On the 12th February 2022, Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK hosted its online Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Technology & Peace’. The co-hosts were University of Leicester’s Third Nuclear Age project. Full programme is here Video Workshop 1 – Emerging / digital technologies in warfare Workshop 2 – The politics and future of UK nuclear […]
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New article on ‘Delocalization of the Kill Zone’
British Pugwash Executive Committee member Dr David Ellwood has published an article in the most recent edition of the Peace Review – A Journal of Social Justice (here). A pre-print version (in PDF) of the article can be found here This edition of the Peace Review focuses on the issue of ‘Lethal Autonomous Weapons’. Dr […]
VIDEO: Robot wars? Current and future challenges posed by drones and lethal autonomous weapons
On Thursday 25th November, British Pugwash and SYP UK’s Project on Ethical Science co-hosted a panel discussion on the technical, ethical and political challenges posed by drone warfare and lethal autonomous weapons (‘Killer Robots’). Speakers include: Dr Peter Burt, Researcher at Drone Wars UK (here), on technical / ‘state of play’ [Starts at 0mins25secs] Dr Ingvild […]
Call for Presentations: Technology & Peace Conference (SYP UK)
SYP UK Annual Conference // 12th February 2022 // University of Leicester Call for Presentations (pdf) – here Student / Young Pugwash (SYP) is a network of students, researchers and younger people interested in a wide range of peace and security issues. We are the youth wing of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences […]
SYP’s Project on Ethical Science – Get involved!
The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are full of complex ethical questions about risk, responsibility, legality and lethality. It is vital that the UK’s emerging cohort of STEMists consider ethics questions as part of their daily practice. “But where can we go to learn more about ethics in STEM?”, we hear you […]
VIDEO: Ethics & Digital – Feminist cybersecurity and Decolonising AI (5th Nov)
In this SYP UK webinar, Dr Kanta Dihal (Leverhulme Future of Intelligence Centre) discussed her work on Decolonising AI and Julia Slupska (Digital Ethics Lab) talked about feminist cybersecurity. The Chair was Niamh Healy (UCL), SYP UK President. This was the first event in SYP UK’s Festival of Ethical Science. For more on the […]