Publications

Peer-reviewed research and published reports

Alongside our client work, our research appears in academic journals and institutional publications, from WHO operational guidance to peer-reviewed studies of health and climate discourse.

Peer-reviewedBMC Public Health, Springer2024
BMC Public Health | March 2024 | DOI 10.1186/s12889-024-17718-4

A thematic analysis of how users expressed pandemic fatigue across digital platforms, identifying the narrative themes that matter for infodemic management as new health emergencies emerged.

WHO-EuropeOperational toolkit2024
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe | January 2024

A five-step operational process, from signal detection through verification, risk assessment, response design, and outreach, giving health authorities a practical framework for active infodemic management.

Commissioned reportChanging Markets Foundation2023
Changing Markets Foundation | November 2023

A deep analysis of information and misinformation on social media around the production and consumption of animal products, and the narratives shaping debate on meat and dairy alternatives.

Peer-reviewedJMIR Infodemiology2023
JMIR Infodemiology, 3 (2023): e47317 | August 2023

A development and implementation study of the World Health Organization's Early AI-Supported Response with Social Listening (EARS) platform, adapting social analytics for real-time public-health understanding.

Institutional reportFletcher School, Tufts2022
Digital Planet, The Fletcher School at Tufts University | September 2022

Drawing on more than 873 million online interactions, a demonstration of how real-time social analytics can serve as a sensing function for inclusive policymaking and crisis management.

Talks and appearances

Selected webinars, panels, trainings, and invited talks where we have presented our research. Each links to a recording or slides where one is publicly available.

WebinarMadre BravaRecording
Industry webinar with Madre Brava, for advocacy, retail, and brand teams

A walkthrough of the three archetypes of male creators championing plant protein, and what they mean for anyone trying to reach young men with plant-based messaging.

PodcastCommunicating Climate ChangeRecording
Communicating Climate Change podcast | April 2023

A conversation on our bottom-up, big-data approach to uncovering large-scale behavioral and cultural insight on the climate crisis, including climate anxiety.

WorkshopMaastricht University
Why it’s time to rethink climate anxiety: new research challenges old assumptions
Earth Day workshop, Maastricht University | 20 April 2023

A digitally interactive session on the spectrum of climate-related emotions beyond anxiety, including grief, guilt, and anger, framed through our bottom-up social listening approach. Attendees spanned data science, policy, law, and engineering. Key takeaways from the workshop →

ConferenceEU DisinfoLabRiga
EU DisinfoLab 2024 Annual Conference, Riga, Latvia | 9 October 2024

A session on how bad-faith actors hijack online conversations to deepen polarization and stall climate progress, drawing on our research into misinformation's reach across climate, public health, digital democracy, and human rights. Real-world examples and case studies equipped UN agencies, policymakers, NGOs, researchers, funders, and media with ways to counter misinformation in moments of crisis.

PodcastCities 1.5Recording
Cities 1.5 podcast, University of Toronto Press, supported by C40 Cities | 19 November 2024

A discussion of how large-scale data, behavioral, and cultural insight expose the mechanisms behind climate and health dis- and misinformation: the sources, the denialist network strategies, and the tactics used to stall climate progress. Key takeaways from the discussion →

WebinarEDMO
European Digital Media Observatory training series | 13 February 2025

A virtual training on interdisciplinary approaches to health disinformation that goes beyond vaccines, covering how false narratives spread and gain traction, and how they intersect with and are amplified by climate disinformation. More on this session →

WebinarEU DisinfoLabBöll Stiftung
EU DisinfoLab webinar, supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Brussels | 15 May 2025

A panel on emerging climate disinformation trends and how these narratives reinforce information voids that erode public trust in climate solutions, initiatives, and policy, with a focus on building a more resilient information ecosystem.

ConferenceEU DisinfoLabLjubljana
EU DisinfoLab 2025 Annual Conference: Respond and prepare the future
Ljubljana, Slovenia | 15–16 October 2025

Link and session recap pending.

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We publish where it advances the field, and we work directly with partners on questions that are not yet in the literature.