"Studying Russia's Digital Grasp" with Dr Mariëlle Wijermars
This week, we spoke to Dr Mariëlle Wijermars about internet governance in authoritarian states like Russia. We discussed the current strategies of the Russian government in internet crackdowns both at...
11 Nov 20241h 1min
"Researching Central Asia: Strategic Insights and Defence Data" with Michael Hilliard
This week, we talk to Michael Hilliard. He and his colleagues at the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs recently released their report titled "The Armed Forces of Central Asia". We discuss the com...
25 Okt 202459min
"Researching Online Extremism and Terrorism" with Elizabeth Pearson
This week we talk to Elizabeth Pearson. Together with her colleagues she recently worked on the REASSURE report (https://voxpol.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Online-Extremism-and-Terrorism-Researchers...
11 Okt 202458min
"Revealing the Bellingcat Toolkit" with the Bellingcat Team
This week's stage talk is focused on our new and updated toolkit! We've packed every useful open source research tool into one place to help assist new and old researchers, journalists and NGOs. Johan...
27 Sep 202457min
“Investigating a Massacre in Burkina Faso" with The Bellingcat Team
This week's stage talk is about a militant attack in Burkina Faso that happened in late August, in which over 100 unarmed civilians died. We explore how Bellingcat investigators went to work trying to...
13 Sep 202459min
“Tracking Deforestation with Open Data” with Luiz Toledo
This week's stage talk is about using open sources in environmental focused investigations. We spoke to freelance journalist Luiz Toledo about his recent work covering deforestation policy gaps. He un...
2 Sep 202456min
"Investigating protest movements and the police response using open sources" with the Bellingcat team
In this week's stage talk we discuss open source research methods of covering protest movements and any corresponding violent action. Using the example of recent clashes in Bangladesh, our team unpack...
16 Aug 202459min
"A Collaborative Model For Big Impact With Local Investigations" with Sam Stecklow
This week we were joined on stage by Sam Stecklow, from the not-for-profit newsroom The Invisible Institute. Within the talk we discussed their work on making police complaint data publicly accessible...
2 Aug 202455min
