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The HuMach project officially began its four-year research journey in August 2024, bringing together a diverse team of experts in military AI governance.
Upcoming Events
HuMach’s upcoming conferences, workshops, and presentations focused on AI and military governance.
BISA 2026 Conference
2-5 June 2026
Hendrik Huelss and Anna Nadibaidze will participate in the British International Studies Association (BISA) conference in Brighton, UK. Hendrik Huelss will present his research entitled “Who Acts? Rethinking Agency in Military AI”, while Anna Nadibaidze’s presentation is entitled “Responsible AI Governance: Do States’ Practices Align with their Narratives?”.
Past Events
Highlights from HuMach’s past events and contributions to key discussions on AI in military contexts.
DDSA panel at CPH:DOX
21 March 2026
Anna Nadibaidze and Daniel Møller Ølgaard spoke at the panel debate ”Beyond the War Game: AI, Ethical Dilemmas, and Responsibility” organised by the Danish Data Science Academy (DSSA) during the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX). The panel debate followed the screening of the film “Intelligence Rising” and explored technical, ethical, and geopolitical implications of AI. Morten Axel Pedersen was also a speaker on the panel, while Jeppe Jacobsen acted as moderator.
Research Seminar at the Swedish Defence University
11 November 2025
Anna Nadibaidze presented HuMach research during an open research seminar at the Department of International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm. In this presentation, Anna Nadibaidze examined existing understandings of human oversight across responsible AI frameworks, based on a mapping and content analysis of global and regional initiatives applying to military applications of AI. Most of the understandings of human oversight portray the human role as largely distinct and independent from and not significantly affected by using and interacting with AI. Anna Nadibaidze argued that these conceptualisations of human oversight insufficiently account for the dynamics of human-machine interaction, especially the impact of using AI systems on the exercise of human agency.
Virtual Coffee Chat, 2025 UNIDIR Women in AI Fellowship
21 October 2025
Ingvild Bode and Katherine Chandler presented the HuMach research at a virtual coffee chat on human-machine interaction in the context of military AI, organised by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). It was open to all cohorts of the UNIDIR Women in AI Fellowship, an annual in-person capacity-building exercises for women diplomats on AI.
This coffee chat examined how various forms of human-machine interaction in relation to lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) and AI-based decision support systems (AI DSS) shape the exercise of human control. The chat explored how human control, and by extension interpretations of principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law, are potentially transformed by human-machine interaction when using AI in the military domain.
The coffee chat was followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by Shimona Mohan (UNIDIR).