On Monday, December 8, the University of Bucharest hosted the workshop “Evidence-Based Public Policies, Experimental Methods, and Health Misinformation,” an event dedicated to students interested in the social impact of misinformation.
At the core of the discussions were the preliminary results of the Health Misinformation Project, an OpenLab initiative through CIVIS, bringing together researchers from Romania (University of Bucharest), Greece (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), and Italy (Sapienza University of Rome). The team, represented by Assistant Professor, PhD. Magda Roșu, presented the findings of their narrative literature review article submitted for publication, “Sick and Seeking: Vulnerability in the Age of Misinformation,” which examines individuals’ vulnerability to misleading information flows in the field of health.
Participants analyzed the ways in which health misinformation fuels broader ecosystems of manipulation and discussed principles for effective communication of scientific knowledge in the public sphere.
The event’s special guest, Assistant Professor, PhD. Irina Zamfirescu, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sociology and coordinator of the Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Transformations program, offered an anthropological perspective on the relationship between health, vulnerability, and precarious living and working conditions.
Students actively contributed to the debate, exploring connections between misinformation, social vulnerability, and trust in authorities. Discussions concluded with recommendations for public policy directions aimed at reducing vulnerability driven by distrust.
The workshop’s conclusions outlined new research avenues for the Health Misinformation Project team and underscored the importance of sustained dialogue between academia and society.
Postări asemănătoare:
National event dedicated to the launch of the „OECD Education at a Glance 2024 – EaG 2024” report, hosted and co-organized by the University of Bucharest
The first CIVIS Staff Week open to members from other European University Alliances, hosted by the University of Bucharest between 8–10 October 2025
The University of Bucharest, represented at the „Academic Diplomacy in the Context of the European University Alliance”, organized and hosted by the West University of Timișoara
The University of Bucharest, present at the Global CIVIS Days 2024 event, hosted by Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
