Research Publications

31 January 2025

31/01/25

Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms

In a recent publication by Cambridge University Press, Prof. dr. Elke Schwarz examines the transformative role of venture capital (VC) in the defense and military industry.

Algorithmic Warfare Technologies

Article

Neil Renic

09 December 2024

09/12/24

Article

Tragic reflection, political wisdom, and the future of algorithmic war

Neil Renic

In his recent publication in the Australian Journal of International Affairs, Dr. Neil Renic addresses the integration of AI and machine learning in military decision making.

Technologies

Article

23 October 2024

23/10/24

Article

Facial recognition technologies and the rise of algorithmic policing in America

In his latest article for Anthropology Today, Prof González critically examines how predictive policing and facial recognition technologies reshape US law enforcement practices.

Political Economy

Report

Roberto J. González

22 May 2024

22/05/24

Report

How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex

Roberto J. González

In this report, Prof. Roberto J. González reveals how the Pentagon’s billion-dollar big tech contracts are changing the military-industrial-commercial complex and result in unreliable AI-enabled weapons systems.

Algorithmic Warfare Technologies

Chapter

Lauren Gould et al

26 March 2024

26/03/24

Chapter

Assembling the Future of Warfare: Innovating Swarm Technology within the Dutch Military-Industrial-Commercial Complex

Lauren Gould et al

The Dutch MOD and a delegation of high-tech AI startups travelled to Ukraine last week to sign new military contracts. This is the military-industrial-commercial complex that IRW scholars coin in their latest chapter on swarm technology.

Algorithmic Warfare

Article

Neil Renic, Elke Schwarz

13 March 2024

13/03/24

Article

Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing

Neil Renic et al

Dr. Neil Renic & dr. Elke Schwarz problematize the use of AI driven weapons systems by drawing comparisons with patterns visible in historical cases of systematic killing.

Civilian Harm Technologies

Article

29 February 2024

29/02/24

Article

Death by Remote Control: Drone Warfare in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Beyond

Prof. Roberto J. González explores the lived experiences of soldiers and civilians who are directly affected by the introduction of unmanned and increasingly autonomous weapon systems on the 21st century battlefield.

Technologies

Article

30 November 2023

30/11/23

Article

“This Is Not What I Signed up for”: Sociotechnical imaginaries in Dutch military innovation

Van der Maarel et al. explore the gap between existing military visions of technological innovation and soldiers' experiences of working in an autonomous systems unit, revealing sentiments of disillusionment.

Algorithmic Warfare Technologies

Article

Lauren Gould et al

17 November 2023

17/11/23

Article

Algorithmic innovation: Experimentation beyond the boundaries of the law

Lauren Gould et al

IRW's Dr. Gould et al. analysed how the Dutch Army experimented in algorithmic innovation by unlawfully tracking its citizen’s sentiment and behaviour.

Politics Technologies

Article

Digdem Soyaltin-Colella, Tolga Demiryol

21 June 2023

21/06/23

Article

Turkey’s emergence as a middle power

Digdem Soyaltin-Colella et al

Dr. Soyaltin-Colella and Dr. Demiryol discuss how the production and proliferation of Turkey’s drone system has influenced their middle power activism.

Content

Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms

Tragic reflection, political wisdom, and the future of algorithmic war

Facial recognition technologies and the rise of algorithmic policing in America

How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex

Assembling the Future of Warfare: Innovating Swarm Technology within the Dutch Military-Industrial-Commercial Complex

Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing

Death by Remote Control: Drone Warfare in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Beyond

“This Is Not What I Signed up for”: Sociotechnical imaginaries in Dutch military innovation

Algorithmic innovation: Experimentation beyond the boundaries of the law

Turkey’s emergence as a middle power