Lanabi
@lanabi.bsky.social
Computational poli sci and IR
Fellow at LSE Methodology and teaching at LSE IR Dept
Political Communication, Dictators, Transitional Justice, Gender
Russia, Ukraine, the Balkans
lanabilalova.com
Fellow at LSE Methodology and teaching at LSE IR Dept
Political Communication, Dictators, Transitional Justice, Gender
Russia, Ukraine, the Balkans
lanabilalova.com
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Lanabi
@lanabi.bsky.social
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📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reading the news from #Iran. Grim. What autocracies can do to protesters, especially after cutting the internet, terrifies me about the future in Iran and far far beyond. Other tyrants are watching, learning, and will do the same if it suits them
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Reading the news from #Iran. Grim. What autocracies can do to protesters, especially after cutting the internet, terrifies me about the future in Iran and far far beyond. Other tyrants are watching, learning, and will do the same if it suits them
+1
Of course I didn't because I'm not a twat. Here's the original of my parody, sent in March 2022. Public hygiene tests are what the Russian state demands, and not what scholarly associations should be into.
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
+1
haha
Just sent this to my US colleagues who are members of a research association I'm in.
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
haha
and also special thanks for comments and support both recently and years ago to @elliottash.bsky.social @lucatardelli.bsky.social @medzihorsky.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @jpaulgoode.bsky.social
@mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @radnitz.bsky.social, Brett Carter, Quintin Beazer, and Holger Kern
@mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @radnitz.bsky.social, Brett Carter, Quintin Beazer, and Holger Kern
🙏This paper benefited from comments from dozens of people, many anon rev and conference participants, so thank you all. Special thanks for support both recently and years ago to Tomila, LSE IR Dept, @denisakost.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @koheiw.bsky.social
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
and also special thanks for comments and support both recently and years ago to @elliottash.bsky.social @lucatardelli.bsky.social @medzihorsky.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @jpaulgoode.bsky.social
@mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @radnitz.bsky.social, Brett Carter, Quintin Beazer, and Holger Kern
@mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @radnitz.bsky.social, Brett Carter, Quintin Beazer, and Holger Kern
and also special thanks for support with this both recently and years ago to @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social, @lsemedia.bsky.social, @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @lsedatascience.bsky.social, @samagreene.bsky.social, @drkmillar.bsky.social, @max-alyukov.bsky.social, @stefanmueller.bsky.social
🙏This paper benefited from comments from dozens of people, many anon rev and conference participants, so thank you all. Special thanks for support both recently and years ago to Tomila, LSE IR Dept, @denisakost.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @koheiw.bsky.social
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
and also special thanks for support with this both recently and years ago to @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social, @lsemedia.bsky.social, @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @lsedatascience.bsky.social, @samagreene.bsky.social, @drkmillar.bsky.social, @max-alyukov.bsky.social, @stefanmueller.bsky.social
🙏This paper benefited from comments from dozens of people, many anon rev and conference participants, so thank you all. Special thanks for support both recently and years ago to Tomila, LSE IR Dept, @denisakost.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @koheiw.bsky.social
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
🙏This paper benefited from comments from dozens of people, many anon rev and conference participants, so thank you all. Special thanks for support both recently and years ago to Tomila, LSE IR Dept, @denisakost.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @koheiw.bsky.social
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax.
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news.
Free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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☀️The new issue - incl. #FREE content - is out now! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4... cc @adamfagan.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @filipejdus.bsky.social @angeltorresadan.bsky.social @karin-kvr-slyms.bsky.social @denisakost.bsky.social @lanabi.bsky.social 👇👇⚡
December 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
☀️The new issue - incl. #FREE content - is out now! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4... cc @adamfagan.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @filipejdus.bsky.social @angeltorresadan.bsky.social @karin-kvr-slyms.bsky.social @denisakost.bsky.social @lanabi.bsky.social 👇👇⚡
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Delighted to contribute to this discussion together with @lanabi.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social
☀️The new issue - incl. #FREE content - is out now! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4... cc @adamfagan.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @filipejdus.bsky.social @angeltorresadan.bsky.social @karin-kvr-slyms.bsky.social @denisakost.bsky.social @lanabi.bsky.social 👇👇⚡
December 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Delighted to contribute to this discussion together with @lanabi.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social
Curious how AI + data-driven tools are already reshaping TJ? My colleague Saide Vega Mobayed mapped 40+ use cases worldwide with Impunity Watch — from OSINT to reparations design, including our work with @denisakost.bsky.social et al. at JustInt. Report link: www.impunitywatch.org/wp-content/u...
www.impunitywatch.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Curious how AI + data-driven tools are already reshaping TJ? My colleague Saide Vega Mobayed mapped 40+ use cases worldwide with Impunity Watch — from OSINT to reparations design, including our work with @denisakost.bsky.social et al. at JustInt. Report link: www.impunitywatch.org/wp-content/u...
