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Researcher

Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud

Senior Research Fellow
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Summary

Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud holds an PhD in War Studies from King’s College London and an MA in Security Policy Studies from The George Washington University.

His research interests include contemporary Western warfare, war and technology, military theory and operational thinking and practice, critical IR theories and Science and Technology Studies.

Expertise

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
  • Conflict

Education

PhD, War studies, Kings college London

Master of Arts, Security Policy Studies, The George Washington University

Work Experience

2010- Research Assistant and Researcher, NUPI

2009 Lecturer, Sogn og Fjordane University College

2008-2009 Assistant, The Atlantic Council of the United States

2008-2009 Intern, The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)

 

Aktivitet

Event
10:00 - 11:30
NUPI
Engelsk
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Event
10:00 - 11:30
NUPI
Engelsk
15. Dec 2023
Event
10:00 - 11:30
NUPI
Engelsk

Algorethics: Responsible governance of artificial intelligence

How can we develop artificial intelligence ethically?

Event
08:30 -
Sentralen, Oslo
Engelsk og norsk
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Event
08:30 -
Sentralen, Oslo
Engelsk og norsk
18. Oct 2022
Event
08:30 -
Sentralen, Oslo
Engelsk og norsk

The Military Power Seminar 2022 – Northern-Europe in a changing security landscape

What are the consequences of the changing security landscape for security in the north? At this year’s Military Power Seminar, we invite you to a debate on the important political issues related to security in Norway’s immediate neighbourhood.

Publications
Publications
Chapter

Krig i en verden av fremmed intelligens

This chapter investigates a number of issues related to the ongoing debates around artificial intelligence and its impact on the future of geopolitics and warfare. Through insights from science and technology studies (STS), the chapter seeks to question common assumptions in political science about the relationship between technology, war and politics. It will be argued that political science's treatment of these as independent elements and the subsequent simplified notions of technological and socio-political change must be altered in favor of a more inclusive way of thinking about socio-technical practices. This will improve our understanding of the war-technology relationship while providing a more fertile ground for discussing changes in the wake of the development of artificial intelligence.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

The unsolicited rocket: a story of science, technology, and future wars

This article investigates the puzzling case of the unsolicited rocket: a Norwegian research establishment successfully developed a weapon system that no one wanted or had asked for that was later widely adopted. We argue that the ‘Terne’ weapon existed not because it was needed based on rational calculations about efficiency, but because of the narratives, coalitions, and competitive dynamics that surrounded it and made it useful. Conventionally, war and technology are often considered distinct ‘things’ with immutable essences, used as variables to explain other phenomena, rather than being examined on their own terms. In this case, we focus empirically on the configuration of sociotechnical imaginaries, and the capacities for action that arise out of it. In foregrounding sociotechnical systems, this is not a case of the ‘militarization’ of civilian society and research in peacetime. Rather, agency lay in competitive networks of narratives and coalitions between technologies, individuals, professions, technological communities, military organizations, and funding bodies, together shaping how ideas and technologies become authoritative and dominant.

  • Defence
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  • Defence
Program
2022 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Norway and Great Power Politics – Geopolitics, Technology and Climate (NISP)

Our times are shaped by developments in geopolitical power dynamics, fast-paced technological development and climate change. In this research program NUPI analyses how these developments change the s...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
Research project
2021 - 2025 (Ongoing)

Cyber security, knowledge and practices (CYKNOW)

CYKNOW will promote better understanding of cyber security, as well as develop novel theoretical and methodological tools for cybersecurity research in particular....

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Globalisation
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Globalisation
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
Articles
Articles

Research group for Security and defence

How can we best handle current and future wars and crises? What kind of threats are we likely to face in the years to come? Who are the future actors on the security policy arena? NUPI’s research on security and defence issues seeks to answer these questions.
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Intelligence
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Articles
Articles

Research group for Security and defence

How can we best handle current and future wars and crises? What kind of threats are we likely to face in the years to come? Who are the future actors on the security policy arena? NUPI’s research on security and defence issues seeks to answer these questions.
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Intelligence
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Media
Media
Lecture

Hva er menneskelig kontroll, og kan det sikres?

What is human control? Can it be assured?

Event
15:00 - 16:30
Webinar
Engelsk
Event
15:00 - 16:30
Webinar
Engelsk
9. Jun 2020
Event
15:00 - 16:30
Webinar
Engelsk

WEBINAR: Security implications of AI and other emerging technologies

NUPI’s Cybersecurity Centre has the pleasure to invite to a webinar with Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, who will talk about how the technological development creates new global security challenges.

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