Who we are
Ceárta was founded in 2025 on the belief that preventing conflict, extremism, and insecurity requires detailed analysis grounded in human rights, cultural understanding, and inclusive governance.
Our name means “rights” in Gaelic, reflecting our mission to deliver context-sensitive, ethically rigorous, and human rights-centered research and advisory services in counterterrorism, geopolitical risk, conflict, and violent extremism.
We believe accurate analysis is vital not only to achieving peace, but also to shaping effective policy that protects communities, upholds civil liberties, and strengthens democratic resilience.
To foster a policy landscape that embeds a commitment to inclusive and democratic change, we work with partners and clients to ensure all our activities support a transparent and achievable theory of change.
Ceárta’s Theory of Change
Our Goal
Foster inclusive policymaking; Strengthen early warning systems; Build ethical governance capacity
Our Strategy
Ethnographic & participatory research; OSINT & documentations; Conflict modelling; Training & Capacity Building
Our Outputs
A policy landscape that protects communities, upholds civil liberties, and strengthens democratic resilience
Our Objectives
Partner with informed clients to deliver context-sensitive, ethically rigorous, and human rights-centered analysis.
Our Goal
Policy briefs; Reports; Research summaries; Monitoring tools; Training manuals; Workshops & courses
Our Team
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c.chaplin@cearta.co
Chris founded Ceárta in 2025 and leads its research portfolio. He was previously research director of the Religion and Global Society Research Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2021–2025) and senior research analyst on maritime Southeast Asia for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He has also held research and advocacy roles at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Amnesty International, and the World Bank in Indonesia, leading projects on community development and violence. Fluent in Indonesian, Chris has over 17 years’ experience in Indonesia and Malaysia, and has authored numerous reports, articles, and the book Salafism and the State: Islamic Activism and National Identity in Contemporary Indonesia.
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