Regulation

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Regulation is often viewed as a legal matter - rules documented and enforced by governments. Current efforts to regulate new technologies and AI in warfare focus on ensuring their deployment aligns with existing international humanitarian law, often highlighting human oversight, transparency, and accountability. In fields like Science and Technology Studies, however, regulation is seen as something that occurs through system design, data management, and routine practices. To ‘regulate’ military technologies in this perspective means intervening in everyday practices and design choices that influence how these systems operate, what assumptions are embedded, and how these silently govern the use of these technologies. Our project explores both forms of regulation and examines how their interaction redefines what is considered lawful or legitimate in war.