The Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA) Research Group delivers cutting edge open source and geospatial intelligence and analytics on a range of topics related to national security and defence.
From North Korea’s overseas procurement and proliferation networks to Russia’s ongoing military activities, we seek to leverage new technologies and techniques to generate actionable and insightful intelligence on contemporary security issues.
The team has also developed a number of in-house machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to detect, classify and database entities in electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery.
OSIA works closely with several external partners, and its outputs have featured in a range of international news agencies, including the Financial Times, the New York Times, Reuters, The Times and the Wall Street Journal, among others.
Programmes
We divide our public portfolio of research into three programme areas.
Project Sandstone
Project Sandstone is an initiative to systematically analyse North Korea’s proliferation, procurement and sanctions evasion networks.
Assessment of Military Capabilities
This programme looks at providing analysis and insights into military capabilities using OSINT and GEOINT techniques.
The Changing Nature of Intelligence
This programme seeks to understand how the proliferation of data and digital tools is changing the nature of intelligence inside and outside of government.
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Our team
James Byrne
Director, OSIA
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Joe Byrne
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Gary Somerville
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Denys Karlovskyi
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Jack Crawford
Research Analyst
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Ino Terzi
Research Analyst
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Marike Woollard
Programme Manager
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Fellows
Dr Stephan Blancke
Associate Fellow - Expert in foreign espionage activities and intelligence services
Thomas Ewing
Associate Fellow - Expert in emerging technology ethics and national security
Vicky Lavrentiadou
Associate Fellow
Nick Lewis OBE
Senior Associate Fellow; MD Financial Crime Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank
Dr Giangiuseppe Pili
Associate Fellow; Assistant Professor, James Madison University