Dmitry Chernobrov is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in media and international politics at the Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield. He is also Co-Director of the Digital Society Network and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Chernobrov is author of Public Perception of International Crises, which received the 2019 Furniss Book Award for an “exceptional contribution to the study of international security.” His work focuses on international crises and public opinion, public diplomacy and contested international events, diasporas and memory, and digital technology and participatory war. His research has been published in International Affairs, Political Psychology, Digital Journalism, BJPIR, Politics, and other leading academic journals. Chernobrov has received research funding from the British Academy, Fulbright, the Scottish Funding Council and USC Institute of Armenian Studies.

Chernobrov’s 2022–24 CPD Research Fellowship project is titled, "Strategic Humor and Post-Truth Public Diplomacy."