Dmitri Teperik

Research work

Dmitri Teperik studies contributing factors to national resilience, situational awareness in informational environment and interdependencies between media consumption, communication and behaviour patterns.

Professional experience

Mr. Dmitri Teperik is the Programme Director from 2016 to 2023, primarily focused on promoting societal resilience in Ukraine. He has led the "Resilient Ukraine" development cooperation project, aimed at strengthening civil security issues in Ukraine through building regional expertise and analytical capacity. In addition, he directed the International Autumn School "Resilience League" from 2016 to 2022, focusing on enhancing resilience across various sectors.

Education

2007 – University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine, Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Areas of interest & scientific knowledge

Estonia

Place of affiliation

Resilience and Wellbeing

Actors Shaping Attitudes and Behavior

Information Disorders

Harmful Influence and Propaganda
Public's Receptiveness towards Hostile Ideologies

Selected Publications

2018 – Dmitri Teperik et al. A Route to National Resilience: Building Whole-of-Society Security in Ukraine. Research report. Tallinn, Estonia: International Centre for Defence and Security, ISBN 978-9949-7255-3-3 (pdf) https://uploads.icds.ee/ICDS_Report_A_Route_to_National_Resilience-Build...
2020 – Dmitri Teperik, Democracy, ‘Alternative Reality’ and Estonia’s Resilience, ICDS brief, https://icds.ee/en/democracy-alternative-reality-and-estonias-resilience
2021 – Dmitri Teperik and Oksana Iliuk. The Universe of Resilience: From Physics of Materials Through Psychology to National Security, Analysis, https://icds.ee/en/the-universe-of-resilience-from-physics-of-materials-...
2021 – Dmitri Teperik, Another Provocative Test of Ukraine’s Societal Resilience, ICDS commentary, https://icds.ee/en/another-provocative-test-of-ukraines-societal-resilience (9.04.2021)
2021 – Dmitri Teperik et al. Resilient Ukraine – a Delicate Mosaic? Society, Media, Security, and Future Prospects. Research report. Tallinn, Estonia: International Centre for Defence and Security, ISBN 978-9916-9699-3-9 (pdf), https://icds.ee/en/resilient-ukraine-a-delicate-mosaic-society-media-sec... – Dmitri Teperik, Disinformation networks of pro-Kremlin proxies in Estonia in the Russian speaking community, GLOBSEC series „Narratives travelling the information space“, https://www.globsec.org/publications/disinformation-networks-of-pro-krem...
2022 – Dmitri Teperik, Why Does Resilience Need a Telescope to Prevent Disinformation? ICDS commentary, https://icds.ee/en/why-does-resilience-need-a-telescope-to-prevent-disin... (28.03.2022)
2022 - Solvita Denisa-Liepniece and Dmitri Teperik, Local Russian-language Journalism in the Baltics: Challenges and Perspectives for Building Resilient Communities of Media Professionals, Policy Paper, Tallinn, Estonia: International Centre for Defence and Security, https://icds.ee/en/local-russian-language-journalism-in-the-baltics-chal...
2022 – Frank Jüris and Dmitri Teperik, Chinese Influence in Estonia, Short Report, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), https://cepa.org/chinese-influence-in-estonia
2022 – Dmitri Teperik, Attitudes to Survive the War: on Ukraine’s Resistance and National Resilience, The Riga Conference Policy Brief, https://rigaconference.lv/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LATO-WEB_Broshura_1...
2022 – Dmitri Teperik et al., Resilience Against Disinformation: A New Baltic Way to Follow?, Research report. Tallinn, Estonia: International Centre for Defence and Security, ISBN 978-9916-709-03-0 (pdf), https://icds.ee/en/resilience-against-disinformation-a-new-baltic-way-to...
2022 - Dmitri Teperik, Estonia’s Lessons for Countering Propaganda and Disinformation from the National Security Perspective. Policy brief within the EU funded project “Strengthening Accountability of Security Sector Through Effective Civil Society Oversight”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2022 – Dmitri Teperik and Viktória Musilová, GLOBSEC Trends 2022: Estonia. Country report. https://www.globsec.org/what-we-do/publications/globsec-trends-2022-estonia