Invisible University for Ukraine by Ostap Sereda is a collection of essays, based on their personal experience during the russia-Ukraine war. The Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU) is a certificate program, with ECTS credits, for undergraduate and graduate students from Ukraine, still in Ukraine or…
Less Is More by Jason Hickel – How Degrowth Will Save the World – is a book picked for the book club. It seemed it was not particularly liked. I didn’t like the book for a very specific reasons. For a very short review: I…
The Art of Coercion by Reid Pauly is a newly published book on the success or failures of coercion in relation to nuclear proliferation. This is an academic book, on the dry side, but that I found really interesting and that I would recommend. The…
The World We’re In by Will Hutton is the book I have on this months’ book club. It is the only reason I finished this book and I gave it 2 stars. In a few words, this book “aged like milk”. It’s a shame as…
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates – The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need – was a paperbook I was given in Ukraine, when my laptop broke and I couldn’t read my ebooks. While I was very happy to have…
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari – A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI – is a very good book. I read a few books by him and this is another one that is worth reading. It is a rather long…
Autocracy, Inc by Anne Applebaum – the dictators who want to run the world – is the second book I read by her. The first one was Red Famine, on the Holodomor. This is a relatively short book which is definitely worth reading. I gave…
Vatnik Soup by Pekka Kallioniemi and Morten Hammeken – The Ultimate Guide to Russian Disinformation – is a book that needs no introductions for any NAFO reading this review. Pekka is famous with his vatnik soups threads on twitter [x]. He is Finnish and he…
The Language of Climate Politics by Genevieve Guenther – Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It – is an interesting book to read. The focus is on US, with very little in regards to other countries, unless used in propaganda in the US. I felt…
War in Ukraine by Hal Brands – Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World is a mix of authors writing on the war-in-Ukraine, which could have been more appropriately called “russia’s war on Ukraine” or something similar. As it is a mix of…
Democracy by Margaret Atwood – Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters – is a book published recently. I saw it while I was on holiday in France and my husband bought it for me. As yesterday was a…
I had high expectations from Putin’s Russia by Anna Politkovskaya. It was disappointing. Politkovskaya had a rather liberal russian approach, which is not particularly anti-imperialistic. I will use some quotes from the book to highlight what is wrong with this approach. Nevertheless, I would recommend…
The Ethics of Journalism by Nelson Antrim Crawford is the first book of its kind, published in 1924. It is a fascinating book, well worth reading, although it’s unlikely it is easy to find. I recommend this book for non-researchers for a simple reason –…
Media ethics and self-regulation by Chris Frost is a book I read for my research. It is a good book, but mostly suitable to either those who study journalism or those who study the history of journalism. It covers various aspects and it offers a…
The Power of Platforms by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen with Sarah Anne Ganter – Shaping Media and Society – is a book that must be read. I bought this book when I went to Oxford Martin School to hear Rasmus Kleis Nielsen give a talk about…
We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins – An Intelligence Agency for the People – is a fascinating book. If you are familiar with OSINT, then this book is for you. If you are not familiar with OSINT (open source intelligence), then this book is for…