Join us for an insightful interview with Professor Bode as we dive into the AutoNorms project, exploring the evolution of international norms surrounding autonomous weapons systems (AWS). We discuss key findings, theoretical foundations, and the role of global security in shaping AWS governance.
Content
- The Motivation Behind the AutoNorms Project
- Bridging the Research Gap on Technology in International Relations
- Key Findings and Outcomes of AutoNorms
- Autonomous Weapons and the Evolution of International Norms
- Theoretical Foundations: War Theory in the Research
- Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Norm Development in Global Security
- Understanding Social Norms Through AutoNorms
- Investigating Practices That Shape AWS Norms
- Challenging Rationalist and Institutionalist Approaches to Security
- The Grand Theory Behind AutoNorms
- Data Collection Strategies in the Research
- Managing Confidentiality and Restricted Information
- Why China, Japan, Russia, and the U.S.? Case Selection Criteria
- Divergent National Perspectives on AWS and Security
- Engagement with Formal Diplomatic and Legal Processes
- Normative Fragmentation: A Challenge to the Rules-Based Order?
- Resistance to Emerging Norms and Key Actors
- The Role of Deterrence in AWS Governance
- Does the EU Have a Unified AWS Research Programme?
- Unexpected Findings in the Research Process
- Underexplored Areas in AWS Norm Research
Ingvild Bode
Ingvild Bode is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark.
She is principally interested in analysing processes of policy and normative change, especially in the areas of Artificial Intelligence in the military domain, the use of force, AI governance, United Nations peacekeeping, and more general dynamics of the UN Security Council.
Project AutoNorms:
https://www.autonorms.eu/about/
Selected Publications
Bode, I. (2024b) ‘Emergent normativity: Communities of Practice, technology, and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems’, Global Studies Quarterly, 4(1). doi:10.1093/isagsq/ksad073.
Watts, T.F. and Bode, I. (2023) ‘Machine guardians: The Terminator, ai narratives and US Regulatory discourse on lethal autonomous weapons systems’, Cooperation and Conflict, 59(1), pp. 107–128. doi:10.1177/00108367231198155.
Bode, I. (2024a) ‘AI technologies and international relations’, The RUSI Journal, 169(5), pp. 66–74. doi:10.1080/03071847.2024.2392394.
Bode, I., Zhang, Q. and Nadibaidze, A. (2024) AI in Military Decision Support Systems: A Review of Developments and Debates [Preprint]. Available at: https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/275893410/AI_DSS_report_WEB.pdf.
Bode, I. and Karlsrud, J. (2018) ‘Implementation in practice: The use of force to protect civilians in United Nations peacekeeping’, European Journal of International Relations, 25(2), pp. 458–485. doi:10.1177/1354066118796540.
Bode, I. and Huelss, H. (2018) ‘Autonomous weapons systems and changing norms in international relations’, Review of International Studies, 44(3), pp. 393–413. doi:10.1017/s0260210517000614.
