The Team
Curator:
Victoria Smith has curated media since 2015 on issues as varied as developments in the Arabian Gulf, to counterterrorism and extremism and the international maritime industry. Victoria also works as Chief Strategist at the non-profit DISARM Foundation. Victoria has been monitoring influence operations-related news since January 2020. She has published a number of papers on the subject of Influence Operations including:
Perspectives for Influence Operations Investigators, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 25 October 2022
Best Practice Guidance For Influence Operations Research: Survey Shows Needs and Challenges, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2 August 2022
Attributing Information Influence Operations: Identifying those Responsible for Malicious Behaviour Online, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, 19 July 2022
IO Researchers’ Guild Individual Application Marking Prompt Sheet, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
IO Researchers’ Guild Application Marking Prompt Sheet (Organizations), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
How Social Media Platforms’ Community Standards Address Influence Operations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1 April 2021
Media Monitoring Archive, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 25 January 2021
Mapping Worldwide Initiatives to Counter Influence Operations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 14 December 2020
Survey on Countering Influence Operations Highlights Steep Challenges, Great Opportunities, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 7 December 2020
Unmasking the Truth: Public Health Experts, the Coronavirus, and the Raucous Marketplace of Ideas, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 16 July 2020
Communications:
Kate Saunders is a communications and digital marketing professional, who has worked across the corporate and financial services sector. Working for companies in London and the South West of England, Kate’s roles have been focused on communications, campaigns, copywriting. She has also assisted with event organisation, including regulatory briefings and roundtables on an international scale.