Data violence

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A growing body of research is examining the impact of data and digital technology on the logic, strategy, and practice of warfare. Talk of a ‘revolution’ is avoided in these discussions, as they aim to uncover the conditional sociotechnical work that underlies the development of new security technology and weaponry.

Robin Vanderborght, Anna Nadibaidze

July 31, 2025

Article: Military demonstrations as digital spectacles - How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security

This article, written by Robin Vanderborght from the University of Antwerp and Anna Nadibaidze from the University of Southern Denmark, analyzes the ‘virtual military demonstrations’ of defense tech firms and highlights how these influence perceptions of algorithmic warfare.

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Events

Utrecht, Netherlands

Feb 13, 2025

Conference: 'Concerning Conflict, War and Peace'

Antwerp, Belgium

Jan 29, 2025

Workshop: 'Platforms on the Frontline'

Berlin, Germany

Nov 28, 2024

Conference: 'Investigating the Kill Cloud'

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Article: Algorithmically Constructed Shibboleths - The Technological Mediation of Automated Dialect Recognition in Asylum Procedures

In this article, published in the journal Geopolitics, PLATFORM WARS' Jasper van der Kist examines the use of automated dialect recognition technology in asylum procedures from a post-phenomenological perspective and highlights the technology's mediating role.

Anna Nadibaidze (University of Southern Denmark) visits PLATFORM WARS and the University of Antwerp

In April, the PLATFORM WARS project was visited by Anna Nadibaidze, postdoctoral researcher at the Center for War Studies of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

PhD opportunity on the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare

In their new FWO research project ‘Tracing the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare: From Innovation to Deployment and its Impact on Civilian Harm’, PLATFORM WARS’ Marijn Hoijtink and RAW’s Lauren Gould offer a 4-year, fully funded PhD position in International Relations and Conflict Studies.

Op-Ed: Platforms on the Frontline - The Rise of the Platform Model in Defense Tech

In a recent blog post for Opiniojuris, PLATFORM WARS' Marijn Hoijtink and Jasper van der Kist reflect on the growing importance of the platform model in defense tech and warfare, drawing analogies to other domains in which platform corporations have gained extraordinary market power in recent years.

Reflections on our 'Platforms on the Frontline' workshop

In the last week of January, the PLATFORM WARS project organized an interdisciplinary workshop focusing on different conceptualizations of ‘the platform’ and what they could add to the analysis of contemporary warfare.

PLATFORM WARS and RAW researchers comment on Google's drawback in military AI policy

In interviews with news outlets De Morgen, Radio1 and Trouw, Marijn Hoijtink and Jessica Dorsey reflect on Google’s departure from its commitment not to develop technology for weapon systems.

PLATFORM WARS is growing

The project welcomes three new PhD researchers who will conduct research on platform corporations' role in contemporary warfare from a variety of theoretical, conceptual and empirical perspectives.

Article: ‘Prototype warfare’ - Innovation, optimisation, and the experimental way of warfare

This article, published in the European Journal of International Security, centers around the concept of ‘prototype warfare’, an approach adopted by Western militaries to accelerate the experimental development, acquisition, and deployment of emerging technologies in warfare.