Research
Below are some of the main publications by the Psychological Defence Research Institute and our affiliates.
2024
- Nygren T. & Ecker, U.K.K. (2024). Education as a countermeasure against disinformation. Lund University, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Working paper 2024:3. In Swedish: Utbildning för motståndskraft mot desinformation.
- Daskalovski, Z. & Damjanovski, S. (2024). Psychological Defence and Strategic Resilience: North Macedonia's response to hybrid threats and malign foreign influence and interference. Lund University, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Working paper 2024:2.
- Pamment, J. & Isaksson, E. (2024). Psychological Defence: Concepts and principles for the 2020s. MFP report series 6/2024
- Hedling, E. & Ördén, H. (2024) (Accepted/In press), Disinformation, Deterrence and the Politics of Attribution, International Affairs.
- Ördén, H. (2024) 'Unpacking Trust in International Intelligence Cooperation: SIGINT Trust Games in Denmark and Sweden', In Vrist Rønn, K., Diderichsen, A., Hartmann, M., Hartvigsen, M. (Eds.) Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies, Scandinavian Exceptionalism? New York: Routledge
- Hedling, E. (2024). Gendered disinformation, In Aggestam, K. & True, J. (eds) Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis (22 pp) Bristol: Bristol University Press
- Palmertz, B., Weissman, M., Nilsson, N. &Engvall, J. (2024). Building Resilience and Psychological Defence. Lund University, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Working Paper 2024:1.
- Fredheim, R. & Pamment, J. (2024) Assessing the risks and opportunities posed by AI-enhanced influence operations on social media. Journal of Place Branding & Public Diplomacy.
- Örden, H. et al. (2024) Special Forum on Intelligence and Theory. Intelligence and National Security.
- Sörensen, S. & Pamment, J. (2024) Operationalising the Framework for Evaluating Capability against Information Influence Operations: A Case Study of the Psychological Defence Agency's Courses. Riga: NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence.
2023
- Palmertz, B. & Pamment, J. (2023) Asymmetrical conflict in the information domain - the case of Russia. In Rubén Arcos, Irena Chiru and Christina Ivan (eds) Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security. Routledge.
- Fjällhed, A. & Pamment, J. (2023) Disinformation. In Gilboa, E. (ed) A Research Agenda for Public Diplomacy. Cheltenham & Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. (link to website where the article can be purchased).
- Johansson, S., Nothhaft, H. & Fjällhed, A. (2023). Digital Corporate Communication and Hostile Hijacking of Organizational Crisis. In Louma-aho, V. & Badham, M. (eds) Handbook on Digital Corporate Communication. Edward Elgar.
- Pamment, J., & Palmertz, B., (2023). Deterrence by denial and resilience building. In Rubén Arcos, Irena Chiru, and Cristina Ivan (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security. Routledge.
- Pamment, J. & Ahonen, A. (2023). The ethics of outsourcing Information conflict: Outlining the responsibilities of government funders to their civil society partners. Riga: NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence
- Fredheim, R., Ahonen, A., & Pamment, J. (2023). Denying Bucha: The Kremlin's influence tactics in the aftermath of the 2022 Bucha atrocity. Lund University, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Working Paper 2023:1.
- Pamment, J., Falkheimer, J., & Isaksson, E. (2023) Malign foreign interference and information influence on video game platforms: Understanding the adversarial playbook. MFP report series 3/2023
2022
- Hedling, Elsa (2022). The European external action Service: A melting pot of EU foreign policy practice. The everyday making of EU foreign and security policy, 96-112.
- Pamment, J. & Smith, V. (2022) Attributing Information Influence Operations: Identifying those responsible for malicious behaviour online. Riga: NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence & EU-NATO Hybrid Centre of Excellence
- Pamment, J. (2022) How the Kremlin circumvented the EU sanctions on Russian state media in the first weeks of the illegal invasion of Ukraine. Journal of Place Branding & Public Diplomacy.
- Pamment, J. (2022), A capability Definition and Assessment Framework for Countering Disinformation, Information Influence, and Foreign Interference. Riga: NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence & EU-NATO Hybrid Centre of Excellence
Prev. publications
- Hedling, Elsa (2021). ‘Sweden: Exceptionalism in an infodemic?’ in Vériter, S. L., Kaminska, M. K., Broeders, D. W. J., & Koops, J. A. (eds). Responding to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’: national countermeasures against information influence in Europe. The Hague Program for Cyber Norms.
