information Operations in Frontline States