Lockdown is lifted but disinformation persists

Lockdown is lifted but disinformation persists

Abstract

Four months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China, medical research shows ambitious steps towards developing an effective vaccine. Yet as the global race to find and develop a safe vaccine advances, so too does a familiar malicious counterforce.

June, 1 2020.
Security, Defence & Migration

Author

Sophie Kenneally

Project Designer and junior Researcher
Agenfor International Foundation

Sophie Kenneally, Project Designer and Junior Researcher specializing in the prevention of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and the intersection of human rights and security. She has experience working in the emergency reception centres for asylum seekers in Vienna, where she also worked closely assisting young refugees to overcome integration challenges, improving their language skills and helping them access key public services. She has further experience volunteering with an immigration lawyer in London, developing an insight into the moral and legal themes associated with immigration. Having completing her Bachelor degree at the University of Vienna and her Master degree at University College London, Ms Kenneally is fluent in German and English, will further knowledge of Italian, Russian and French.