Virginie Andre
Senior Analyst and Project Manager for “FIMI Defenders for Election Integrity (FDEI)” with Debunk.org.
Debunk.org is an independent technology think tank and NGO that carries out disinformation analysis and runs educational media literacy campaigns in eight countries. Their team analyzes false and misleading coverage regarding the migration crisis on the EU border with Belarus, COVID-19, NATO, hybrid warfare, energy politics, and monitoring elections. Debunk.org took part in the Ukraine War Disinfo Work Group. This group unites NGO’s and research centers from 14 countries and provides weekly reports on disinformation spread by the Kremlin about its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Dr. Virginie is a senior analyst and project manager for “FIMI Defenders for Election Integrity (FDEI)” with Debunk.org. She is also an international senior expert and advisor in PCVE/CT with more than 19 years of applied research and practical expertise in the prevention and countering of violent extremism, strategic communication and emotional governance, victims of terrorism, democracy and conflict transformation as well as community engagement and social cohesion. In May 2024, she led one of the national Finnish Dialogue on Security and Trust in Northern Finland. In December 2023, she advised EU member states on ‘Digital Safeguarding: Between Online Safety, Regulation, and Freedom of Speech’.