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Institute for Digital Investigation solutions
Through our Tactical Tech Institute for Digital Investigation, we offer solutions such as research development, capacity-building events, and training programs for organizations.Our Institute for Digital Investigation is a center of excellence dedicated to advancing understanding and skills within civil society through investigation, resource development, and skill-sharing. We build networks and foster critical skills among NGOs, journalists, and researchers, addressing the interplay between technology, power, and crises. Our proven collaborative and participatory approaches enable organizations to produce new research, test investigative methodologies, and build their audiences' capacity. With over 10 years of experience, our resources and methodologies have been utilized by practitioners worldwide.
We offer evidence-based strategic guidance and tailored solutions to funders, international and national organizations, and entities with dedicated funding. Our services include:
- Research development on digital influence and topics related to privacy, mis and disinformation, data collection industry and its impacts and applied investigation methodologies
- Comprehensive training programs, workshops, and masterclasses on digital investigation methodologies
- Co-branded capacity-building events based on our proven methodologies
- Applying collaborative techniques to engage your audiences in research and resource production
Explore how our expertise can support your goals. Contact us to discuss how we can assist with your strategic and capacity-building needs.
Attend our Masterclasses and expert gatherings
Through the Tactical Tech Institute for Digital Investigation, we organize residencies, expert gatherings, conferences, and other events that bring together experienced and emerging investigators from various fields—journalists, activists, artists, technologists, data analysts, citizen investigators, and developers— in a safe, trusted environment. These events aim to share skills, create knowledge, foster networking, and initiate new investigative projects or partnerships that extend beyond the events.
Call for Participants: Digital Influence and Climate Friction: Expert Gathering
Digital information disorder shapes society's response to the climate crisis. Climate journalists, misinformation researchers, technologists, and other practitioners apply to join this gathering designed to advance research and improve responses to the climate information landscape, assess strategies used for climate influence, and compile an up-to-date set of tactics for creating change. Apply here
[Closed] Call for Participants | Digital Investigation Residency
Europe-based journalists, fact-checkers, researchers, OSINT investigators, artists, and practitioners passionated about investigative work will come together to explore critical topics like AI & Us, critical climates, and political influence through engaging plenary sessions, hands-on workshops, skill-sharing, and collaborative sessions. They will learn cutting-edge methods and apply them directly to their investigative projects. More information
Our trainer delivering a session on Digital technology and elections
Design and customise your own training program on digital investigation
Is your media organization seeking programs to train your team in alternative investigation techniques focused on pressing topics like climate change? Are you looking to build capacity on the impact of digital technologies on democracies and societal crises? Our institute offers training and capacity-building programs designed to equip organizations and their audiences with essential skills and investigative methodologies applicable across various contexts, from media to academia and activism.
At Tactical Tech, our training programs are flexible and customizable. You can select and combine different workshops and masterclasses to create a tailored package with interconnected sessions that best suit your needs. Our comprehensive training options can be adapted to meet your specific objectives and expectations.
Selection of Digital Investigation topics available:
- Core elements of evidence-based research, both online and offline
- Online and offline resources for evidence collection
- Digital safety and privacy for investigations
- Advanced Online Search and ‘Dorking’
- Web Archiving and Retrieving Archived Evidence Online
- Understand how to identify, verify, and use metadata from photos, videos, and documents
- Navigate the corporate world and cross-border investigations
- Preventive digital safety and risk awareness
- Understand the structure of the internet and the journey of information
Selection of Digital Influence topics available:
- Introduction to Personal Data and the Influence Industry
- Data: From Personal to Political
- Data as a Political Asset, Political Intelligence and Political Influence
- Research methods for investigating digital influences in election campaigns
- Key technologies and methodologies used in global elections
- Essential tools to identify and analyze digital campaign strategies
- Storytelling to present the results
- Artificial Intelligence's impact on elections
- Political elections, digital technologies and misinformation
- The dilemmas of using personal data for political influence
How it works?
- Customize your program by choosing the number of sessions that best suit your needs. Please note that we don’t offer one-off sessions.
- Select the topics you want to cover in your training program.
- Specify the number of participants you’d like to include.
- Send us your request with this information, and we’ll quickly provide you with a tailored proposal!
Distribute our guides and kits
Are you interested in getting printed versions of our most popular guides and books? These resources are the result of our extensive research and collaboration with experts and practitioners in the field. Let us know how many copies you need, and we'll send you a personalized proposal! Currently available guides:
"Exposing the Invisible- The Kit": A collaborative, self-learning resource that makes investigative techniques and tools used by experienced investigators accessible to everyone motivated. More info
"Visualising Information for Advocacy": Through examples of visual information campaigns worldwide, we show how advocates, activists, and rights groups can capture attention, present stories and take your audiences on journeys through data. More info
The Exposing The Visible- The Kit. Picture by Wael Eskandar
Visualising Information for Advocacy Book