WHEN: Mon 22 October 2018, 17:00 – 18:00

WHERE: Webb Library, Jesus College, Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BL

Admission: Free. Registration will open here soon.

**Tickets go on sale at 11am on 24 September 2018 for the Festival of Ideas**

In the left corner – inefficient state institutions, oligarch controlled media outlets and the military invasion from Russia. In the right corner – Ukrainians lacking money but not enthusiasm, expertise and digital literacy to create digital civic initiatives pushing for reforms and providing public service in the spheres where the state fails to deliver. Who are you betting on?

This talk for the 2018 Fstival of Ideas, cohosted by the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, and the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, will describe something Europe hasn’t witnessed before – an emerging digital civil society. It will also discuss how the case study of Ukraine shows that we have previously underestimated the potential of the Internet for democracy.

About the Speaker

Mariia Terentieva is a journalist and communications professional, who worked for United Nations Development Programme, and brought her passion for digital media and civic participation to academia. Her current PhD project investigates how the emerging networked forms of civil society in Ukraine transforms our understanding of the collective action in the digital age. Mariia’s recent publications include “Attention Please! – Exploring Attention Management on Wikipedia in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis” (co-authored with Jon Roozenbeek) in SocInfo2017: Social Informatics and “Where Broadcast and Digital Cultures Collide: A Case Study of Public Service Media in Ukraine” in Digital Icons No 17.