About
Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka is a Lecturer in Data Science and Communication at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in advanced computational methods for the study of digital misinformation and communication in authoritarian countries like China and Russia.
Dr Herasimenka's work investigates how political groups and governments use AI and social media to influence and manipulate public opinion. He also studies how the reliance on digital technologies changes the organisational structures of political communication, campaigning, and international affairs.
His research and commentary writing has been featured in the New York Times, BBC, the Washington Post, and many other international media outlets.
Dr Herasimenka holds research and teaching positions at University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford and University of Westminster. He also taught at Middlesex University, University College London, and University of Portsmouth. His teaching specialism is social data science and political and communication theories.