SPS23: SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’23
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, September 20th Thursday, September 21st Friday, September 22nd

Wednesday, September 20th

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Thursday, September 21st

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11:00-12:00 Session 5A: Presentation Session I (Nuclear Arms Control)
11:00
A deep learning approach for safeguards-relevant change detection by combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 images (abstract)
11:20
Irreversibility of Nuclear Disarmament: long-term, latency-based approaches for monitoring and risk management (abstract)
11:40
Reconstructing nuclear histories – a field study (abstract)
11:00-12:00 Session 5B: Presentation Session II (Geopolitics of Infrastructures)
11:00
Critical Energy Infrastructures: geopolitical vulnerabilities and strategies of securitization (abstract)
11:20
Solar geopolitics - the shining rise of India (abstract)
11:40
What drives state-led Internet shutdowns? Utilizing a machine learning approach for prediction and factor exploration (abstract)
13:30-14:30 Session 6A: Presentation Session III (Autonomous Systems and Human-Machine Interaction)
Chair:
13:30
Human augmentation or augmented machines? Military paradigms and the problem of the unmanned/manned dichotomy in AI-assisted technologies (abstract)
13:50
Do Killer Robots Discriminate? On the Visibility and Consideration of the Intersectional Bias of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems in Arms Control Negotiations (abstract)
14:00
Trust in AI: Visions of Artificial Intelligence Securing Governmental Interests (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stefka Schmid
14:20
Stopping "killer robots": Cross-national experimental evidence on the relative strength of pro-regulation arguments (abstract)
13:30-14:30 Session 6B: Presentation Session IV (Civilian Infrastructure and Protest)
13:30
Use and Perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies in Crises - Increasing Public Safety and Security Through Citizen Engagement and Participation (abstract)
13:50
The targeting of civilian infrastructure and the transformation of war (abstract)
14:00
Protest and technology in the national strike of 2021 in Cali, Colombia through an intersectional perspective (abstract)
14:10
Maritime Critical Infrastructures Protection: Technical and Political Approaches Beyond the Military (abstract)
14:20
Talk: "Inside China‘s Cyber System – Ambitions, Actors, Instruments" / "Inside China‘s Cyber System – Ziele, Akteure, Methoden" (abstract)
14:30-16:00 Session 7: Coffee Break and Poster Session
Defending territory from coal extraction: Digital security experiences in Colombia under #freebruno (abstract)
NewSpace and proliferation risks – mapping the regulation of commercial space activities (abstract)
Global Critical Infrastructures (abstract)
Information Warfare on Twitter: Disinformation in the Russo-Ukrainian War (abstract)
Supporting Victims of Hate Speech: The Role of German Reporting Centers as Intermediaries with Counseling Centers, Authorities and Digital Platforms (abstract)
Political Violence, Populism and Social Media in Brazil (abstract)
Chemical Weapons Investigation Mechanisms in Syria: Scientific Methods and Standard of Proof (abstract)
16:00-18:00 Session 8B: Dialog Panel TraCe (Digital Peacebuilding)
16:00
Digital Peacebuilding – Potentials and Challenges of ICTs in Peacebuilding Efforts (abstract)
16:20
Postcolonial Perspectives on Digital Peacebuilding: Moving from «Inclusion» to «Agency» (abstract)
16:40
Digitalization and e-government in the lives of urban migrants: Evidence from Bogotá (abstract)
17:00
The Ethics of PeaceTech: Ownership and Outsourcing of Risk in Distributed Systems (abstract)
17:20
An intersectional feminist lens on digital peacebuilding (abstract)
Friday, September 22nd

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09:15-10:25 Session 10A: Presentation Session V (Dual-use and Technology Assessment)
09:15
Arms Control and the Dual-Use Challenge: Domestic Drivers and Obstacles (abstract)
09:25
Adjusting the Wheel: Ethical Deliberation as a Method for Dual-Use Assessment in the ICT Development Process (abstract)
09:45
Missile Defenses for Europe: Computer Modeling and Analysis (abstract)
10:05
The Impact Of Quantum Technologies On Deterrence, Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Verification (abstract)
09:15-10:25 Session 10B: Presenation Session VI (Cyber Operations)
09:15
Zur Debatte über die Einhegung eines Cyberwars: Analyse militärischer Cyberaktivitäten im Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine (abstract)
09:35
The Normative Power of the Factual: How State Practice Shapes Understandings About Direct Public Political Attribution of Cyber Operations (abstract)
09:55
The Role of Cyber Ranges within European Cybersecurity Strategy: A Primer (abstract)
10:15
International Cybersecurity and Peace Research: Challenges at the Interception of Peace and Conflict Research and Cyber Security Research (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 11A: Presentation Session VII (Biological, Chemical and Conventional Weapons)
11:00
Biological Weapons: A Harm Potential Assessment (abstract)
11:20
Taking biological security education forward and building up an international biological security education network (abstract)
11:30
Access to Information about Chemical Weapon Attacks: Increasing Resilience in Kurdistan (abstract)
11:50
Small space launch vehicle technology in the NewSpace era: A new challenge for missile non-proliferation? (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 11B: Presentation Session VIII (Technology Politics and Strategies)
11:00
The politics and paradoxes of semiconductors (abstract)
11:20
Narrative des "Tech War": Technologische Konkurrenz und internationale Konfliktdynamiken im Dreieck US-China-EU (abstract)
11:30
The Promise of Track-Two Diplomacy Amidst US-China Tech War (abstract)