Investigating the Military-Technological Complex

A one-day free-to-attend seminar at SOAS to help students, early-stage career journalists, and human rights researchers understand how to investigate, expose, and hold to account civilian harm from technological advances in warfare.

Speakers include leading human rights lawyers, weapons specialists, arms trade experts, and war reporters from Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), SOAS University of London, Iraq Body Count, King's College London, Airwars, Bellingcat, The Guardian, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and the University of Westminster.
 

About the speakers

Iain Overton
Award winning war reporter, founding editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Director of Action on Armed Violence.

Harry Davies
Investigations correspondent at The Guardian, known for reporting on technology companies and the Israeli military.

Justin Schlosberg
Professor at the University of Westminster and SOAS whose research focuses on disinformation and political communication.

Lily Hamourtziadou
Principal researcher at Iraq Body Count and expert on the ethics and accountability of drone warfare.

David Young
Lecturer at King's College London specialising in digital warfare, propaganda, data politics and digital investigations.

Nathan Walker
Visual Lead in the Airwars Investigations and Accountability unit, focusing on investigating civilian harm in conflict using visual methods.

Sam Perlo-Freeman
Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade, specialising in military expenditure and the arms industry.

Sebastian Vandermeersch
Researcher at Bellingcat, specialising in terrorism and civilian harm in conflict. He has investigated violence and human rights abuses in the Middle East and West Africa.

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Organiser

Organised by SOAS MA Global Journalism together with award winning war correspondent Dr. Iain Overton leading the day.

Image credit: Action on Armed Violence