O. (Olga) Pasitselska, PhD

Media literacy for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands

• with Annamaria Neag and Marcel Broersma (RUG)
• PhD for Starters grant

Messaging apps as local civic infrastructure

• with Emilija Gagrčin (University of Bergen / University of Bremen)
• with Kilian Buerhling (Free University of Berlin / University of Tübingen)

Recent outputs:

• ECREA Brno Pre-conference: Instant Messaging as Political Communication Infrastructure (forthcoming in September, 2026)
  • CfP link
• Pasitselska, O., & Gagrčin, E. (2025). Hyperlocal, ambient & stratified: the civic life of residential chat groups on instant messengers. Information, Communication & Society, 1-19.
• Pasitselska, O., Buehling, K., & Gagrčin, E. (2025). Chat groups as local civic infrastructure: A case study of “Solidary neighborhood help” Telegram groups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. New media & society, 14614448251349426.

Media literacy for older adults

• with an NGO Ukrainian Media and Communication Institute (Kyiv) and Deutsche Welle Academy
• supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Recent outputs:

• Pasitselska, O., & Neag, A. (2026). Media Literacy as Resilience: A Conceptual Framework. Media and Communication, 14.