Talks & Workshops

I deliver presentations, facilitate workshops, engage in panel discussions, and serve as a moderator, especially on topics related to Digital, Politics & Society. These include issues such as disinformation, fact-checking and verification, conspiracy theories, right-wing extremism, and right-wing terrorism.

Send your inquiries to: hallo@karolinschwarz.de

A more detailed selection of past events in German and English can be found here.

English-language Talks and Workshops

Impact of Disinformation and Misinformation on Widening Existing Fissures in Society (talk & discussion) und Perspectives to Managing Disinformation and Misinformation (chair) | (2024, AICHR-EU Dialogue on Disinformation and Misinformation, Singapur)

Workshop: Debunking and Verification | (2023, German-Armenian exchange program for journalists, Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin)

“From Websites to Social Media” – A history of far-right mobilization online | Keynote (2022, INACH Annual Conference, Amsterdam)

Jessica Bateman & Karolin Schwarz: Mapping climate change disinformation and far-right narratives on environmentalism | (2021, UdK, Online)

Workshops on digital security, social media and disinformation | (2019., elbarlament & Women Now, Lebanon)

New challenges for media freedom in South East Europe | Panel | (2019, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung & Albanian Media Institute, Tirana)

Milton Wolf Seminar | Input & Diskussion | (2019, Diplomatic Acadeny, Vienna)

Hoaxmap – Countering “Fake News” in Germany | Presentation and panel at the Civic Education Conference (2018, Network Arab Civic Education, Casablanca)

Verification – Tracking disinformation on the web | Seminar with Eoghan Sweeney, Digital Journalism Fellowship (2018, Hamburg Media School, Hamburg)

CENS Workshop on Understanding and Countering Disinformation, Online Falsehoods and Fake News | Presentation and Q&A (2018, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore)

Joint hearing on “Migrant invasion: hype or reality?” (2017, No Hate Parliamentary Alliance & Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg)

Panel with Rebecca Anselm & Bjørn Ihler, Moderation Julia Ebner, OCCI European Summit (2017, Open Civil Courage Initiative, Paris)

Presentation and Panel at the XI South East Europe Media Forum (2017, South East Europe Media Organisation, Sofia)

Public hearing on “Scientific and Academic Culture to Counter Radicalism and Fake News” (2017, European Parliament, Brussels)

CENS Workshop on Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation & Smears (DRUMS) | Presentation and Panel  (2017, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore)

Investigative journalism for the German-speaking world | Presentation, Conference “Keep it Real: Truth and Trust in the Media” (2017, WAN-IFRA, Singapore)