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Publications

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IAF Earth Observation Symposium 76th International Astronautical Congress, pp. 298-302 (2026)

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Journal of Aerospace Information Systems Vol 22, pp. 993-1012 (2025)

Redondo Paloma Maestro, Garcia Gérald, , , Jiménez Eguizabal Jaime Bernar, Théate Antoine, Gerené Sam, Fernández Alberto González, Kolfschoten Gwendolyn

CEAS Space Journal (2025)

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76th International Astronautical Congress (2025)

, Irwin Fiona, de la Barba Luis, Holton Allan, Jones Dan, Terret-Hensman Rob, Wilson Gordon, , , , ,

CIGRE 2025 International Symposium (2025)

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76th International Astronautical Congress (2025)

Professional Activities

Invited speaker

21/1/2026

Participant

13/5/2025

Participant

17/1/2025

Organiser

1/2025

Member of programme committee

30/10/2024

Invited speaker

10/10/2023

Projects

Crippa, Lorenzo (Principal Investigator) Bowden, James (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027

Riccardi, Annalisa (Academic) Uzonyi, Gary (Academic) Srivastava, Jaya (Post Grad Student)

01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2029

Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Uzonyi, Gary (Co-investigator) Srivastava, Jaya (Research Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029

Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2029

Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Anwar, Ali (Co-investigator)

25-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026

Schippers, Birgit (Principal Investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) O'Donnell, Therese (Principal Investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator)

Reliable and verifiable sources that can document human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law are crucial in legal contexts. Spatial open-source intelligence (S-OSINT), which is information that is gathered from publicly available digital data such as satellite or remote sensing data, has become an increasingly significant resource in human rights lawyering, from investigations and fact-finding missions through to courtroom evidence at trial. S-OSINT can bypass challenges in evidence gathering, especially where access to witnesses or sites is difficult.

Despite its considerable value, the use of S-OSINT raises concerns about its impact on data privacy and security, and about the validity and reliability of open-source information. Specifically, worries about the effects of misinformation—the inadvertent sharing of inaccurate content—and disinformation—the intentional sharing of inaccurate content with the aim of causing harm—can raise doubts about the trustworthiness of S-OSINT.

This project asks what best practice in the use of S-OSINT in legal contexts should look like, and it will create frameworks to prevent misinformation and disinformation from undermining the value of S-OSINT.

By investigating the legal, ethical and engineering challenges of S-OSINT, the project will establish rigorous standards that will inform a best practice framework for engineers, legal professionals, researchers, and other S-OSINT users. Its interdisciplinary approach supports the project’s ambition to advance the development of human-centred, ethical and lawful uses of digital and industrial technologies. With this focus, the project will also enhance the Global Challenges theme ‘Digital, Industry and Space’.

To deliver on its ambition, the project will (1) develop a ³Ô¹Ïtv-led interdisciplinary research programme that will create a best practice framework for the use of S-OSINT; (2) foster interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations with external partners, including international governmental and non-governmental organisations, legal professionals, and SMEs; and (3) prepare two external funding applications.

Funded by the ³Ô¹Ïtv's Institutional Funding for Research Culture Award, Cultures of Collaborative Research (Wellcome Trust). For further information please visit the Collaborative Research Cultures Web Page (/research/researchenvironment/collaborativeresearchcultures/).

30-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026