[Air-L] Call for Papers - Critical Military Studies Special Issue “Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons”

Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to submit a paper to a Special Issue of Critical Military Studies <https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcms20> entitled *“Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons” * Abstracts are due _December 12, 2025_. Invited full paper submissions will be due _June 1, 2026_. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should be send to the guest editors: Jens Hälterlein, Paderborn University, jens.haelterlein@uni-paderborn.de Stephanie Schmidt, University of Hamburg, stephanie.schmidt@uni-hamburg.de Click here for the full Call for Papers and submission instructions. <https://meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Critical-Military-Studies_Special-Issue_Call-for-Papers.pdf> Feel free to disseminate this call. We look forward to your submissions! Best regards, Jens Hälterlein & Stephanie Schmidt -- Dr *Jens Hälterlein (he/him/his)* Department of Media Studies Warburger Str. 100 33098 Paderborn Germany *Office*E0.101 *Telephone*+49 5251 60-3346 *E-Mail*jens.haelterlein@uni- paderborn.de <mailto:jens.haelterlein@uni-paderborn.de> *Web*www.uni- paderborn.de/en/person/94837 <http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/person/94837> *Project*Meaningful Human Control. Autonomous Weapon Systems between Regulation and Reflexion (MeHuCo) https:// meaningfulhumancontrol.de/en/home/ <https://meaningfulhumancontrol.de/en/home/> *Bluesky*@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social *Academia*https:// zenmem.academia.edu/JensHälterlein <https://zenmem.academia.edu/JensHälterlein> *ResearchGate*https:// www.researchgate.net/profile/Jens-Haelterlein <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jens-Haelterlein> *ORCID*https:// orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-2029 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-2029> *New publications (selection)* Hälterlein, Jens: The More-than-human Biopolitics of Swarming – Complexity, Emergence and Control in Military Robotics. In: European Journal of International Security (2025), https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2025.10023. Hälterlein, Jens: Governing Autonomies. Imagining Responsible AI in the “Future Combat Air System” European Armament Project. In: T. Bächle / J. Bareis (eds.): The Realities of Autonomous Weapons. Bristol University Press 2025, pp. 187-204. Hälterlein, Jens: Imagining and Governing Artificial Intelligence – the Ordoliberal Way: An Analysis of the National Strategy ‘AI Made in Germany’. In: AI & Society (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01940-0. Hälterlein, Jens; Weber, Jutta: "Meaningful Human Control” and Complex Human-Machine Assemblages – On the Limits of Ethical AI Principles in the Context of Autonomous Weapons Systems. In: Ethics and Armed Forces, 2024/1. Hälterlein, Jens: Conflicting Values in Epidemiological Modelling, Simulation and Dashboard-Design. A Contribution to the Analysis of the Epistemisation of Pandemic Politics. In: M. Burkhardt, J. Kropf, C. Ochs & T. Seitz: Frictions. Conflicts, Controversies and Design Alternatives in Digital Valuation. Special Issue of Digital Culture & Society, Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023, pp. 161-178. -- Dr *Jens Hälterlein (he/him/his)* Department of Media Studies Warburger Str. 100 33098 Paderborn Germany *Office*E0.101 *Telephone*+49 5251 60-3346 *E-Mail*jens.haelterlein@uni- paderborn.de <mailto:jens.haelterlein@uni-paderborn.de> *Web*www.uni- paderborn.de/en/person/94837 <http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/person/94837> *Project*Meaningful Human Control. Autonomous Weapon Systems between Regulation and Reflexion (MeHuCo) https:// meaningfulhumancontrol.de/en/home/ <https://meaningfulhumancontrol.de/en/home/> *Bluesky*@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social *Academia*https:// zenmem.academia.edu/JensHälterlein <https://zenmem.academia.edu/JensHälterlein> *ResearchGate*https:// www.researchgate.net/profile/Jens-Haelterlein <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jens-Haelterlein> *ORCID*https:// orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-2029 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-2029> *New publications (selection)* Hälterlein, Jens: The More-than-human Biopolitics of Swarming – Complexity, Emergence and Control in Military Robotics. In: European Journal of International Security (2025), https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2025.10023. Hälterlein, Jens: Governing Autonomies. Imagining Responsible AI in the “Future Combat Air System” European Armament Project. In: T. Bächle / J. Bareis (eds.): The Realities of Autonomous Weapons. Bristol University Press 2025, pp. 187-204. Hälterlein, Jens: Imagining and Governing Artificial Intelligence – the Ordoliberal Way: An Analysis of the National Strategy ‘AI Made in Germany’. In: AI & Society (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01940-0. Hälterlein, Jens; Weber, Jutta: "Meaningful Human Control” and Complex Human-Machine Assemblages – On the Limits of Ethical AI Principles in the Context of Autonomous Weapons Systems. In: Ethics and Armed Forces, 2024/1. Hälterlein, Jens: Conflicting Values in Epidemiological Modelling, Simulation and Dashboard-Design. A Contribution to the Analysis of the Epistemisation of Pandemic Politics. In: M. Burkhardt, J. Kropf, C. Ochs & T. Seitz: Frictions. Conflicts, Controversies and Design Alternatives in Digital Valuation. Special Issue of Digital Culture & Society, Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023, pp. 161-178.