During the workshop, the project group brainstormed on potential risks that might arise in the course of the project and after its results are released and developed general guidelines and procedures that regulate how to deal with each risk. Besides, all members of the RUSINFORM project team discussed how to communicate their research in general, how to withstand and act in case of defamation, and how to successfully counter and respond to such attempts.
As a result of the workshop, the project team has developed an initial version of the policy document titled “The risks of misuse, distortion and defamation of research results and researchers of the RUSINFORM project”, which will further be refined and updated in the course of the project.