Auksė Balčytienė is a professor of journalism and communication and UNESCO Co-Chair on MIL for Knowledge Inclusive Societies at VMU, Lithuania. She is PI for the EU funded project DIGIRES, which is a national association of academics, news media and media literacy NGOs (http://digires.lt). Her research focus is on digital media infused social changes, and democratic forms of resilience against information disorders (disinformation, fake narratives, instigations to conflict).