Anwesha Chakraborty
Anwesha is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Urbino where she studies the role of generative AI in detecting disinformation in online media ecosystems. Previously, she was a research fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy where she was part of the ERC-funded BIT-ACT project that investigated the role of digital technologies in fighting corruption from the grassroots. She gathered
qualitative data on this topic in South Asia, where she recognised that for
anti-corruption action to flourish, information channels and systems need to be strengthened.
Her research interests include anti-corruption initiatives, freedom of information,
open data infrastructures, e-governance and more recently , fact
checking in the age of media capture. Her research outputs can be found here
Anwesha played an active role in the organisation committee of the 8th ICRN
Forum 2024 in Lisbon.