Publications
2026
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. (2026). Tracing Western Security Assistance in an Era of Remote Warfare: An Alternative System of Profit, Power, and Protection. International Studies Review, 21-23.
Rolandsen, Ø. H., Schröder, U. C., Tholens, S., Bagayoko, N., Berg, L.-A., De Franco, C., Gould, L. M., Marsh, N., Moe, L. W., Reno, W., Watling, J., & Wilén, N. (2026). Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order. International Studies Review, 28(2), Article viag003. Advance online publication. [DOI] [Repository]
Gould, L., Arentze, L., & Hoijtink , M. (2026). Tracing Algorithmic Harm: From Innovation to Deployment and Impact on Civilians. Critical Studies on Security. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Gould, L., Demmers, J., Bijl, E., & Azeem , S. (2026). Investigating Remote Warfare as the Radical Undoing of Life: The compounding civilian harm effects of US-led coalition bombings in Iraq. Antipode, 58(2), Article e70070. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Gould, L. (2026). Podcast - Beyond Compliance in Conversation: Civilian Harm. Digital or Visual Products, Beyond Compliance: In Conversation. https://beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep5-civilian-harm/
2025
Popularising publications
Gould, L. (2025, Jan 28). Beyond Compliance Blog: Investigating Civilian Harm in an Era of Western Remote Warfare. Beyond Compliance: In Conversation. https://www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/01/28/beyond-compliance-symposium-investigating-civilian-harm-in-an-era-of-western-remote-warfare/
Arentze, L., Gould, L., & Hoijtink , M. (2025). Oorlog als proeftuin voor militaire AI. Samenleving en politiek, 50-55. https://www.sampol.be/2025/11/oorlog-als-proeftuin-voor-militaire-ai
2024
Scholarly publications
Gould, L., Hoijtink , M., & Arentze, L. (2024). Assembling the Future of Warfare: Innovating Swarm Technology within the Dutch Military-Industrial-Commercial Complex. In T. Sweijs, & J. Michaels (Eds.), Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War Hurst Publishers.
Gould, L., Hoijtink , M., Jaarsma, M., & Davies, J. (2024). Innovating Algorithmic Warfare: Experimentation with Information Manoeuvre beyond the Boundaries of the Law. Global Society, 38(1), 49-66. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Gould, L. (2024). NIOD Rewind Podcast: Navigating Field Research in Conflict-Affected Societies. Digital or Visual Products https://soundcloud.com/niod_rewind_podcast/niod-rewind-episode-37-navigating-field-research-in-conflict-effected-societies
Gould, L., Arentze, L., & Hoijtink , M. (2024). AI en oorlogsvoering: Als de bom valt, weet je alleen dat de mobiele telefoon geraakt is - niet wie hem vasthield. Focus Knack, 90-94. https://www.knack.be/nieuws/technologie/ai-en-de-oorlog-in-gaza-we-vuren-op-een-mobiele-telefoon-in-de-hoop-daarmee-de-tegenstander-te-raken/
Gould, L., Hoijtink , M., & Arentze, L. (2024). Gaza War: AI is changing the speed of war fighting and the scale of civilian harm. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/gaza-war-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-speed-of-targeting-and-scale-of-civilian-harm-in-unprecedented-ways-228050
Gould, L., Arentze, L., & Hoijtink , M. (2024). Algoritmische oorlogsvoering: Van mens naar data tot doelwit van kamikazedrones. De Groene Amsterdammer, 2024(30). https://www.groene.nl/artikel/van-mens-naar-data-tot-doelwit-van-kamikazedrones
2023
Scholarly publications
Gould, L., & Demmers, J. (2023). IRW Podcast: 5 years Intimacies of Remote Warfare. Digital or Visual Products, Intimacies of Remote Warfare programme. https://intimacies-of-remote-warfare.nl/podcasts-documentaries/podcast-5-years-intimacies-of-remote-warfare/
2022
Scholarly publications
Gould, L., & Stel, N. (2022). Strategische ontkenning, geheimhouding en onwetendheid: Het politieke debat over Hawija. In J. V. Dort, L. Gould, & M. Woudwijk (Eds.), Hawija: De verwoestende werkelijkheid van onze langeafstandsoorlog tegen IS (pp. 45-58). Uitgeverij Aspekt.
