Date: Friday, 26 September 2025, 1:00–6:30 p.m.
Venue: Pilecki Institute, Berlin, Pariser Platz 4a, 10117 Berlin
Application deadline: 19 September 2025
Invitation
Recent European Commission surveys on citizens’ knowledge and attitudes toward science and technology highlight a growing concern: disinformation is increasingly shaping public opinion and weakening trust in knowledge, expertise, and education. A particularly striking example is Russian disinformation surrounding the war in Ukraine, which not only influences political discourse but also challenges educators and cultural institutions in their efforts to promote critical thinking and media literacy.
Against this backdrop, we warmly invite teachers, educators, staff of cultural institutions, researchers, and journalists to our workshop “Countering Disinformation”. The event will explore the impact of disinformation on educational practice and cultural projects, with a focus on history education, the cultivation of critical thinking in the classroom, and strategies for addressing false narratives in today’s so-called post-truth era.
Participants will engage with experts from the fields of history, culture, journalism, and open-source intelligence, and will leave with practical tools for their professional contexts. A certificate of participation will be awarded.
Opening remarks by the organizers (CBH PAN, Pilecki Institute Berlin, Polish Institute in Berlin)
Joanna Urbanek (House of European History, Brussels; curator of the touring exhibition "Fake for Real. A History of Forgery and Falsification", on the history of disinformation, currently at the Museum of the Second World War, Gdańsk)
Marcus Welsch (documentary filmmaker, publicist, and OSINT analyst covering the Russian war in Ukraine since 2014)
Iryna Shulikina (Executive Director at Vitsche e.V., activist, communication & cultural manager)
