Jens Hälterlein
@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social
STS scholar interested in Autonomous Weapon Systems, Surveillance Technologies, Governmentality;
Paderborn University; he/him
else: Cycling, Jazz, Dogs
Paderborn University; he/him
else: Cycling, Jazz, Dogs
Call for Papers 📢
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
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Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies publishes research on the critical aspects of military power and operations, institutions and international relations.
www.tandfonline.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Call for Papers 📢
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
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🎙️ New WarPod episode🎙️
In light of growing concerns about hybrid threats across Europe, @profbode.bsky.social joins Oscar Noach to unpack how drone technologies are evolving—and why they matter for European security.
soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
In light of growing concerns about hybrid threats across Europe, @profbode.bsky.social joins Oscar Noach to unpack how drone technologies are evolving—and why they matter for European security.
soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
WarPod#14 Drone Tech w/ Ingvild Bode
In this episode of the WarPod, Ingvild Bode expands on what we know about the drones spotted over Danish military installations, recent trends in drone technology, the integration of AI, and the conti
soundcloud.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🎙️ New WarPod episode🎙️
In light of growing concerns about hybrid threats across Europe, @profbode.bsky.social joins Oscar Noach to unpack how drone technologies are evolving—and why they matter for European security.
soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
In light of growing concerns about hybrid threats across Europe, @profbode.bsky.social joins Oscar Noach to unpack how drone technologies are evolving—and why they matter for European security.
soundcloud.com/thewarpod/wa...
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🤖🌎 Brand new - and fascinating. "The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, and control in military robotics" from @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social.
👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🤖🌎 Brand new - and fascinating. "The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, and control in military robotics" from @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social.
👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
As Israel Bombed Gaza, Amazon Did Business With Its Bomb-Makers
The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
interc.pt
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
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Nächster Geburtstag! Heute 30 Jahre Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft, TU Berlin. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nächster Geburtstag! Heute 30 Jahre Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft, TU Berlin. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!
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📅 ‼️ #ViennaSTSTalks is busy in October ‼️ Join us and @sallywyatt.bsky.social on October 16 about 'Hostile #technologies types and concepts' @univie.ac.at ⤵️
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📅 ‼️ #ViennaSTSTalks is busy in October ‼️ Join us and @sallywyatt.bsky.social on October 16 about 'Hostile #technologies types and concepts' @univie.ac.at ⤵️
Must read these days:
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press
We’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran.
www.techpolicy.press
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Must read these days:
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
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Scheint leider auch heute zu stimmen...
2) Während Verhandlungen früher der Beendigung von Kampfhandlungen dienten, nutzt man sie heute, um Konflikte zu verlängern, den Gegner zu täuschen und internationalen Druck abzuschwächen. Die meisten Medien spielen dieses Spiel leider mit, statt es kritisch zu hinterfragen.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Scheint leider auch heute zu stimmen...
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Drohnenvortrag morgen, 01.10. online: Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine hat einen bislang einmaligen Drohnenkrieg entfesselt. Matthias Monroy spricht über aktuelle Entwicklungen bei bewaffneten Drohnen.
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@netzpolitik.org @matthimon.bsky.social
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@netzpolitik.org @matthimon.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Drohnenvortrag morgen, 01.10. online: Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine hat einen bislang einmaligen Drohnenkrieg entfesselt. Matthias Monroy spricht über aktuelle Entwicklungen bei bewaffneten Drohnen.
Jetzt anmelden! 👉 ippnw.de/bit/akd
@netzpolitik.org @matthimon.bsky.social
Jetzt anmelden! 👉 ippnw.de/bit/akd
@netzpolitik.org @matthimon.bsky.social
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The Tony Blair Witch Project
September 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Tony Blair Witch Project
From settler-colonial rule to occupation to techno-fascism - what a tragedy!
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
From settler-colonial rule to occupation to techno-fascism - what a tragedy!
