Bellingcat Five-Day Open Source Investigation Workshop - London - June 19-23, 2017
On June 19th, Bellingcat will be running its first five-day open source investigation workshop in London, where participants will be taught the core skills of open source investigation by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins. The course aims to take participants from mastering basic verification and investigation techniques to practicing the advanced investigation techniques used by Bellingcat in its award-winning investigative work.
The workshop price is £1000 per participant, plus VAT, and will take place near Euston station in London. Spaces are limited to 12 participants. There are currently only a few spots left at the workshop -- for further information or to reserve a place, send an email to contact@bellingcat.com. We are also taking down the names of those who are interested in participating in future workshops.
All participants must bring their own laptops, with WiFi provided at the venue.
The workshop will include:
- Detailed case studies, from basic verification to in-depth investigations.
- Hands-on practical work using a range of tools, platforms, and investigative techniques used by Bellingcat in its investigations.
- Examining the application of open source investigation in subjects ranging from conflict to crime and corruption.
The workshop concludes with participant-led investigations supported by Eliot Higgins, allowing participants to apply their newly acquired investigative skills onto real world situations.
Eliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat and the Brown Moses Blog, visiting research associate at King's College London, research fellow at the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is an award winning investigative journalist and publishes the work of an international alliance of fellow investigators using freely available online information. He has helped inaugurate open-source and social media investigations by trawling through vast amounts of data uploaded to the web and social media sites. Bellingcat’s inquiries have revealed extraordinary findings, including linking the Buk used to down flight MH17 to Russia, uncovering details about the August 21, 2013 Sarin attacks in Damascus, and evidencing the involvement of the Russian military in the Ukrainian conflict.
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