The MeHuCo-Network published the dossier “Autonomous weapon systems – Conditions and limits of meaningful human control”. It sheds light on the complex challenges regarding international […]
New publication: Jens Hälterlein “The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, and control in military robotics”
The paper has been published open access in the European Journal of International Security. Cite: Hälterlein J. The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, […]
Call for Papers: The Promises of Algorithmic Warfare and their Worldmaking Effects – International Conference
Date: 11-13 February 2026 Location: University Hamburg, Germany Deadline: October 15th 2025 We invite submissions for the closing conference of our research network, ‘Meaningful Human […]
Lecture “Künstliche Intelligenz und Krieg” (Artificial Intelligence and War) at the Festival of Revolutionary Thought, Volksbühne Berlin
On October 12, 2025, Jutta Weber (Paderborn University) will give a lecture on Artificial Intelligence and War at the first Festival of Revolutionary Thought – […]
We are delighted to announce that the closing conference of the MeHuCo research network will take place from Wednesday 11.2.2026 to Friday 13.2.2026 at University Hamburg, Germany.
The Promises of Algorithmic Warfare – and Their World-Making Effects Artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems are increasingly shaping the strategiesand tactics of warfare. It […]
Panel at the conference “Diffracting the Critical” (11.3.25 – 14.3.25, HU Berlin)
As part of the conference “Diffracting the Critical” (STS-HUB 2025), which will take place from 11.3 – 14.3.2025 at the HU Berlin, Stephanie Schmidt (University […]
#New Publication: Investigating the kill cloud: information warfare, autonomous weapons & AI
We are happy to announce the publication of the report of our conference together with the Disruption Network Lab in Berlin from the 29th of […]
New Blog: Investigating the Kill Cloud: A Conference on Information Warfare, Autonomous Weapons, and AI
Following the “Investigating the Kill Cloud” Conference organised by the Disruption Network Lab and MEHUCO’s subproject “Swarm Technologies – Control and Autonomy in Complex Weapons […]
New Paper: “Strained missions: the diplomatic dilemmas of small states from the Global South in the area of autonomous weapons systems” by Ishmael Bhila
Ishmael Bhila, who was a research fellow at Paderborn University looking at Global South conceptualisation of Meaningful Human Control, accountability and responsibility, has published a […]
New Paper: “Autonomous drone swarms and the contested imaginaries of artificial intelligence” by Jutta Weber
In a new paper published in Digital War, Jutta Weber discusses the dual concerns surrounding AI-based autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and their potential impact on […]