The project examines how George Soros’ lifelong advancement of his liberal open society vision shaped the post–Cold War information order. Drawing on archives, interviews, and media analysis, it traces Soros-funded outlets, journalist training programs, telecommunications infrastructure, and other forms of “information philanthropy” to reconstruct how these initiatives sought to embed liberal norms in post-socialist public spheres. By situating these interventions within broader geopolitical and media transformations, the study illuminates how private actors recalibrate national and transnational information orders.Refreshments provided.Presented by Stanislav Budnitsky, visiting assistant professor of Russian and Eurasian studies