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Center for War Studies at SDU: sdu.dk/en/cws. We deliver an MSc in International Security and Law: sdu.dk/en/uddannelse/kandidat/secur…

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HuMach @humach.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📣NEW HuMach article by @profbode.bsky.social & Kate Chandler: "Re-thinking human–machine interaction and the governance of AI in the military domain" published in @natmachintell.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Re-thinking human–machine interaction and the governance of AI in the military domain - Nature Machine Intelligence
Bode and Chandler discuss how human–machine interactions across the AI life cycle affect human control and decision-making in the military domain.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
📣 New & Open access 🔓 "The Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Council: Development of Participation Patterns and Delegation Designations" by our colleague Signe Winter Lindbjerg (co-authored with Hanna Lüthe & Marc Jacobsen), just published in Polar Record 🇩🇰 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Council: Development of participation patterns and delegation designations | Polar Record | Cambridge Core
The Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Council: Development of participation patterns and delegation designations - Volume 62
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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
US use of AI in the Iran conflict highlights the continuing debate around the role of people in warfare blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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US use of AI in the Iran conflict highlights the continuing debate around the role of people in warfare | LSE United States Politics and Policy
Questions about how the military use of AI is governed must keep sight of the continued importance of human decision-making in times of conflict.
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New open access article @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social in @polarjournal.bsky.social "The EUs role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers" exploring cultural & economic violence, psychological abuse & forced assimilation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cwswarstudies.bsky.social
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The EU’s role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers
Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage. At the same ...
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SDU Arctic @sduarctic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New @cwswarstudies.bsky.social report: "Involvement of Local and Indigenous Communities in Defence and Emergency Preparedness in the Arctic" by Signe Winther Lindbjerg & Jeppe Strandsbjerg. In Danish w/ English summary www.sdu.dk/en/forskning... @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social @polarsecco.bsky.social
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📣NEW CWS report by Signe Winter Lindbjerg & Jeppe Strandsbjerg (in Danish🇩🇰): "Involvement of Local and Indigenous Communities in Defence and Emergency Preparedness in the Arctic" 🔗Download it here: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📣NEW📣 CWS collective policy brief: "Geopolitics of AI Governance: Actors, Norms, and Trends", edited by Anna Nadibaidze and Justinas Lingevicius. 🔗Download it here: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Excited to present on my new @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" www.routledge.com/Greenpeace-i... on January 23, 2025 at 4pm GMT. @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social
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Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era
This book explores Greenpeace’s efforts to expand its engagement in the Circumpolar North in the 21st century and how this work is affected and informed by the organization’s controversial legacy of a...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📣 NEW Report: "Strengthening Human Agency in the Military Domain: Best Practices Toolkit for Policymakers, Developers, and Users of AI Systems", the capstone output of the CWS-hosted AutoPractices project, published in collaboration with @sipri.org www.autonorms.eu/toolkit-best...
