We are pleased to announce that Prof. Tomasz Gackowski, Head of the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw (LBM UW), will speak at the 26th Public Relations Congress, which will take place on 24–25 September 2026 in Rzeszów, Poland. As part of the event, he will deliver a presentation entitled: “Polarized Media – On the Sources of Disinformation in the Age of Post-Truth”.
Marcin Łączyński, representing the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw (LBM UW), together with Radosław Wałkuski from the Dobrze Myślisz! initiative, conducted a workshop entitled “False or True? How to Recognize Disinformation Online” during Fake News Festival 2026, held on June 18–20 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
During the interactive session, participants took on the role of “truth detectives,” analyzing real-world online content, including photographs, headlines, social media posts, and short videos. Working in small teams, they assessed whether the presented information was accurate, manipulated, or potentially misleading.
The workshop was designed for school students and focused on practical methods of identifying disinformation and critically evaluating online content.
During the 4th "Science for Society" Congress, representatives of the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw (LBM UW) presented the talk "FPV Drone Simulator in VR: Measuring Operators' Stress Responses (GSR)". The presentation was delivered by Prof. Tomasz Gackowski, Marcin Łączyński, and Adam Balcerzak.
Representatives of the LBM UW - Anna Mierzecka and Natalia Strąk - presented their research at this year’s ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference in Montreal.
ISIC is one of the leading international conferences dedicated to information behaviour research.