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URL:https://www.ukais.org/events/ukais-seminar-counter-institutionalizatio
 n-and-the-struggle-for-epistemic-authority-in-the-age-of-disinformation/
SUMMARY:UKAIS Seminar ‘Counter-Institutionalization and the Struggle for 
 Epistemic Authority in the Age of Disinformation
DESCRIPTION:UKAIS is delighted to invite you an online seminar delivered by
  Serhii Prokopenko\, Researcher &amp\; Media Practitioner at Simon Kuznets
  Kharkiv National University of Economics\, Ukraine. The seminar will take
  place on the 4th of June 12-1pm on zoom\n\nSerhii’s talk is entitled 
 ‘Counter-Institutionalization and the Struggle for Epistemic Authority i
 n the Age of Disinformation’ and draws on a paper which received the run
 ner-up place for a research-in-progress paper in the UKAIS conference this
  year. You can find an abstract and a brief bio below.\n\nABSTRACT:\nThe p
 aper examines contemporary disinformation as a process of counter-institut
 ionalization through which institutional interventions reshape epistemic a
 uthority within global information ecosystems. Drawing on neo-institutiona
 l theory (DiMaggio &amp\; Powell\, 1983) and the concept of counter-instit
 utionalization (Zürn\, 2018)\, the study employs a qualitative critical c
 ase study design that integrates discursive analysis\, comparative institu
 tional analysis\, and network-oriented examination of transnational inform
 ation infrastructures.\nThe paper contributes to research on disinformatio
 n and global media governance by shifting the analytical focus from conten
 t-level manipulation to institutional-level strategies of epistemic contes
 tation.\n\nThe findings show how credibility-producing institutional forms
  are selectively replicated and reoriented to contest the authority of est
 ablished fact-checking networks\, underscoring the need for resilience app
 roaches that extend beyond content correction to institutional safeguards.
 \n\nBIO:\nSerhii Prokopenko is a PhD researcher at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv N
 ational University of Economics (Ukraine) and an editor at Gwara Media\, a
 n independent newsroom in Kharkiv. His research examines disinformation an
 d organizational resilience\, focusing on epistemic authority\, digital in
 frastructures\, and organizational management in the context of geopolitic
 al instability. His work combines organizational theory with field-based d
 ata from extreme contexts\, including sustained infrastructural disruption
  and information warfare.\n\nZOOM INVITE\n\nDimitra Petrakaki is inviting 
 you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.\n\nTopic: UKAIS June Seminar\n\nTime: Jun
  4\, 2026 12:00 PM London\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\nhttps://universityofsuss
 ex.zoom.us/j/85681721940\n\nMeeting ID: 856 8172 1940
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