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Toolkit of Best Practices to Strengthen Human Agency in the Military Domain - AutoNorms
Download the best practices toolkit here Routine uses of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies affect military personnel’s capacity to exercise human agency. The impacts of using AI on the exercis...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Many thanks @cwswarstudies.bsky.social & Oscar Noach for the chance to talk about my project @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social & new @routledgebooks.bsky.social "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" www.routledge.com/Greenpeace-i... @nichecanada.bsky.social
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Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era
This book explores Greenpeace’s efforts to expand its engagement in the Circumpolar North in the 21st century and how this work is affected and informed by the organization’s controversial legacy of a...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📣 New CWS policy brief: "Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response: Pros, Cons, and Practical Options" by our colleague @chiara-defranco.bsky.social & Linnea Gelot (Swedish Defence University). Download here: protexproject.eu/wp-content/u...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My first author's copy! @routledgebooks.bsky.social Thanks for all the support esp. @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social #SmallwoodFoundation @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social #JoanMitchellTravelAward @horizoneu.bsky.social #NAPA www.routledge.com/Greenpeace-i...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🎙️ New WarPod episode🎙️ In light of growing concerns about hybrid threats across Europe, @profbode.bsky.social joins Oscar Noach to unpack how drone technologies are evolving—and why they matter for European security. soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
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WarPod#14 Drone Tech w/ Ingvild Bode
In this episode of the WarPod, Ingvild Bode expands on what we know about the drones spotted over Danish military installations, recent trends in drone technology, the integration of AI, and the conti
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
📣 Join the CWS and Department of Political Science at SDU! We're inviting applications for 3-year assistant professorships with specialisation in (Critical) Intelligence and Security Studies. Apply here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Syddansk Universitet @sdu.dk · 26/09/2025
Ny liste med drone- og krigseksperter: www.sdu.dk/ekspert Med listen har vi gjort det nemt for dig at finde eksperter inden for: - Droner til forsvar og sikkerhed - Forsvars- og sikkerhedspolitik - Efterretningstjenester - Russisk udenrigspolitik
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SIPRI.bsky.social @sipri.org · 24/09/2025
The #AutoPractices project, from @cwswarstudies.bsky.social with #SIPRI, has launched ‘Map of Practices’, with significant input from SIPRI’s Alexander Blanchard, in a step to creating a toolkit to strengthen human agency in the use of military systems integrating AI technologies ➡️ bit.ly/4pGTI8I
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SIPRI expert contributes to military AI toolkit
On 4 September, the project ‘AutoPractices’, hosted by the Centre for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in collaboration with SIPRI, launched a report on military artificial intelligen...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Delighted my new @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" is available for preorder routledge.com/Greenpeace-i.... Thanks to all who made this possible! @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sdu.dk @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📣NEW: "Right(s) practice: normative competence negotiation in the struggles over human rights protection in AMISOM" by our colleague @chiara-defranco.bsky.social & Linnéa Gelot just published in Journal of International Relations and Development link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Right(s) practice: normative competence negotiation in the struggles over human rights protection in AMISOM - Journal of International Relations and Development
This article examines the interplay of power and norm contestation in the AU–EU strategic partnership, focusing on struggles over human rights protection in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISO...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🔓 New & open access 🔓 "Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about AI in the military domain" by our colleagues @profbode.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze, co-authored with @guangyuqiao-franco.bsky.social, available in Critical Studies on Security www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about artificial intelligence in the military domain
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain has gained prominence on the global agenda. Across digital media platforms and search engines, this discussion also plays out visually...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 28/07/2025
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security - cup.org/3IMQWh4 - @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze #FirstView #AI
Close-up of a copy of the European Journal of International Security with a hashtag '#OpenAccess' visible in the corner.
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Qiaochu Zhang @qiaochuzhang.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
⭐️ Very happy to share my latest article, which explores the role of Chinese think tanks in shaping AI governance norms. Huge thanks to Anna Nadibaidze, @profbode.bsky.social, and the editorial team at GPNG for their support! 🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Navigating the In‐Between Space: The Roles of Chinese Think Tanks in Artificial Intelligence Governance
As the global landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance rapidly evolves, research has increasingly moved beyond state-centric perspectives to investigate the role of non-state actors. This...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🆕 "The Right Not to Fight: Protection of Ukrainian Men Who Flee the Full-Scale War" by our colleague Sofie Rose is available in the latest issue of Revista Lüvo - read it here: www.calameo.com/read/0048130...
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HuMach @humach.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
HuMach's @profbode.bsky.social delivered a keynote lecture at the workshop "Who Are ‘Humans’ in Military AI?", held at Utrecht University. She also presented the paper “Control and Human Agency in the Debate on Military Applications of AI”, co-authored with Anna Nadibaidze & Alexander Blanchard.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🎤 Our colleague Anna Nadibaidze was interviewed by @brankamarijan.bsky.social for the latest edition of the @ploughsharesca.bsky.social Monitor. 🔗 Read the exchange here: ploughshares.ca/the-ploughsh...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Check out my latest short piece aimed at helping to clarify what non-violence means @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
📣 "The Hunt for Economic Security: The Role of Navies in Deterring Threats to the Maritime Economy" by our colleague Louise Tumchewics & @olivierschmitt.bsky.social was published by Ifri. 🏆 This article is the winner of the Admiral Castex 2025 prize. Read it here: www.ifri.org/en/memos/hun...
