Aoife Gallagher

Senior Analyst

Aoife Gallagher is a Senior Analyst at ISD Canada, focusing on the intersection between far-right extremism, information operations and conspiracy theories. Her work uses a mixture of data analysis, open source intelligence and investigative techniques to understand the online ecosystem where these ideas flourish and spread.

Previously, Aoife was a journalist with the online news agency, Storyful. She is co-author of the ISD reports The Genesis of a Conspiracy Theory and Profit and Protest: How Facebook is struggling to enforce limits on ads spreading hate, lies and scams about the Black Lives Matter protests. Aoife has completed an MA in Journalism.