Péter Krekó

Péter Krekó is a behavioral scientist and disinformation expert whose research explores the psychological drivers of belief in disinformation, its political-institutional impacts, state-sponsored disinformation, and effective counterstrategies. He is an Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University. He is a Research Affiliate at the CEU Democracy Institute, a senior fellow at CEPA, and was an Engaging Central Europe Fellow at GMFUS. He was previously a PopBack Fellow at the University of Cambridge, guest researcher at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, a Fellow at IasK Koszeg, an Associate Fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna and a Policy Leader Fellow at European University Institute. He has also served as a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Indiana University. Péter is the owner and director of Political Capital Institute and leads Hungary’s disinformation hub (HDMO-Lakmusz), supported by the European Commission under the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). Péter is a Salzburg Global Fellow.