Gould, L., & Demmers, J. (2022). De paradox van langeafstandsoorlog: Risicovermijding, asymmetrisch lijden, meer oorlog. In J. V. Dort, L. Gould, & M. Woudwijk (Eds.), Hawija : De verwoestende werkelijkheid van onze langeafstandsoorlog tegen IS (pp. 19-29). Uitgeverij Aspekt.
Gould, L., Demmers, J., Bijl, E., & Azeem , S. (2022). After the Strike: Exposing the civilian harm effects of the 2015 Dutch airstrike on Hawija. PAX for Peace. https://paxforpeace.nl/what-we-do/publications/after-the-strike
Gould, L., Woudwijk, M., & van Dort, J. (Eds.) (2022). Hawija: De verwoestende werkelijkheid van onze langeafstandsoorlog tegen IS. Uitgeverij Aspekt.
Snetselaar, D., Gould, L., Frerks, G., Rietjens, S., & Sweijs, T. (2022, Sept 30). Knowledge security: insights for NATO. NATO Review. https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2022/09/30/knowledge-security-insights-for-nato/index.html
Boon, W., de Haan, J. J., van Sebille, E., Gould, L., Janssen, W., Jongsma, K. R., Milota, M., Maud, R., Stevens, S., Strick, M., Swinkels, M., Wanders, N., & Yerkes, M. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections of early and mid-career academics. Research for All, 6(1), 1-8. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Gould, L., & Kanetake, M. (2022). Podcast Asymmetrical Haircuts: The Reverberations of Hawija. Digital or Visual Products, Podcast Asymmetrical Haircuts. https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/episode-68-reverberations-of-hawija-with-lauren-gould-and-machiko-kanetake/
Gould, L. (2022). Bewapende drone is helemaal niet zo’n superwapen. Het parool. https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-bewapende-drone-is-helemaal-niet-zo-n-superwapen~bffbd5b9/
2021
Scholarly publications
Gould, L., & Stel, N. (2021). Strategic ignorance and the legitimation of remote warfare: The Hawija bombardments. Security Dialogue , 53(1), 57-74. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/09670106211038801
Popularising publications
Gould, L., & Demmers, J. (2021). Safer WarPod: Remote Warfare Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Digital or Visual Products, Saferworld WarPod.
Gould, L., & Kanetake, M. (2021). Podcast Travelling Concepts on Air: Surveillance. Digital or Visual Products, Podcast: Travelling Concepts on Air. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/contesting-governance/projects/podcast-travelling-concepts-on-air/season-2/episode-2-surveillance
Gould, L., Stel, N., & Demmers, J. (2021). Collateral damage: crushing the myths of accuracy and accountability in modern warfare. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/collateral-damage-crushing-the-myths-of-accuracy-and-accountability-in-modern-warfare-172197
2020
Scholarly publications
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. (2020). The Remote Warfare Paradox: How the democratic desire for zero-risk war lowers the threshold for military engagement. In A. McKay, A. Watson, & M. Karlshoj-Pedersen (Eds.), Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 34-47). e-International Relations. [Repository]
Demmers, J., Gould, L. M., & Snetselaar, D. J. (2020). Perfect War and its Contestations. In S. Malty, B. O'Loughlin, K. Parry, & L. Roselle (Eds.), Spaces of War, War of Spaces (1 ed., pp. 231-246). Bloomsbury Academic. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Gould, L. (2020). Meer oorlog, meer drones. NRC Handelsblad, Opinie & Debat. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/12/27/meer-drones-meer-oorlog-a4025277
Gould, L. M., & Demmers, J. (2020). Oxford Research Groups WarPod: The Remote Warfare Paradox. Digital or Visual Products, WarPod podcast Oxford Research Group . https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/warpod-ep-16-the-remote-warfare-paradox
Gould, L. M., & Stel, N. M. (2020). Onwetendheid in een oorlog is geen excuus. NRC Handelsblad, Opinie & Debat. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/05/13/onwetendheid-in-een-oorlog-is-geen-excuus-a3999590
2019
Popularising publications
Gould, L. M., & Demmers, J. (2019). Podcast Oxford Research Group: Shaping the Borderlands - the spatial and temporal reconfigurations of modern warfare.. Digital or Visual Products, Oxford Research Group & Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre. https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/event-podcast-theorising-remote-warfare
