Dr. Thorsten Wetzling heads the SNV’s research unit on basic rights, surveillance and democracy. He currently directs the European Intelligence Oversight Network (EION), a collaborative research project to support and challenge intelligence oversight bodies across Europe. He is also a Principal Investigator for the international research consortium GUARD//INT which aims to build empirical and conceptual tools to better understand the limits and potential of intelligence oversight mechanisms. Thorsten is also founder and editor-in-chief of aboutintel.eu – a European discussion forum on surveillance, technology and democracy.
