Angelika Sharygina

Ms Angelika Sharygina research focuses on identifying and analysing fake news, misinformation, harmful content, and extremist groups online.

Sharygina joined Trépel lab at Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience as a Visiting Researcher in March 2022, and started her PhD on the consequences of misinformation in conflict and war. Sharygina holds a King's College London Master's in War Studies. Drawing upon her expertise in foreign affairs and diplomacy, Sharigina navigates the intersections of geopolitics, information integrity and cutting-edge technologies. Recent works include being commissioned by Reuters Foundation to produce a report "Ukraine. Media consumption and perceptions.”

Sharygina is specialising in research on interventions for misinformation, and is a strategic policy advisor and has a focus on impact-driven technologies and promoting responsible AI use with a human-centered approach