Outreach & Speaking 💬
Invited presentations & academic conferences
March 2025: “Conceptualizing the Human Role in Warfare: Beyond ‘Control’ and Towards ‘Agency’?” AI Lund lunch seminar, online.
March 2025: “Navigating Global Narratives of Responsible AI in the Military Domain”. International Studies Association annual convention, Chicago, US.
December 2024: “AI in the Military Domain: Beyond Autonomy in Weapon Systems”. Keynote speech at Beyond Europe: AI in International Relations conference, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
October 2024: “Governance of AI in the Military Domain: How Global Practices Shape Norms”. Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, Cambridge, MA, US.
October 2024: “The Future of Global Governance on Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Processes” roundtable, Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, Northeastern University, Boston, US.
September 2024: “Responsible Human-Machine Teaming Across the AI Lifecycle: An Interactive Scenario”. Responsible AI in the Military Domain Summit, Seoul, South Korea.
August 2024: “Visual Portrayals of Weaponised AI: How Popular is Western Pop Culture?”. European International Studies Association Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Lille, France.
July 2024: “AI and Warfare”. Lecture at the Summer School on the Law, Ethics and Policy of AI, KU Leuven, Belgium.
June 2024: “Global Narratives of Responsible AI in the Military Domain”. CEEISA-ISA joint conference, Rijeka, Croatia.
April 2024: “Performing Algorithmic Warfare Capabilities: A Visual Practice Analysis”. International Studies Association annual convention, San Francisco, US.
December 2023: “Regulating Military AI: Mission Impossible?” AI Governance Forum, organised by the AI Transparency Institute, online.
October 2023: “Russia’s Place in the Global AI Competition”. Oslo Nuclear Forum, online.
October 2023: “The AI Revolution and Its Impact on Military Affairs”. Czech Security Forum, Prague, Czechia.
October 2023: “Russia’s Place in the Global AI Competition”. Workshop of the Belfer Center Working Group on Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, Hamburg, Germany.
September 2023: “Developments of Autonomous Weapons in China, Russia, and the US”. Presentation to the Dutch Association for AI and Robot Law, online.
September 2023: “Performing Military AI Capabilities: A Visual Practice Analysis” and “Understanding International Practices via Visual Analysis”. European International Studies Association (EISA) Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Potsdam, Germany.
June 2023: « Récits et imaginaires liés à l’IA militaire : comparaison entre la France, l’Inde, le Japon et les États-Unis ». Congrès de l’Association pour les études sur la guerre et la stratégie (AEGES), Bordeaux, France.
May 2023: “Artificial Intelligence in Warfare”. Science and Beers talk at Odense Kulturfestival, Denmark.
May 2023: Panel on Arms Proliferation and Disarmament. Reimagining Peace conference, Flemish Peace Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
April 2023: “Cross-cultural Narratives of Weaponised AI: Comparing France, Japan, and the US”. Many Worlds of AI conference, Cambridge, UK.
March 2023: “Military AI Capabilities: Practices, Performances and Perceptions”. International Studies Association annual convention, Montreal, Canada.
February 2023: “Realities of Algorithmic Warfare: Use, Impact & Regulation”. Responsible AI in the Military Domain Summit, The Hague, Netherlands.
January 2023: “Russia’s AI Capabilities: Prospects for Technological Sovereignty?”. Perspectives on Russia conference, Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, Denmark.
November 2022: Table ronde – « Drones et nouvelles technologies militaires ». Réseau d’analyse stratégique & Le Rubicon, online (in French).
September 2022: “Technology in the Quest for Status: The Russian Leadership’s AI Narratives”. American Political Science Association annual conference, Montreal, Canada.
July 2022: “Cross-cutting issues: Emerging Threats - Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies”. OSCE – UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security, online.
June 2022: “Technology in the Quest for Status: The Russian Leadership’s AI Narratives”. European Initiative for Security Studies annual conference, Berlin, Germany.
June 2022: “Technology in the Quest for Status: The Russian Leadership’s AI Narratives”. British International Studies Association annual conference, Newcastle, UK.
May 2022: “Technology as Status Anchor: How Russia Perceives Artificial Intelligence”. BISA International Studies and Emerging Technologies working group conference, Dublin, Ireland.
April 2022: “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfare”. Bestil en Forsker (Book a Researcher) initiative, Denmark.
April 2022: “Military Applications of AI: Russian Perspectives”. 21st Annual McCain Conference: The Ethics of Military Artificial Intelligence, organised by the US Naval Academy.
March 2022: “AI and the Transformation of Warfare: Russian Perspectives”. AI and the Transformation of Warfare: Perspectives from South Asia and Beyond, organised by the Warring with Machines Project (Peace Research Institute Oslo), Kolkata, India.
February 2022: “What Next for the Global Debate on Autonomous Weapons Systems?” British Pugwash Technology & Peace conference, online.
October 2021: “Great Power Identity in Russia’s Position on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems”. Danish Political Science Association annual conference, Vejle, Denmark.
September 2021: “Great Power Identity in Russia’s Discourse on Autonomous Weapons”. Science Peace Security ‘21, online.
United Nations, Geneva (2023)
REAIM Summit, The Hague (2023)
Conference organisation
November 2024: “Emerging Scholars on Emerging Technologies in International Security”, in-person workshop, Copenhagen.
May 2022: “The Algorithmic Turn in Security and Warfare”, in-person workshop, Odense.
January 2022: “The Algorithmic Turn in Security and Warfare”, online conference.
Podcasts
Guest/Host
Techno-Geopolitics and the US-China Tech War. The AutoNorms Podcast, 2023.
WarPod #5: The Russian invasion of Ukraine. The WarPod, Center for War Studies, 2022.
Russian Perceptions of Military AI and Automation. The Chain Reaction podcast, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2022.
Producer
WarPod #8 President Trump and US Foreign Policy. The WarPod, Center for War Studies, 2024.
WarPod #7 Denise Garcia: Common Good Governance in the Age of Military Artificial Intelligence. The WarPod, Center for War Studies, 2023.
WarPod #6 Kate Chandler: Does Military Artificial Intelligence Have Gender? The WarPod, Center for War Studies, 2022.
In the media
I have provided expert commentary on a variety of topics to media outlets such as CNN International, France 24, Euronews, ABC News, and Global News Canada.
Interview with Euronews (2023)
Awards & grants
2023: Shortlisted for the Bernard Brodie Prize, Contemporary Security Policy.
2021: Winner of the OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition for Students and Young Professionals.
2016: Distinction, London School of Economics.
2015: Distinction, McGill University.
Research stays & training (selected)
September 2023: Summer School on the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence, KU Leuven, Belgium.
October-December 2022: Research visit, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
October 2022: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament course, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
May 2022: Research visit, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.