Where we are going, and where we stand today
This page is not a statement of intent. It is the real state of the project: what already works, what is half-built and what is still only a plan — in those three words.
An observatory that asks readers to trust it should start by saying what it lacks.
Live
- Conflict profiles with a dated chronology and a source per fact
- Global monitor: map and indicators, conflict by conflict
- Situation briefings and long-form analysis
- A network of regional analysts publishing under their own name
In progress
- Severity index (CSI): published only where the evidence supports it
- Internal editorial console and peer review circuit
- Formal registration as a non-profit organisation
Planned
- Stable coverage of more than fifty conflicts
- Alerts on indicators that start moving, before they escalate
- Interoperability with open humanitarian data frameworks
This board is revised when something changes state, not on a fixed date. If an item sits too long in the middle column, that is information about us and we would rather it showed.
01
Scale without lowering the bar
Automate the mechanical part — collection, cross-checking, date control — so analyst time goes into verifying and explaining. Automation orders the material; it does not decide what gets published.
02
Work with those who know the ground
Universities, agencies and regional analysts who bring local context and peer review. No map is better than the people and sources holding it up.
03
Sustain it without owing anyone
Lean operations, declared funding sources and written safeguards. If where the money comes from shapes what gets published, the observatory stops serving the one purpose it has.
Who we want to work with
No conflict map is better than the sources and people behind it. Partnership lets us cross open sources with academic knowledge, humanitarian access and standards anyone can audit.
Every partnership widens access to local context, reduces bias and shortens the path between a figure and its origin.
Areas of collaboration
Academic institutions
Applied research, methodological review and analyst training alongside faculties and research centres.
International organisations
Interoperability with humanitarian data frameworks and alignment with open reporting standards.
Funding and transparency
Institutional support and donors aligned with our editorial safeguards, with public accounting of where funds come from and go.
We look for people who want to learn open-source analysis by doing it, with supervision and with credit for what they sign.
Open-source analyst
Verification, geolocation and quantitative support for profiles and early alerts.
Editorial research
Synthesis, context notes and support on long-form pieces, under editorial supervision.
Data and tooling
Data pipeline, visualisation and internal tools, for those who would rather contribute through code or information design.
We invest in technology, methodological audit and open publication. Institutional support lets us keep editorial independence and widen reach without trading away transparency.
Have a source, a correction or a proposal for joint work? Write to us — most of what improved this project came from outside it.
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