Next week, the Conflict Studies program at Utrecht University celebrates its 25th anniversary with an exciting conference. As part of it, PLATFORM WARS’ PI Marijn Hoijtink will take part in a panel organized by RAW researcher Lauren Gould,which together with Neil Renic and Antoine Bousquet, aims to explore how modern wars are reshaping the Military-Industrial-Academic-Complex. Topics include the role of AI-enhanced systems and big tech companies in supporting military operations, universities’ contributions to military knowledge and ideologies, and a rethinking of war studies as a discipline.
In addition, Lauren Gould will also co-host a panel on Ecocide and Civilian Harm, together with Thijs Jeursen, looking into the concept of ecocide, the destruction of ecosystems caused by war, and its impact on civilian harm.
The conference will close on February 14th with a public keynote by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For a full schedule of the conference, click here.
Please note that registration for the conference is now closed.
