Past Events Category: WG OSINV

Isabella Regan, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
March 27, 2026 @ 9:00 am CDT
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Open-source investigations for justice and accountability: Navigating hybrid practices and disciplinary in-betweenness: Open-source investigations (OSI) have become an increasingly important tool in documenting and analyzing atrocity crimes, bringing together journalists, legal practitioners, activists, and technologists. …

Georgia Edwards, Tomas Dodds, Guillen Torres
February 27, 2026 @ 9:00 am CST - 10:00 am CST
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Abstract: WITNESS has identified how unintended consequences of the institutionalisation of OSINV – to leverage its use for criminal and legal institutions for accountability – have shifted increased agency from those directly affected, to those …

Johana Kotisova, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
January 23, 2026 @ 9:00 am CST
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Journalists vs. War Crimes: War reporting is currently undergoing profound transformation. Two of the most important and mutually intertwined phenomena are the integration of open-source investigations in war and investigative reporting and the involvement of …

Philip Di Salvo, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
December 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am CST - 10:00 am CST
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Title: Turning OSINV Inward: Investigating Datafication and AI Misuse Abstract: Open-source investigative methods (OSINV) have become central to journalism, enabling reporting from conflict zones, foreign contexts, and disaster areas through the analysis of social media …

Anna-Theresa Mayer, Tomas Dodds, Guillen Torres
November 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am CST - 10:00 am CST
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Title: Networked intermediaries: Exploring the role of OSINT communities in verifying public knowledge on digital platforms Abstract: During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, new actors beyond journalism, such as open-source intelligence and investigation (OSINT) …