Judy Backhouse

Judy Backhouse has experience as both an academic scholar and an information and communications technologies (ICT) practitioner. She is currently a Senior Academic Fellow at UNU-EGOV, after eight years as an Associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Managing Exits from Armed Conflict

This project aims to enhance understanding of how and why individuals exit armed conflict and how to encourage transitions away from the battlefield.

Citizenship and Its Discontents in the Middle East: Kurdish Nationalism at an Impasse

The challenges facing Kurdish national identity in Iraqi Kurdistan's stalled political transition and the possibility for a new social contract.

A New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

This event presented a new report on the spread of AI globally.

The New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of AI

The emerging impacts of AI convergence on the United Nations’ prevention agenda.

UNU-CS

Martin Waehlisch

Daanish Masood

AI & Global Governance: Robots Will Not Only Wage Future Wars but also Future Peace

AI could revolutionize the way we prevent and solve conflicts globally.

Fumiko Noguchi