PhD, LSE • Oxford Scholar
The Science of
Public Narrative.
Dr. Helena Ivanov deconstructs complex geopolitical research into actionable media strategy and policy resilience.
Dr. Helena Ivanov deconstructs complex geopolitical research into actionable media strategy and policy resilience.
Dr. Helena Ivanov is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and an expert in the mechanics of political mobilization. Her career has been defined by a rigorous pursuit of understanding how information is weaponized in the modern era.
Following her doctoral work at the London School of Economics, Helena has become a leading voice in the "crisis of trust" facing western institutions and the escalating threats to security in the Balkans.
A definitive 4-phase framework deconstructing the lifecycle of media mobilization and its direct link to political violence.
High-impact advisory & impact.
Balkan security & Russian hybrid influence.
Strategic coaching for adversarial media inquiries.
Identifying institutional disinformation vulnerabilities.
Op-ed placement & white-paper strategy.
Translating academic findings into legislative briefs.
Rapid deconstruction of hostile narratives.
Media trust in the disinformation age.
Credibility erosion post-Oct 7th.
Balancing EU and Russian interests.
Regional security threats 2026.
Thesis: Narrative mobilization stages.
Security strategy on eastern borders.
How narratives fuel physical violence.
Combating antisemitic disinformation.
Institutional failure vs Populism.
State media manipulation in the UK.
Impact of NATO positioning.
Russian narratives in Serbian media.
Why counter-propaganda is failing.
Discourse of the modern state.
Defending institutional trust.
Live crisis management analysis.
Balkan perspective on EU policy.
Psychological roots of mobilization.
Ethical reporting in war zones.
Disinformation as a weapon of war.