📢Join us on Wed for our #IHL Talk on the use of #OSINT to document, investigate & prosecute #internationalcrimes & serious #humanrights violations. W/Jacqueline Geiss @_Videre, Sam Dubberley & a Prosecutor from #Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office bit.ly/3FwF5zN

➡️ Secret Service ➡️ Border Control ➡️ Customs ➡️ Coast Guard Hundreds of people identifying themselves as former or current employees of these federal U.S. agencies were listed as members of the extremist group the Oath Keepers. occrp.org/en/investigati…

Spikes in anti-LGBT+ organizing in the United States are strongly correlated with spikes in anti-LGBT+ political violence, ACLED data show: bit.ly/3URCTHk

After 8+ years, today is my last day ACLED. Many thanks to the team, donors, partners, and users around the world for everything over the years!

Nice to see my final report for ACLED late last year on shifts in American far-right mobilization featured as a #DailyChart for The Economist

Glad to see that the Routledge Handbook of #ForeignPolicy Analysis Methods is finally out! Our chapter explores #conflict event #data (from @ACLEDinfo amongst others) & the impacts of data collection decisions on foreign policy conclusions for researchers & policymakers

Published today: Political instability patterns are obscured by conflict dataset scope conditions, sources, and coding choices dlvr.it/Sk07Tl

conflict datasets make choices about what to collect & how to do it. that impacts the patterns we see and what feeds into early warning systems & conflict forecasting models. great new piece by Cliona Raleigh, Roudabeh Kishi & Andrew Linke in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications go.nature.com/3ZHlX9x

Great to see this Routledge Books on militias, states and violence against civilians finally out! Our chapter focuses on 'pro-regime' militias, which are active all around the world — we highlight them in the #US #Burundi #Philippines #India in particular using ACLED #data

#JobAlert: @_Videre is looking for a new CEO to help in exposing #HumanRightsViolations & holding perpetrators to account, working directly with local communities Open to #remote work! Review of apps begins May22: videre.breezy.hr/p/3d00071be835…

So exciting to see this finally out after so much time & effort! Thank you to you & Par for all of your shepherding!!

A new issue brief by Roudabeh Kishi offers recommendations to assist researchers and other audiences in better tracking and understanding online SMM so as to be better able to identify early warning signs of offline violence/mobilization. stimson.org/2023/social-me…

The Center is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, Feb 21 from 1-2pm EST with expert panelists to discuss the implications of threats to officials, public perception, and steps our leaders can take to protect our democratic institutions. REGISTER: publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2024/de…