Jacob Beeders

Position
Senior Research Specialist (PA State Lead)
Affiliation
Bridging Divides Initiative
Bio/Description

 

Jacob Beeders is a Senior Research Specialist and the Pennsylvania State Lead with the Bridging Divides Initiative. He has a background in open-source analysis, public records research, and corporate investigations. Jacob has geolocated attacks on civilians in Syria, Turkey and Iraq to increase transparency about casualties in conflict zones, and has published open-source investigations on extremist activity and misinformation in East Africa. Jacob holds an M.A. with distinction from the War Studies Department at King’s College London, and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington.