Peter Van Aelst is professor in Political Communication at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and member of the research group ‘Media, Movements and Politics (M²P). His work combines insights from political science and communication science, to understand how politicians, journalists and the public influence each other. Initially, Van Aelst focused on traditional news media, but in  recent years he integrated digital and social media in his research agenda. His current work mainly deals with online disinformation in a global perspective and ways to go against it.