International Summer School on Disinformation Detection and Debunking

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to share the following opportunity with your
PhD students and early-career researchers.

PJAIT is hosting the International Summer School on Disinformation
Detection and Debunking; a 7-day hybrid programme (September 12-18, 2026,
Warsaw & online) bringing together doctoral researchers from computer
science, psychology, media studies, and related disciplines to tackle one
of the most pressing challenges in today's information landscape.

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What the school offers
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• Lectures by international experts covering NLP, machine learning for
credibility assessment, data analysis, cognitive psychology, and the ethics
of AI-based detection systems
• A Supervised Dataset Challenge - participants work in small
interdisciplinary teams on curated, annotated datasets (including MIPD and
MALINT, developed by the programme's own lecturers) to produce reproducible
pipelines and research proposals
• Top-ranked teams enter a post-school mentorship track aimed at
publishable outputs
• AI Summit PJAIT 2026 (September 16), co-located with the school
• Both in-person and fully synchronous online participation options

Accepted lecturers include: Arkadiusz Modzelewski (PJAIT / University of
Padua / NASK), Marina Ernst (University of Koblenz), Styliani Kleanthous
(Open University of Cyprus, AI4Everyone project), and Mateusz Zadroga (
FakeNews.pl / EU DisinfoLab).

The programme is organised by PJAIT in partnership with the University of
Koblenz, the Open University of Cyprus, NAWA, and the EUonAIR University
Alliance.

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Who should apply
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PhD candidates and early-career researchers in ICT, Psychology, Cognitive
Science, Media Studies, Journalism, or Political Communication or other
disciplines, who are interested in disinformation. Basic Python is
recommended for the dataset challenge track; participants without a
programming background are still welcome to join to contribute their unique
know-how.

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Funding
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NAWA co-funds participation. International PhD candidates may apply for a
scholarship covering travel, hotel, and meals. Meals for local participants
are also covered as the school will offer coffee breaks with snacks,
lunches and brown bag dinners.

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Key dates
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Applications open: May 20, 2026 (apply here:
https://forms.gle/bHU7pf7vwNxHBYvd7
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Application deadline: June 20, 2026 (23:59 CEST)
Acceptance notifications: June 30, 2026
School: September 12–18, 2026

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Apply and learn more
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Full programme information:
https://pja.edu.pl/en/pjait-summer-school-disinformation-detection-debunking/
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Application form:
https://forms.gle/bHU7pf7vwNxHBYvd7
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For questions, please contact:
Kinga Skorupska - [email protected] and Arkadiusz Modzelewski -
[email protected]

We would be very grateful if you could forward this to any PhD students or
colleagues who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have
any questions about the programme.

On behalf of the Organizing Team,
Styliani Kleanthous




Styliani Kleanthous, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Human - AI Interaction

CyCAT - Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency

Open University of Cyprus

Phone: 22411904

web: https://www.ouc.ac.cy/index.php/en/profiles/482-styliani-kleanthous

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/styliani-kleanthous/

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