Projects & Grants

This research examines how AI decision-support systems reshape military decision-making and the exercise of judgment under International Humanitarian Law. It focuses on the interaction between human operators and machine systems, recognizing that neither operates as a fully reliable decision-maker and that each introduces distinct constraints and vulnerabilities. The work centers on the conditions required to sustain meaningful human judgment in the decision cycle, with attention to proportionality, distinction, precaution, and necessity. It develops analytical frameworks that clarify how judgment is exercised, how responsibility is carried, and how system design and training can support judgment integrity in high-stakes operational contexts.

This research examines how artificial intelligence and emerging neurotechnologies interact with the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. It focuses on the conditions under which human agency and judgment remain intact when technological systems shape attention, inference, and belief formation. The work treats cognitive liberty as a question of preserving the integrity of inner mental life, including the ability to form, revise, and hold beliefs without undue external influence. It engages legal and normative frameworks to clarify how protections for thought and belief should operate in environments shaped by data extraction, behavioral prediction, and increasingly precise forms of cognitive influence.

This research examines how foreign policy decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty, time pressure, and competing strategic demands. It draws on behavioral economics and political psychology to analyze how cognitive processes, heuristics, and institutional dynamics shape decision outcomes. The work integrates formal decision models with empirical insights into how decisions are actually made in practice. It also considers the growing role of data-driven tools and AI in policy environments, with a focus on how these systems influence judgment, framing, and choice. The goal is to develop clearer accounts of decision processes and to support more informed and reflective strategic decision-making.