Democratic Integrity
ISD works to detect threats to democracy and democratic institutions around the world. Recent work includes safeguarding election integrity in the United States, the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Kenya, Australia, Ireland and Poland. Our work informs capacity-building efforts for civil society, briefings for national, state and local authorities, and expert testimony for federal committees on threats to democratic processes.
Further Reading
February 27, 2022
Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
January 19, 2022
Conspiracy Clickbait: This One Weird Trick Will Undermine Democracy
Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
December 1, 2021
Kalter Wind von Rechts: Wie rechte Parteien und Akteur:innen die Klimakrise zu ihren Gunsten missbrauchen Eine Analyse über falsche Fakten, Feindbilder und Desinformationsnarrative im Umfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021.
Climate, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism
December 1, 2021
German elections: ISD finds that right-wing party AfD greatly benefitted from the online climate debate
Anti-Migrant, Antisemitism, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism
June 21, 2021
Desinformationskampagnen gegen die Wahl: Befunde aus Sachsen-Anhalt
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence
February 19, 2021
UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by the political parties, and the need for new rules (joint paper)
Democratic Integrity, Resources, Tech Legislation and Regulation
December 29, 2020
Amarnath Amarasingam on the ability of some conspiracy theories to mitigate violent mobilisation
Democratic Integrity, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism
