Veronica Laputska, the Co-founder and Research Fellow of the EAST Center, a non-resident Fellow of GMF in the framework of Rethink.CEE program and part of DCN Belarus team. Veranika is a co-author of Mapping Digital Influencers DCN research embracing Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans. Veranika is a DCN Fellowship Spring 2019 Alumna which she spent in New York at the digital and marketing agencies focusing on the work with influencers. Previously, Veranika has cooperated with the OSCE/ODIHR, the EU East StratCom Task Force, the Council of Europe and the USHMM, worked in business consulting and academia. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the Graduate School for Social Research, the Polish Academy of Sciences, holds a master’s degree in Economy and Society from Lancaster University, master’s degree in East European Studies from the University of Warsaw and a master’s degree from the European Humanities University.