- Pamment, J. (2021) RESIST 2. London: UK Government Communication Service.
- Hedling, Elsa (2021). Transforming practices of diplomacy: the European External Action Service and digital disinformation. International Affairs, 97(3), 841-859.
- Pamment, J. & Lindwall Kimber, A. (2021) Fact-checking and debunking: a best practice guide to dealing with disinformation. NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence. Riga: NATO.
- Örden, H & Pamment, J. (2021) What is so Foreign about Foreign Influence Operations? Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Palmertz B. (2021) Influence operations and the modern information environment. In Weissman M., Nilsson N., Palmertz B. and Thunholm P. (Eds). Hybrid Warfare - Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations. London: I.B. Tauris
- Nilsson N., Weissmann M., Palmertz B., Thunholm P. and Häggström H. (2021). Security Challenges in the Grey Zone: Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare. In Weissman M., Nilsson N., Palmertz B. and Thunholm P., (Eds). Hybrid Warfare - Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations. London: I.B. Tauris
- Manor, I. & Pamment, J. (2021) From Gagarin to Sputnik: The Role of Nostalgia in Russian Public Diplomacy. Journal of Place Branding & Public Diplomacy.
- Weissmann M., Nilsson N. & Palmertz B. (2021). Att möta hybridhot och hybridkrigföring ("Countering hybrid threats and hybrid warfare"). The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Proceedings and Journal, 4/2021, 185-187
- Fjällhed, A., Pamment, J., Bay, S. (2021) A Swedish Perspective on Foreign Election Interference. In Hollis, D & Ohlin, J.D. (eds) Combatting Election Interference: When Foreign Powers Target Democracies. Oxford University Press. (link to website where the article can be purchased).
- Weissmann M., Nilsson N. and Palmertz B. (2021). Moving Out of the Blizzard: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare. In Weissman M., Nilsson N., Palmertz B. and Thunholm P. (Eds). Hybrid Warfare - Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations. London: I.B. Tauris
- Pamment, J. (2020) The EU’s Role in Fighting Disinformation: Policy interventions for the 2020s (Part 3). Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Pamment, J. (2020) The EU’s Role in Fighting Disinformation: An EU disinformation framework (Part 2). Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Pamment, J. (2020) The EU’s Role in Fighting Disinformation: Taking Back the Initiative (Part 1). Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Pamment, J. (2020) The EU Code of Practice on Disinformation: Briefing Note for the New European Commission (Policy Perspectives Series #1, March 2020). Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Palmertz, B. (2020). Påverkanskampanjer ("Influence campaigns"). The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, Proceedings and Journal, 1/2020: 166-169
- Pamment, J., (2019) RESIST Counter-Disinformation Toolkit, London: UK Government Communication Service.
- Pamment, J. & Twetman, H. (2019) Can there be a deterrence strategy for influence operations? Journal of Information Warfare 18:3. (link to website where the publication can be purchased).
- Wanless, A. & Pamment, J. (2019) How Do You Define a Problem Like Influence? Journal of Information Warfare 18:3.
- Pamment, J., Nothhaft, H. & Agardh-Twetman, H., Fjällhed, A. (2018) Countering Information Influence Activities: A handbook for Communication officers, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). Stockholm: MSB.
- Pamment, J., Nothhaft, H. & Agardh-Twetman, H., Fjällhed, A. (2018) Countering Information Influence Activities: The State of the Art, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). Stockholm: MSB.
- Nothhaft, H., Pamment, J. Agardh-Twetman, H., Fjällhed, A. (2018) Information Influence in Western Democracies: A model of systemic vulnerabilities. In Bjola, C. & Pamment, J. (2018) Countering Online Propaganda and Violent Extremism: The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy. Oxon: Routledge.
- Bjola, C. & Pamment, J. (2018) Countering Online Propaganda and Violent Extremism: The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy. Oxon: Routledge. (link to website where the publication can be purchased).
- Bjola, C. & Pamment, J. (2016) Revisiting Containment Strategy in the Digital Age. Global Affairs, 2:2, 131-142.