Dr Václav Štětka is Reader in Comparative Political Communication at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University, where he has been working since 2016. Previously he has held research and academic posts at Masaryk University in Brno, Charles University in Prague, and the University of Oxford. His current research interests encompass political communication in the digital environment, the dissemination and impact of mis/disinformation, and the relationship between media and democracy in post-transition countries. He has been contributing to several other international research projects and networks, including Media Pluralism Monitor (European University Institute, Florence) or Digital News Report (University of Oxford). His new book "The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies" (with S.Mihelj) is coming out in July 2024 (Palgrave, Open Access).