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Time for a cup of coffee, I think😊Just signed a new contract w/ #Routledge for "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti Sealing Era". Thanks to those who made it possible!" @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social #LaurierArchives @sduarctic.bsky.social
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Hectic days in Odense! Over the past two days, our first-year students from the Master in International Security and Law program took part in our annual two-day crisis simulation centered on a fictional scenario in the South China Sea.
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Chiara De Franco @chiara-defranco.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Baltic crisis, cyber chaos, pipelines blown, NATO sweating—just another Monday in the classroom with our BA students in political science and Cand.Negot. They nailed it. They tuned in, negotiated, made decisions despite uncertainty. Props to Hendrik Huelss for co-running the madness.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
📣 NEW: Our colleague Anna Nadibaidze contributed to the Oxford Intersections: AI in Society series with the article "Governance of AI in the Military Domain: International Law, Norms, and Ways Forward". Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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Vincent Keating @vckeating.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"How can we #trust the USA after #Trump?" This question framed much of the discussion in the ISA online event "Trust in Turbulent Times." If you missed it, what Andrew Kydd, Nicholas Wheeler, Deborah Welch Larson and myself said is how available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGj...
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Trust in Turbulent Times: Revisiting Trust and Mistrust in Global Politics
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It was a pleasure to visit Norwegian-Canadian seal processing company Carino for @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social & learn about their work/role in the preservation, promotion & protection of local sealing/fishing TK @fishingforsuccess.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📣 We are #hiring! 📣 The Department of Political Science at @sdu.dk invites applications for Associate Professor in International Politics, with a focus on Security Studies. 📅 Deadline: 7 June 2025 🔗 Information: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
📅 28 May, 13:00-15:00 CET Join us for the guest lecture by Dr. Iryna Halasa "Resilient Voices: Women Educators in Conflict Zones & Their Role in Rebuilding Societies" about Ukrainian female teachers during times of war 🇺🇦 ➡️ SDU campus in Odense or online (contact @profbode.bsky.social to register)
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📣 We are #hiring! 📣 The Department of Political Science at @sdu.dk invites applications for Associate Professor in International Politics, with a focus on Security Studies. 📅 Deadline: 7 June 2025 🔗 Information: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Are you an SDU student interested in European security and NATO? Apply for the "Model NATO & Security in the North" course in Tromsø, Norway from 15-19 September, 2025 🇳🇴 ➡️ 5 fully funded scholarships are available for SDU students ➡️ Deadline: 30 May www.modelnatonorway.com/model-nato-a...
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Model NATO at UiT 2025
The next edition of Model NATO at UiT and Security in the North course will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025 in Tromso, Norway. Students from all Nordic countries will participate in the course.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
CWS at #EUSA2025 🌎 If you're attending the European Union Studies Association (EUSA)’s conference in Philadelphia this week, do not miss our colleague Anne Ingemann Johansen’s presentation on her ongoing research on NATO and Ukraine 🇺🇦 📆 Friday May 9th 8AM - 10AM
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HuMach @humach.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The HuMach project was represented by @profbode.bsky.social and Denise Garcia at the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain meeting taking place on 6-7 May in Abu Dhabi. Denise Garcia is a commissioner on GC REAIM, while Ingvild Bode is an expert.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
📣 NEW: "Contestation of Normativity in Military Practices and the AI Transformation" by our colleague Hendrik Huelss is available in the edited volume "Contestation in Prism" published by @springernature.com ⬇️
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎧 What is the future of human protection in international security? Listen to a new episode of the WarPod featuring the CWS' @chiara-defranco.bsky.social, @qiaochuzhang.bsky.social & Oscar Noach + 3 speakers at "The Future of Human Protection" conference in Copenhagen soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
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WarPod #9 The Future of Human Protection
The WarPod speaks to Chiara De Franco (Associate Professor at the CWS and Principal Investigator of the PROTEX project), Qiaochu Zhang (Postdoctoral Researcher at the CWS), and Oscar Noach (PhD Fellow
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our colleague @vckeating.bsky.social will be speaking at this webinar ⬇️
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Vincent Keating @vckeating.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Was up in #Helsingør for #forskningsdøgn, giving a presentation on the political uses of #victimhood - both the good and the bad - to the staff and students at the International People's College. Many thanks to those who came out on a sunny Sunday to listen and ask some challenging questions!
