Consulting

Alongside my research, I consult with frontier AI models, social media platforms, AI Security Institutes, law enforcement, prosecutors, intelligence agencies, government departments, media organizations, and non-governmental organisations on emerging technologies and security threats.

This work is broadly falls into three categories: AI security and mitigating online harms, high-risk data collection in hard-to-access regions, and training, safety, and regulatory compliance. My approach focusses on the connection between online and offline harms, and addressing the specific micro-dynamics driving real-world violence. While tracking what is happening online is important and can be readily done by many analysts in the US, UK, and EU, on-the-ground data collection or implementation is often needed to systematically validate new tools, theories, and solutions. Drawing on my background living, traveling, and conducting fieldwork in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia and my current research on online harms, I help bridge the gap between the online and offline and provide fine-grained data and solutions to challenging public policy problems. With a background in government and public policy, I enjoy translating academic insights into actionable recommendations and real-world solutions. If you or your firm is seeking support in addressing one of these challenges and is seeking a tailored solutions, please contact me or schedule an intro call with Calendly

Services

Countering Online Harms

Social Media Platforms

AI Safety Insitutes

AI Labs

Start-Ups

AI Security Evaluations & Benchmarking
Red / Blue Teaming
Algorithmic Detection Systems
HSD Management/Classification
Malicious Actor Evasion Methods
Adversarial Testing
Non-Adversarial Testing
AI Bias & Ungrounded Inference
Emerging Threats Research & Reports
OSINT Research
Geopolitical Risk Advisory
GTM Strategy
AI Safety Design (LLMs and Image Diffusion Models)
Identification and removal of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content (TVEC),
Disinformation Medical Misinformation, Foreign State Influence Campaigns

Data Collection & Fieldwork

Think Tanks

Universities

NGOs

Survey design and local implementation
Research application approval, clearance, and grant-writing review
Identifying and connecting local expertise across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia
Remote hiring, training, management of on-the-ground research assistants in difficult-to-access regions
International payments and transnational payroll management for local personnel & research assistants
Connecting firms with translators for Arabic, French, Farsi, Kurdish, and Pashto content
Connecting firms with qualitative and quantitative researchers for contract projects

Training, Safety, and Regulatory Compliance

Social Media Platforms

International Organizations

Government

Briefing Trust & Safety teams on Emerging Threats & Adversarial Shifts
Safety workshops for front-line Trust & Safety Employees (no cost)
Navigating compliance for new regulation, including OSA (UK), DSA (EU), GDPR
Compiling and submitting feedback on regulatory consultations to have your voice heard

Previous Projects

Difficultly in identifying and removing online harms accurately and at scale? Need to collect fine-grained data on emerging social issue or challenge? Seeking local expertise in hard-to-access regions for project implementation? Trying to incorporate safety-by-design into new platforms and models? Unsure of new regulation (DSA, OSA, GDPR) and how to begin navigating compliance? Please reach out or schedule a brief intro call via Calendly

Countering Online Harms

Terrorist and Violence Extremist Content (TVEC)

Disinformation/Misinformation

OSINT Research

Content Moderation

Red/Blue Teaming for Frontier Models

Survey Experiment Design

Subnational Data Collection (Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia)

Security Clearances

Secret Security Clearance

Government of Canada

2015

ISED Security Clearance

Innovation Science, and Economic Development