Online Workshops
Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace: Hegemony, Governmentality and the Digital States of Exception
in collaboration with the ECPR’s Critical Peace & Conflict Standing Group
Winter 2025 – Spring 2026
In collaboration with the ECPR’s Critical Peace & Conflict Standing Group, Digital Transitions & Society (University of Nicosia) is organizing a series of monthly online workshops (Winter 2025 – Spring 2026). The aim is to initiate a critically-oriented discussion that centers on the intricate relationship between emerging technologies and the dynamics of peace and conflict, with the broader aim of establishing a sustainable international and interdisciplinary research network.
Our project seeks to examine two overarching research questions:
- How and to what extent does the application of novel technologies enable conflict, to the detriment of peace, justice and democracy (broadly conceived)?
- How and to what extent can novel technologies be effectively employed in the service of peace, justice and democracy?
To this end, our project seeks to deduce empirical, as well as theoretical insights, by undertaking a comparative approach focused on various localities and dimensions of conflict. While the immediate goal is to establish an effective collaborative infrastructure through a series of workshops, our long-term goal consists in the joint acquisition of grants, in the service of rendering this project sustainable.
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: November 7, 2025
We invite scholars active in the proposed line of research to submit a 250-word abstract to [email protected]. Selected candidates will be invited to present their work at one of our monthly online workshops.
This project provides an inclusive, vibrant and critical space for dialogue. We highly encourage junior and emerging, as well as established scholars, from different fields, backgrounds and regions of the world to participate.
* This project is funded by the ECPR’s Bonus Fund and is endorsed by the Critical Peace & Conflict Standing Group.
