PLATFORM WARS’ Principal Investigator Marijn Hoijtink and her colleague Lauren Gould from the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare (RAW) program have been awarded a Research Project grant by the FWOto trace and investigate the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare – From Innovation to Deployment and its Impact on Civilian Harm.
Current wars in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere clearly show us, that the large-scale deployment of algorithms is already significantly impacting how today’s wars are strategized, fought, and lived.This makes it all the more important to conduct independent academic researchand deliver original data on how algorithmic technology is made and made actionable by an increasingly diverse group of actors (involving, e.g., computer programmers and data scientists, military start-ups, technology firms), and how it leads to new and compounding forms of civilian harm.
The new project aligns with but also expands the objectives of the PLATFORM WARS team, examining the implications of digital platforms for civilian harm in war-torn regions. We are grateful for the opportunity to expand our research and look forward to a fruitful collaboration in the upcoming years.
