Peter Kreko

Peter Kreko is a Lecturer at the Department of Social Psychology within Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary. He serves as an alternate member of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee and leads the Disinformation and Artificial Intelligence Research Group. Based at Izabella u. 46 (Room 215A), his institutional contact includes the email kreko.peter@ppk.elte.hu and phone extension +36-1-461-2600/5607.

Kreko's research explores disinformation ecosystems, political psychology, and counter-manipulation strategies, with emphasis on:

• Conspiracy theories' impact on public health behavior and democratic perception
• Authoritarian influence operations in Central/Eastern Europe
• Scalable interventions to build misinformation resistance
• Political tribalism and science rejection dynamics

His work integrates computational social science with experimental psychology across crisis contexts like COVID-19 and the Ukraine conflict.

Kreko's recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate three dominant themes:

1. Empirical testing of rapid counter-misinformation techniques (e.g. 60-second inoculations)
2. Cross-national analysis of authoritarian media strategies in Hungary/Serbia
3. Behavioral consequences of conspiracy beliefs during pandemics/warfare

Methodologically, they feature large-scale preregistered studies and longitudinal intervention designs.

He coordinates the Disinformation and Artificial Intelligence Research Group, focusing on computational propaganda detection and resilience-building in informational autocracies.