Computational poli sci and IR Fellow at LSE Methodology and teaching at LSE IR Dept Political Communication, Dictators, Transitional Justice, Gender Russia, Ukraine, the Balkans lanabilalova.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mjknrxoivk2cNext Wednesday I’ll be presenting at the University of Mannheim colloquium while on my visiting research stay at MZES, University of Mannheim. If you’re around, do drop by.15 Apr 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjknrxoivk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mdej62hlc22bReading the news from #Iran. Grim. What autocracies can do to protesters, especially after cutting the internet, terrifies me about the future in Iran and far far beyond. Other tyrants are watching, learning, and will do the same if it suits them27 Jan 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdej62hlc22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbqzzxptjs2b+1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqzzxptjs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbqzz27uis2bhaha [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqzz27uis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbom4l34dk2band also special thanks for comments and support both recently and years ago to @elliottash.bsky.social @lucatardelli.bsky.social @medzihorsky.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @jpaulgoode.bsky.social @mtsvetkova.bsky.social, @radnitz.bsky.social, Brett Carter, Quintin Beazer, and Holger Kern [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbom4l34dk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbolpcaou22band also special thanks for support with this both recently and years ago to @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social, @lsemedia.bsky.social, @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @lsedatascience.bsky.social, @samagreene.bsky.social, @drkmillar.bsky.social, @max-alyukov.bsky.social, @stefanmueller.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbolpcaou22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbolkroeuc2b🙏This paper benefited from comments from dozens of people, many anon rev and conference participants, so thank you all. Special thanks for support both recently and years ago to Tomila, LSE IR Dept, @denisakost.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @koheiw.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbolkroeuc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3mbojve7qic2b📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax. NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news. Free access: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1940161225140501405 Jan 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbojve7qic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m7fgopi6222nCurious how AI + data-driven tools are already reshaping TJ? My colleague Saide Vega Mobayed mapped 40+ use cases worldwide with Impunity Watch — from OSINT to reparations design, including our work with @denisakost.bsky.social et al. at JustInt. Report link: https://www.impunitywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Global-AI-TJ-Mapping-Report-IW.pdf07 Dec 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7fgopi6222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m5wazp4fks2wIf you’re at #ASEEES, please come by our panel “The International Spread and Influence of Russia’s War Propaganda” on Thu, Nov 20, 1:00–2:45pm EST. I’ll be talking about anti-war activism on Russian Twitter.18 Nov 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wazp4fks2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m55hatjejs27Our article, "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia", co-authored w @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy William Waters, is now available in Serbian 🇷🇸. Published by Forum za bezbednost i demokratiju (FBD) in its “Vidici i Putokazi” series: https://fbd.org.rs/images/pdfs/VIP_20.pdf08 Nov 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55hatjejs27https://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m4gmsqamkc2jIf you are interested in Political Comms in autocracies: New piece by Nikita Khokhlov and Alexander Baturo: elites simplify speech in protest-prone, low-support regions—often richer & more educated—and dial complexity down when contexts shift. Clear communicators are likelier to be promoted.30 Oct 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gmsqamkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m3frkwg6ck2atickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department-of-methodology-seminar-series-tickets-1753184866129?aff=oddtdtcreator [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3frkwg6ck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m3frk7iyfc2aNext Friday (24 Oct) at 2pm I’ll present work from my PhD + new research at LSE’s Department of Methodology — in person 📍 Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design. 🎟️ Few tickets left17 Oct 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3frk7iyfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m2pz7wc2ps2qGratitude 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pz7wc2ps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m2pz3xeptc2qfree access https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2025.2562415 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2025 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pz3xeptc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3m2pyychpw22qNew paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.09 Oct 2025 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pyychpw22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3ly3c2jo6w22cIf you’re at #APSA2025 and interested in Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and/or the Balkans, I’m presenting two chapters from our book project with @denisakost.bsky.social and Ivor Sokolic. Come by! @apsa.bsky.social #APSA202505 Sep 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3c2jo6w22chttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3lxkb3jfbg22aToday is my last day at @lse-ei.bsky.social 🌍✨ Grateful to all collaborators and the amazing team at LSE EI and beyond for this journey 🙏🤝💡 From next week, I’ll be an Advanced Quant Fellow at @lsemethodology.bsky.social 📊🔍 and teaching at @lseir.bsky.social 🎓📚 So excited! 🚀29 Aug 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkb3jfbg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3lxk5z3d6gc2m🙏 Thanks for feedback & support to Carles Torne, @tenaprelec.bsky.social , @grabaranowska.bsky.social, Jelena Grujic Zindovic, anonymous reviewers & @dirkmoses.bsky.social 👉 https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2025.2545083 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxk5z3d6gc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lanabi.bsky.social/post/3lxk5wjuzws2m🚨⚖️🔍 New paper in Journal of Genocide Research with @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy Waters we studied secrecy in Serbia’s war crimes trials. 📑Corpus of 164 judgements (1999–2019). Tried OCR+quant methods, but chaotic redactions made it impossible. So we wrote a descriptive, mixed-methods paper29 Aug 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:ht5iofnjfuamnjce27eaczle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxk5wjuzws2m