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💡New & #FREE article 'Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in #Serbia for and against #Ukraine' by @denisakost.bsky.social ( @lse-ei.bsky.social ) & @lanabi.bsky.social ( @lsemethodology.bsky.social ) 🇷🇸🇺🇦 @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
Violence in distant conflicts can foster solidarity across borders, mediated by partisanship, identities, and ideology. But, attitudes towards a society’s own war legacies may also shape reactions ...
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
💡New & #FREE article 'Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in #Serbia for and against #Ukraine' by @denisakost.bsky.social ( @lse-ei.bsky.social ) & @lanabi.bsky.social ( @lsemethodology.bsky.social ) 🇷🇸🇺🇦 @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
If you’re at #ASEEES, please come by our panel “The International Spread and Influence of Russia’s War Propaganda” on Thu, Nov 20, 1:00–2:45pm EST. I’ll be talking about anti-war activism on Russian Twitter.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you’re at #ASEEES, please come by our panel “The International Spread and Influence of Russia’s War Propaganda” on Thu, Nov 20, 1:00–2:45pm EST. I’ll be talking about anti-war activism on Russian Twitter.
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Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
Our article, "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia", co-authored w @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy William Waters, is now available in Serbian 🇷🇸. Published by Forum za bezbednost i demokratiju (FBD) in its “Vidici i Putokazi” series: fbd.org.rs/images/pdfs/...
fbd.org.rs
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our article, "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia", co-authored w @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy William Waters, is now available in Serbian 🇷🇸. Published by Forum za bezbednost i demokratiju (FBD) in its “Vidici i Putokazi” series: fbd.org.rs/images/pdfs/...
If you are interested in Political Comms in autocracies: New piece by Nikita Khokhlov and Alexander Baturo: elites simplify speech in protest-prone, low-support regions—often richer & more educated—and dial complexity down when contexts shift. Clear communicators are likelier to be promoted.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you are interested in Political Comms in autocracies: New piece by Nikita Khokhlov and Alexander Baturo: elites simplify speech in protest-prone, low-support regions—often richer & more educated—and dial complexity down when contexts shift. Clear communicators are likelier to be promoted.
tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
Next Friday (24 Oct) at 2pm I’ll present work from my PhD + new research at LSE’s Department of Methodology — in person 📍
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
Next Friday (24 Oct) at 2pm I’ll present work from my PhD + new research at LSE’s Department of Methodology — in person 📍
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Next Friday (24 Oct) at 2pm I’ll present work from my PhD + new research at LSE’s Department of Methodology — in person 📍
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
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🇷🇸🇺🇦 @denisakost.bsky.social and @lanabi.bsky.social have published a new JUSTINT paper in East European Politics, which analyses cross border dynamics of war crimes denial between Serbia and Ukraine.
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
www.lse.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🇷🇸🇺🇦 @denisakost.bsky.social and @lanabi.bsky.social have published a new JUSTINT paper in East European Politics, which analyses cross border dynamics of war crimes denial between Serbia and Ukraine.
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
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💡 Sign up for our next Seminar Series, with @lanabi.bsky.social
📚 "Authoritarian Communication at Scale: What Text-as-Data Reveals about Russia"
📆 Friday 24 Oct
🕐 2 - 3pm
Sign up today➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
📚 "Authoritarian Communication at Scale: What Text-as-Data Reveals about Russia"
📆 Friday 24 Oct
🕐 2 - 3pm
Sign up today➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
💡 Sign up for our next Seminar Series, with @lanabi.bsky.social
📚 "Authoritarian Communication at Scale: What Text-as-Data Reveals about Russia"
📆 Friday 24 Oct
🕐 2 - 3pm
Sign up today➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
📚 "Authoritarian Communication at Scale: What Text-as-Data Reveals about Russia"
📆 Friday 24 Oct
🕐 2 - 3pm
Sign up today➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
free access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
free access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
October 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
New paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
If you’re at #APSA2025 and interested in Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and/or the Balkans, I’m presenting two chapters from our book project with
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you’re at #APSA2025 and interested in Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and/or the Balkans, I’m presenting two chapters from our book project with
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
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NEW ARTICLE📢 We show how redactions in war crimes judgements obstruct transparency, prevent reckoning with past violence & highlight limits of digital data for quant analysis in TJ w/ @lanabi.bsky.social T.W.Waters @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social @journalgenocide.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia
Secrecy is an essential element in war crimes trials, as it protects vulnerable individuals and sensitive information, ensuring trials can proceed effectively. However, secrecy often conflicts with...
www.tandfonline.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NEW ARTICLE📢 We show how redactions in war crimes judgements obstruct transparency, prevent reckoning with past violence & highlight limits of digital data for quant analysis in TJ w/ @lanabi.bsky.social T.W.Waters @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social @journalgenocide.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
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On Aug. 28, we published open access research article "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia" by @lanabi.bsky.social, @denisakost.bsky.social and Timothy William Waters. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/h27fecv2
August 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On Aug. 28, we published open access research article "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia" by @lanabi.bsky.social, @denisakost.bsky.social and Timothy William Waters. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/h27fecv2