Lecture Marijn Hoijtink and Linde Arentze: Algorithmic and Autonomous Warfare
Concerning War and Conflict lecture series
How do the innovation, deployment, and impact of algorithmic military technologies in Ukraine reshape the relationships between technology, warfare, and society? In this Concerning War and Conflict lecture, Marijn Hoijtink (University of Antwerp) and Linde Arentze (Utrecht University) examine the developments since 2022.
Ukraine as a laboratory for algorithmic warfare
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the battlefield in Ukraine has frequently been described as a testing ground for both military algorithmic technologies and the civil-military-industrial partnerships creating them. Western militaries and tech companies have rushed to the region, eager to test new systems and learn from Ukraine’s quick organisational and tactical adaptions. But what real lessons can we truly learn from Ukraine’s lived realities?
Marijn Hoijtink and Linde Arentze explore how AI and AI-adjecent technologies reshape how war is fought and experienced. They open up discussion on the long-erm implications of the industrial, commercial, and civilian partnerships formed in response to war – for the future of Ukraine, the role of war in our societies, and the democratic principles underpinning it.
Concerning War and Conflict: On Ukraine
The Conflict Studies Group of the Department of History and Art History organises a new series of the Concerning War and Conflict lectures, with support from the Contesting Governance platform of the research area Institutions for Open Societies. This time, the lecture series will focus on Ukraine.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has entered its second decade, and three years have passed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In this second edition of the Concerning War and Conflict lecture series, interdisciplinary scholars offer critical insight into what this case teaches us about war, human rights, and the governance of violent conflict in the 21st century.
Each session includes a lecture, a Q&A session, and a networking moment. The aim is to provide sensitive and rigorous analytical perspectives to a broad audience of Utrecht University staff, students, non-governmental organisations, policy makers, and the general public.
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