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Technology and AI

Prof Elke Schwarz

Elke SchwarzElke is Professor of Political Theory. She is the author of Death Machines: The Ethics of Violent Technologies and her work on military AI and autonomous weapon systems has been widely published in a range of international publications. 

Her work focuses on the nexus of ethics, technology and politics / warfare with a specific emphasis on new and emerging military technologies, including military Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous weapon systems, drones and robots.

Dr Cristina Juverdeanu

Cristina is a Lecturer in Politics and International Politics. Her research focuses on migration and citizenship in the EU and in the post-EU UK contexts.

Cristina researches the evolving relationship between the UK and the EU, with a particular emphasis on the end of the free movement and the implementation of the new immigration framework in the UK. Her recent work has focused on the EU Settlement Scheme and the post-Brexit intersectional vulnerabilities of immigrant women. 

Dr Rachel Humphris

Rachel is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Politics and author of Home-land: Romanian Roma, domestic spaces and the state (2019) and Making Sanctuary Cities: Migration, Citizenship and Urban Governance (2025). She is a political sociologist whose research focuses on migration and citizenship, governance and policy-making, gender and race. 

Rachel's research focuses on the welfare-migration nexus and the impact on local lives, identities and places in North America and Europe. Her current research focuses on ‘digital welfare bordering’ and the role of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies in merging welfare governance and the international migration regime. 

Dr Keren Weitzberg

Keren is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. Working at the intersection of science and technology studies, migration and border studies, and critical race studies, she examines problematics related to mobility, biometrics, and fintech. She has over 15 years of experience carrying out archival research, fieldwork, and interviews in Kenya.

Keren has expertise in borders and migration, digital technologies (e.g., digital identity systems and fintech), the political history of East Africa, climate technology, degrowth, and low-carbon economies.

Dr Foteini Kalantzi

Foteini is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations.

Her research focuses on migration, the securitisation of migration, European borders, biometrics, EU, diaspora(s), sustainability and resilience.

Prof Lee Jones

Lee is Professor in International Politics. He specialises in political economy and international relations, focusing on the politics of intervention, security, and governance, with a particular interest in social conflict and the transformation of states. Much of his work focuses on Southeast Asia and China.

Lee regularly advises the British and other governments and civil society organisations and has often appeared in the national and international media.

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