Peace Journalism Lab

Peace Journalism Lab is a center of excellence in its field and within the Greek academic community, focusing on interdisciplinary themes such as International and European Journalism, Peace Journalism, Crisis Management, Hate speech, disinformation, verification and awareness on fake news, Media and war, Strategic Communications, Media and News Literacy, Diversity and the Media. It has been awarded a Jean Monet Chair for European Integration, and a research fund from Google (DNI Fund). The Lab was established in 2012 in the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It is headed by professor Nikolaos Panagiotou. Every year the Lab organises Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, along with significant Universities and Organisations from around the world.