FAFNIR

The FDR Foundation hosts an informal networking group called FAFNIR (“FIMI-Adjacent Fellows Now In Residence”).
For those not in the know, FIMI=Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference.

FAFNIRs come from ten (and counting) different centers on campus. They are experts from a wide variety of fields (scholars, journalists, military officers, diplomats, etc.) but share a common interest in the role of information in international relations. FAFNIR “alumni” include:

Melanie Amann, Center For European Studies, 2026
Tuncay Babali, Weatherhead, Pre-2024
Julia Barton, Nieman, 2024
Kyrylo Beskorovainyi, Nieman, 2025 
Ben Curtis, Nieman, 2024
Heather Cohea, National Security, 2025
Jess Cook, Nieman, 2025 
Jim Cowie, Berkman Klein, 2025
Fabrício Chagas-Bastos, Weatherhead, 2024
Paulina Deryło-Peltz, Weatherhead, 2024
Dawn Norris Doak, Weatherhead, 2025
Kieran Doyle, Weatherhead, 2024
Noah Giansiracusa, Berkman Klein, 2025
Sonya Groysman, Nieman, 2024
Meghan H, National Security, 2025
Alexander Iwanicki, Weatherhead, 2024
Damir Kapidžić, Weatherhead, 2024
Tom Kent, Honorary, Pre-2024
Thom Kenney, National Security, 2025
Robert Liberti, Nieman, 2025
Sora Lim, Weatherhead, 2025
Rakoen Maertens, Shorenstein, 2026
Ilya Marritz, Nieman Fellow, 2024 
Mark McDowell, Mid-Career MPA, Pre-2024
Dan McFarland, National Security, 2025
Camilla Monckton, Shorenstein, 2024
Hendrik Ohnesorge, Weatherhead, Pre-2024 
James Okong’o, Nieman, 2025
Alberto Lopez Ortega, Center for European Studies, 2025 
Nilesh Philip, Nieman, 2025
Sam Preston, Honorary, Pre-2024
Ben Reininga, Nieman & Berkman Klein, 2025; Shorenstein 2026
Sandrine Rigaud, Nieman, 2025
Mike Shum, Nieman, 2025
Rick Stengel, Shorenstein, Pre-2024 
Rick Valenzuela, Nieman, 2024
Jason Wilkes, Mid-Career MPA, 2025