Other output
Gould, L. (2019). Website: The Intimacies of Remote Warfare. Digital or Visual Products, Utecht University. https://intimacies-of-remote-warfare.nl/
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. M. (2019). The Intimacies of Remote Warfare. Unpublished. https://intimacies-remote-warfare.sites.uu.nl/
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. M. (2019). The Remote Warfare Paradox. Paper presented at Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2019, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. M. (2019). Shaping the Borderlands: the spatial and temporal reconfigurations of modern warfare. Paper presented at British International Studies Association Conference ’. Kent University, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
2018
Scholarly publications
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. M. (2018). An Assemblage Approach to Liquid Warfare: AFRICOM and the 'hunt' for Joseph Kony. Security Dialogue , 49(5), 364-381. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Gould, L., & Demmers, J. (2018). Security Dialogues Podcast: An Assemblage Approach to Liquid Warfare. Digital or Visual Products, Security Dialogue Podcast Series. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WRP97cz7DQJmkszi2NBln
Gould, L., & Demmers, J. (2018). Stop de langeafstandsoorlog in Syrie en Irak. Trouw Opinie. https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/stop-de-langeafstandsoorlog-in-syrie-en-irak~bc405f79/
Gould, L. M., & Demmers, J. (2018). Remote Warfare and its Discontents. Web publication/site https://www.kpsrl.org/publication/remote-warfare-and-its-discontents
Gould, L. M., & Demmers, J. (2018). Liquid Warfare: AFRICOM and its pop-up militarization. Web publication/site, SAGE.
2017
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. M. (2017). The Contestation of Complementarity in Uganda: The Case of Thomas Kwoyelo. In C. Brants , & S. Karstedt (Eds.), Transitional Justice and its Public Spheres: Engagement, Legitimacy and Contestation (pp. 147-167). Hart Publishing.
2016
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. M. (2016). The Global Justice Assemblage: International Criminal Law Enforcement and the Governing of the Northern Ugandan Conflict. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [Repository]
Other output
Demmers, J., & Gould, L. M. (2016). An Assemblage Approach to Contemporary Shadow Warfare: AFRICOM and the “hunt” for Joseph Kony. 1-21. Paper presented at 10th Pan-European Conference of te European International Studies Association, Izmir, Turkey.
2015
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. M. (2015). The Politics of Portrayal in Violent Conflict: The Case of the Kony 2012 Campaign . Alternatives, 39(4), 207-230 . [DOI] [Repository]
2014
Popularising publications
Gould, L. M. (2014). Haagse Strafhof is in Noord-Oeganda zeer omstreden. De Volkskrant. http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/haagse-strafhof-is-in-noord-oeganda-zeer-omstreden~a3847279/
2013
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. M., Brants, C. H., & Brants, K. (2013). Selling the ICC: Imagery and Image Building in Uganda. In C. Brants, A. Hol, & D. Siegel (Eds.), Transitional Justice Images and Memories (pp. 143-160). Ashgate.
2012
Scholarly publications
Gould, L. M., & Ryngaert, C. M. J. (2012). The Interface Between Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in the Wake of Civil War: A Case Study of Northern Uganda . In I. Boerefijn, L. Henderson , R. Janse, & R. Waever (Eds.), Human Rights and Conflict: Essays in Honour of Bas de Gaay Fortman (pp. 499-524). Intersentia.
Popularising publications
Gould, L. M. (2012). Campagne Kony 2012 vertelt het halve verhaal. Trouw, opinie artikel. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4496/Buitenland/article/detail/3225746/2012/03/15/Campagne-Kony-2012-vertelt-het-halve-verhaal.dhtml
2011
Scholarly publications
Ryngaert, C. M. J., & Gould, L. M. (2011). International Criminal Justice and Jus Post Bellum: The Challenge of ICC Complementarity: A Case-Study of the Situation in Uganda. Belgian Review of International Law, 44(1-2), 91-121. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/belgeint44&i=91 [Repository]