2023
Who said it first? Investigating the diffusion of the Kremlin’s buzzwords before they entered the mainstream
Paper presented at the European ASN in Cluj-Napoca
2022
Wikidata for data journalism (with R)
An online event part of the Wikidata Data Reuse Days 2022.
2020
Nagorno Karabakh: sarà (nuovamente) guerra?
An online event on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict organised by ISPI [in Italian]
2019
Russia hacked: problematic sources for insights on conflicts in Ukraine and the South Caucasus
In recent years, high-level leaks and hacks have featured prominently in media reporting. Russia has been repeatedly blamed for carrying out cyber-attacks against a variety of actors in Western countries, including the US Democratic party and then-presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in France. However, Russian government actors have themselves been repeatedly hacked in recent years, including by alleged Ukrainian hacker groups and others (e.g. #SurkovLeaks). People associated with the de facto authorities in the Donbas region have also been hacked.
Responding to alleged Russian interference by focusing on the vulnerabilities that make it possible
In recent years, the legitimacy of electoral processes in Western democracies has been repeatedly put into question due to alleged …
2018
Victims of double standards: double victimhood and changing narratives in Azerbaijan’s public rhetoric
Here is a brief summary of key points in the form of a Twitter thread:
On my way back from ASIAC's latest conference in Gorizia, where I presented a joint work co-authored with @sofiebedford: "Victims of double standards:
double victimhood and changing narratives in Azerbaijan’s public rhetoric" pic.twitter.com/9amsIIdMfp
— Giorgio Comai (@giocomai) December 7, 2018
2017
Where does the Money Come From? Financing the Budget and the pension System in post-Soviet De Facto States
Residents of post-Soviet de facto states have access to public goods and services to a large extent thanks to financial resources …
2016
Surfing the post-Soviet web with style. Text mining post-Soviet de facto states
Scholars working on the post-Soviet space frequently refer to web contents at different stages of their research process. However, they …
