Position: Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen
Expertise Areas: Just War Theory, Laws of War, Autonomous Weapons, Military Ethics,
Drones, Military AI.
Contact: neil.renic@ifs.ku.dk
Bio:
Dr. Neil Renic is a Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is also a Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg and member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC). Neil is a specialist on the changing character and regulation of armed conflict, and emerging and evolving military technologies such as armed drones and autonomous weapons.
He is the author of “Asymmetric Killing: Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos” (Oxford University Press 2020). Neil’s work has also featured in journals such as the European Journal of International Relations, Ethics and International Affairs, International Relations, Survival, and the Journal of Military Ethics.
Recent Publications:
Neil Renic. 2024 (forthcoming). “Tragic Reflection, Political Wisdom, and the Future of Algorithmic War.” Australian Journal of International Affairs.
Neil Renic and Benoit Pelopidas. 2024 (forthcoming). “The Tragicized Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Armed Drones and the Making of Unaccountability,” Ethics and International Affairs.
Neil Renic. 2024 (forthcoming). The Cost of Atrocity: Strategic Implications of Russian Battlefield Misconduct in Ukraine. Ethics and International Affairs.
Neil Renic. 2023. “Remote Warfare: Trends, Drivers, Limits,” in Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare. Edited by A. Gruszczak, S. Kaempf.