"The war in Gaza demands a fundamental rethinking of long-held assumptions in international law including whether military lawyers actually serve to constrain the military from committing war crimes, or whether they make such crimes easier to commit by granting them a stamp of legality & legitimacy"
They studied law, opposed Netanyahu – and now approve Israeli army's mass killings in Gaza
For Years, the Israeli Army's Military Advocate General's Corps Sought to Assure the World, and Itself, That Its Legal Oversight Prevented Worse Outcomes in Wartime. Today, That Claim Rings Hollow
www.haaretz.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The war in Gaza demands a fundamental rethinking of long-held assumptions in international law including whether military lawyers actually serve to constrain the military from committing war crimes, or whether they make such crimes easier to commit by granting them a stamp of legality & legitimacy"
Today @matthiasleese.bsky.social and I will host the panel "STS and international security: Towards convergence?" at #STSCH2025
Interested? Join us at 2pm in room KOL-G-220 (UZH)
More info here:
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Interested? Join us at 2pm in room KOL-G-220 (UZH)
More info here:
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
STS-CH Conference 2025
Holding things together? Change, continuity, critique Sept 10 – 12, 2025@University of Zurich, ETH, ZHdK #STSCH2025 Find the Booklet here Conference committee: Anna Lytvynova, Bianca Vienni-B…
sts-ch.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Today @matthiasleese.bsky.social and I will host the panel "STS and international security: Towards convergence?" at #STSCH2025
Interested? Join us at 2pm in room KOL-G-220 (UZH)
More info here:
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Interested? Join us at 2pm in room KOL-G-220 (UZH)
More info here:
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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Wenn syrische Kriegsverbrecher richtigerweise in Deutschland verurteilt werden, müssen auch israelische Kriegsverbrecher hier vor Gericht gestellt werden. Eine wichtige Initiative von @ecchr.bsky.social
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Gaza-Krieg: Menschenrechtler erstatten Strafanzeige gegen Sniper aus München
Ein israelischer Soldat aus Bayern soll in Gaza Unbewaffnete erschossen und Kriegsverbrechen begangen haben. Menschenrechtler fordern die Bundesanwaltschaft nun auf, Ermittlungen einzuleiten.
www.spiegel.de
September 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Wenn syrische Kriegsverbrecher richtigerweise in Deutschland verurteilt werden, müssen auch israelische Kriegsverbrecher hier vor Gericht gestellt werden. Eine wichtige Initiative von @ecchr.bsky.social
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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Kony. Putin. Netanyahu. No one is beyond justice.
The ICC’s first-ever in absentia hearing against warlord Joseph Kony—accused of mass murder, rape, and child abductions—shows a path forward: even fugitives can face accountability. A precedent for future trials— even for today’s most powerful.
The ICC’s first-ever in absentia hearing against warlord Joseph Kony—accused of mass murder, rape, and child abductions—shows a path forward: even fugitives can face accountability. A precedent for future trials— even for today’s most powerful.
ICC presents evidence against warlord Joseph Kony in first in absentia hearing
International Criminal Court prosecutors present evidence against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on Tuesday.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Kony. Putin. Netanyahu. No one is beyond justice.
The ICC’s first-ever in absentia hearing against warlord Joseph Kony—accused of mass murder, rape, and child abductions—shows a path forward: even fugitives can face accountability. A precedent for future trials— even for today’s most powerful.
The ICC’s first-ever in absentia hearing against warlord Joseph Kony—accused of mass murder, rape, and child abductions—shows a path forward: even fugitives can face accountability. A precedent for future trials— even for today’s most powerful.
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“Over the past quarter century, American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known”
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“Over the past quarter century, American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known”
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
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Aktivist*innen haben die deutsche Zentrale von #Elbit Systems in #Ulm gestürmt und Inventar zerstört. Sie nennen sich wie die britische Gruppe #PalestineAction«, die Israels größten Rüstungskonzern in UK erfolgreich geschwächt hat.
Dort gibt der langsam auf:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
Dort gibt der langsam auf:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
»Palestine Action«: Elbit-Zentrale in Deutschland besetzt
Aktivist*innen haben die deutsche Zentrale von Elbit Systems gestürmt und Inventar zerstört. Sie knüpfen an die britische Gruppe »Palestine Action« an, die Israels größten Rüstungskonzern erfolgreich…
www.nd-aktuell.de
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Aktivist*innen haben die deutsche Zentrale von #Elbit Systems in #Ulm gestürmt und Inventar zerstört. Sie nennen sich wie die britische Gruppe #PalestineAction«, die Israels größten Rüstungskonzern in UK erfolgreich geschwächt hat.
Dort gibt der langsam auf:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
Dort gibt der langsam auf:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
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Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit System closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribed
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit System closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Deutschlands Intellektuelle, ein Trauerspiel
An essay I’ve written that reflects on Adorno‘s famous „Education after Auschwitz“ today, esp for Germans. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Deutschlands Intellektuelle, ein Trauerspiel
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AI is shaping our future—but not in the same ways.
Without equity, AI will deepen global inequalities.
The #GlobalSouth must have sovereignty over its data, its labour, and its participation in AI’s future.
Read more via @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#StopKillerRobots
Without equity, AI will deepen global inequalities.
The #GlobalSouth must have sovereignty over its data, its labour, and its participation in AI’s future.
Read more via @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#StopKillerRobots
What will the AI revolution mean for the global south?
We must avoid inequalities between the global north and global south being perpetuated in the digital age
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
AI is shaping our future—but not in the same ways.
Without equity, AI will deepen global inequalities.
The #GlobalSouth must have sovereignty over its data, its labour, and its participation in AI’s future.
Read more via @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#StopKillerRobots
Without equity, AI will deepen global inequalities.
The #GlobalSouth must have sovereignty over its data, its labour, and its participation in AI’s future.
Read more via @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#StopKillerRobots