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Ingvild Bode @profbode.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Publication alert 📣: my co-authored article (with Cecilia Ducci & Pak K. Lee) "Narrating and Practising the US-China Tech War" in Global Studies Quarterly. For those interested in the origins of the US-China tech war and #narrativepractices academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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Narrating and Practising the US–China “Tech War”
Abstract. US and Chinese domestic and foreign policies increasingly point towards great-power competition. Technology plays a significant role therein, wit
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Vincent Keating @vckeating.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A new WaPo poll shows Americans are now split on whether Russia is an "enemy." This could reflect the enduring appeal of Russian conservative soft power—something Kasia Kaczmarska & I wrote about. Our piece: portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati... Poll: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Marco Peressotti @mperessotti.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
📢 Workshop on Safe Production in Uncertain Times 📅 24 June at @sdu.dk #Kolding A deep dive at the intersection of #cybersecurity, #geopolitics, and #governance in the context of safe production. 👉 event.sdu.dk/gaa-hjem-moe... 👈 Organised by cyber-smv.dk funded by @industriensfond.bsky.social
SDU Kolding Campus, a modern building with a unique architectural design featuring angular windows and glass facades, situated by a serene water body with reflections of the building and surrounding trees. The image is overlaid with the title of the workshop 'Safe Production in Uncertain Times: Cybersecurity, Geopolitics and Governance. at the top and logos of the organisers and funders at the bottom: SDU, HOLTEC.DK, ODENSE ROBOTICS, INDUSTRIENS FOND, and BUSINESS KOLDING.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
📆 15 May 2025, 12pm-1pm CET 💻 Join us for the online lecture "The Food-Gender Relationship and the War in Ukraine" by Dr Yuliia Mieriemova, a non-resident fellow at CWS. 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/1SrN66EQuW2D...
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Danish Institute for Advanced Study @d-ias.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆❓ Thank you to Ingvild Bode, Director of Center for War Studies at @sdu.dk, for a truly thought-provoking talk on how AI technologies affect the human ability to make choices and act in warfare.
SDU Professor Ingvild Bode standing in front of a roll-up with the DIAS logo on it.
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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
📣We're happy to welcome Oscar Noach as a new PhD fellow at the CWS and Department of Political Science! Oscar's project, "Assembling Artificial Intelligence and Civilian Harm Mitigation", explores how AI is changing the integration of military & humanitarian concerns in international interventions.
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Sten Rynning @rynning.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
#NATO's krise under Trump er historisk. Går det galt, vil Europa opleve, at 1949-2025 var en parentes, og at fortidens magtbalancespil vil tegne fremtiden. Min kronik i Børsen. @d-ias.bsky.social @sdu.dk @cwswarstudies.bsky.social borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...
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“Trump har startet en historisk Nato-krise – det kan gå grueligt galt”
“Trump har startet en historisk Nato-krise – det kan gå grueligt galt”Den atlantiske forsvarsalliance Nato er i historisk dårlig form. Årsagen er, at Donald Trumps USA har forladt Vesten. Trumps fasci
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Sten Rynning @rynning.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
At Norwegian MFA to inquire about #NATO policy and interaction between external expertise and policy development. Part of our Mind-the-Gap research project. @d-ias.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @cwswarstudies.bsky.social
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