Stephen Hutchings is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester and Fellow of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences.
He has published eight monographs and six edited volumes on various aspects of Russian cultural, media and propaganda studies with presses including Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press and Routledge, as well as many articles in journals ranging from Television and New Media, Journalism, and European Journal of Cultural Studies, to Slavic Review.
Hutchings and his team have recently finalised a comprehensive study on “the role of RT in projecting Russia for international audiences”. The study is called: Reframing Russia for the Global Mediasphere: From Cold War to 'Information War'?
He has frequently advised government departments, media monitoring organizations and journalists on aspects of Russian state communications strategy. He was President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies from 2010-2013
He has held 8 large research grants with the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council since 2000 and is currently leading a major new nationally funded project on disinformation as a translingual dynamic.