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Centre for Information Resilience

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is a British nonprofit organization based in London, England.

History

CIR was founded in 2020 by Ross Burley and Adam Rutland.[1]

Organization

CIR runs multiple programs, including Afghan Witness, Eyes on Russia and Myanmar Witness. CIR is a member organization of Social Enterprise UK.[1:1]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Ross Burley Co-Founder[1:2] -
Adam Rutland Co-Founder[1:3] -
Louise Marie Hurel Advisor[2] Igarapé Institute, Center for Technology and Society (CTS), Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GECE), Partnership for Countering Influence Operations
Nina Jankowicz Vice President, U.S.[3] Disinformation Governance Board, National Democratic Institute (NDI), American Sunlight Project
Ben Strick Director of Investigations[1:4] -

Partners

Partners and collaborators of the CIR include:

  • Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)[4]

Funding

CIR has received funding from:[1:5]

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • United States Department of State

  1. FAQ. Centre for Information Resilience. Retrieved July 23, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.07.23-120931/https://www.info-res.org/faq ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Partnership for Countering Influence Operations: Researchers’ Guild. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230204223239/https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/counteringinfluenceoperations/researchersguild ↩︎

  3. Experience | Nina Jankowicz. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 27, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninajankowicz/details/experience/ ↩︎

  4. Pro-Kremlin content targets South African social media users, pushing narratives around Ukrainian neo-Nazism. (2024, May 23). Centre for Information Resilience. http://archive.today/2024.05.27-221338/https://www.info-res.org/post/pro-kremlin-content-targets-south-african-social-media-users-pushing-narratives-around-ukrainian-ne ↩︎