Events

11 July 2025 Ingvild Bode and Katherine Chandler presented HuMach research at the workshop “Re-Thinking Human-Machine Interaction and AI in the Military Domain”, which took place at the United Nations in Geneva. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), where Ingvild Bode and Katherine Chandler completed a fellowship in

3 July 2025 Anna Nadibaidze was a guest on the Center for War Studies’ podcast, the WarPod. In this episode, Anna Nadibaidze explains the concept of Responsible AI, highlights critiques, and looks to the future of governing AI in the military domain as well as her own research as part of the HuMach project.

12-13 June 2025 Ingvild Bode took part in the interdisciplinary workshop Who Are ‘Humans’ in Military AI?, organised by Utrecht University and the Asser Institute. The workshop brought together experts from various disciplines to examine the roles, responsibilities, and ethical implications of human involvement in military AI. Ingvild Bode delivered the keynote speech “Human-Machine Interaction and

3 June 2025 Ingvild Bode delivered the keynote lecture “Artificial intelligence and the shaping of norms: Human responsibility in decision-making with AI” at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Pharmacology – Present and Future held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her lecture touched upon how AI practices make norms and how using AI may change the exercise

6-8 May 2025 Ingvild Bode and Denise Garcia took part in the regional meeting of the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain (GC REAIM), hosted by TRENDS Research & Advisory in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ingvild also spoke about global governance of AI in the military at the Symposium “Ethical AI

24-25 April 2025 Anna Nadibaidze visited the University of Antwerp (Belgium) to deliver a guest lecture on applications of AI in the military domain for Masters students of International Relations and Diplomacy. She also met and exchanged ideas with the team of PLATFORM WARS, a project led by Associate Professor Marijn Hoijtink and conducting pioneering

23 April 2025 Ingvild Bode delivered the guest lecture “Human-Machine Interaction and the Exercise of Human Agency in the Military Domain” at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) in Odense, Denmark.

19 March 2025 Anna Nadibaidze delivered an online guest lecture entitled  “Conceptualizing the Human Role in Warfare: Beyond Control and Towards Agency?” at an AI Lund lunch seminar. She discussed some of the limitations of meaningful human control in the debate on AI in the military as well as the importance of investigating how the

2-5 March 2025 HuMach was represented by Anna Nadibaidze and Denise Garcia at the International Studies Association (ISA) annual convention in Chicago, US. At the panel “Human-Machine Relations in International Security: A Cross-Disciplinary Examination”, Anna Nadibaidze presented her draft research entitled “Navigating Global Narratives of Responsible AI in the Military Domain”. Denise Garcia acted as discussant